Caring for the Libraries' Collections
Preservation Plan
Preserving Washington's Collections: Strategies for the New Century [PDF, 39 pages]
Guidelines and Policies
- Binding Preparation Guidelines for Service Units
- Guidelines for Bookdrops
- Food, Drink and Tobacco Policy
- Replacement Page and Laser Printed Document Guidelines
- Guidelines on Shelving Books and Loading and Moving Book Trucks (Word document)
- Stacks Cleaning Procedures
Other Resources
Reports and Documents
- Microfilming and Nicholson Baker
- Report to the IRC of the Task Force on the Provision of Archival Backups of Electronic Publications (Word document)
Services
- Disaster Response for Libraries' Collections
- Environmental Monitoring
- Microfilm Duplication Service
- Preservation Replacement
- Preservation Statistics
- Rainy Day Book Bags