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Week 11 Exhibits, Special
Collections and Non-print / Non-paper Formats |
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Summary of class discussion: Organizing
responsibilities and special projects such as exhibits and understanding
the preservation needs of non-print formats. |
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Topics:
- Working with others to make an exhibit
illuminating, informative and safe for the objects.
- Care, handling and long-term preservation issues
for photographs, film, audio, video and electronic formats
- Non-print & non-paper format preservation issues
including care, handling, reformatting and longevity.
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Activity:
- Shedding light on the case (video)
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Reading:
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Giesecke – Practical Strategies for Library management chapter 9
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Higginbotham and Wild – Preservation Program Blueprint chapter 10
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“Exhibition Policy and
Preparation” by Roberta Pilette in Preservation: Issues and Planning
chapter 11
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Care and Identification of
19th Century Photographic Prints by James M. Reilly
Rochester, NY: Eastman Kodak Company © 1986 chapter 7
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“Whispers in the Stacks: The
Problem of Sound Recordings in Archives” Christopher Ann Paton
American Archivist 53 [Special Issue on Preservation] (Spring 1990)
p274-281
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“Preservation Re-recording of
Audio Recordings in Archives: Problems, Priorities, Technologies, and
Recommendations” by Christopher Ann Paton (originally published in
American Archivist 61 (Spring 1998) p188-219) American Archival
Studies: Readings in Theory and Practice edited by Randall C.
Jimerson p 519-546
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Assignment:
- Visit a museum,
historical society, archive or library that is currently showing an
exhibit. Take notes about their mounting and displaying of objects.
- Be prepared to
discuss what you saw that was good and what was bad and why
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