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Jane Hedberg P r e s e r v a t i o n  N e w s  

New Conserve O Grams 
The National Park Service (NPS) has added 
four new titles to its extensive Conserve O 
Gram series. Choosing UV Filtering Window 
Films (no. 3/10) publishes both the visible 
and ultraviolet light readings obtained dur­
ing NPS testing of more than 100 fi ltering 
products made by eight manufacturers. Safe 
Plastics and Fabrics for Exhibit and Storage 
(no. 18/2) has tables of descriptions, uses, 
types, and remarks for seven brand­name 
plastic products and twelve fabrics. Caring 
for Cellulose Nitrate Film (no. 14/8) con­
tains a dos and don’ts table about housing 
and storage, setting up a work space, work­
ing with the film, packing for reformatting, 
and disposition after reformatting. Disposal 
of Nitrate Film (no. 2/22) outlines a four­
step plan consisting of identifi cation, refor­
matting, quality control for the new fi lm, 
and disposal. 

All Conserve O Grams are available 
free of charge at www.cr.nps.gov/museum 
/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html 
(requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 or higher). 

Good digital collections 
The National Information Standards Organi­
zation (NISO) has published the second edi­
tion of its Framework of Guidance for Build­
ing Good Digital Collections. This document 
has two purposes: to provide an overview 
of what it takes to create good digital collec­
tions and to provide a framework for devel­
oping sound local practices to manage good 
digital collections. Its two intended audienc­
es are cultural organizations planning digital 
projects and funding organizations support­
ing digital projects. 

Jane Hedberg is preservation program offi  cer at Harvard 
University Library, e-mail: jane_hedberg@harvard.edu; 
fax: (617) 496-8344 

The document is available free­of­
charge at www.niso.org/framework/Frame­
work2.html. 

Photo negatives 
The Image Permanence Institute (IPI) has 
published Photographic Negatives: Nature 
and Evolution of Processes by Maria Fer­
nanda Valverde. It consists of a 28" x 42" 
color poster, plus a 36­page booklet. The 
poster shows a timeline with visual exam­
ples and written descriptions of the eight 
most important types of photographic neg­
atives. 

The booklet supplies additional details 
about the chemical and physical properties 
of those negative types, characteristics to 
aid identification, historical information, and 
recommendations for safe storage. 

Copies cost $30, plus shipping and han­
dling. For more information or to order, 
contact IPI, Rochester Institute of Technol­
ogy, 70 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, 
NY 14623­5604; phone: (585) 475­5199; 
fax: (585) 475­7230; e­mail: ipiwww@rit. 
edu; URL: www.imagepermanenceinstitute. 
org/index.html. 

Chinese scroll DVD 
The Conservation Department of the Art 
Gallery of New South Wales has produced 
a 103­minute DVD about mounting Chinese 
paintings on scrolls. Sun Yu, conservator 
for Asian works on paper at the art gallery, 
demonstrates basic mounting techniques 
and methods for lining Chinese papers and 
silks. 

Copies cost $90 (Australian). To order, 
contact Rose Peel, Conservation Department, 
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery 
Road, The Domain, Sydney 2000, Australia; 
e­mail: rosep@ag.nsw.gov.au; URL: www. 
artgallery.nsw.gov.au/. 

318C&RL News April 2005

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