This dissertation describes the work carried out by me in the
Preservation Services Branch of the National Library of Australia
during the period 1983 to early 1984.
Conservation activities at the Library are organised in three
broad categories, with the following goals:
. preparation for exhibitions
. ongoing full conservation of the Library collections, in a
staged process
. methods development and materials investigation.
The internship program was devised to allow time to be spent
in each of these three areas. The amount of time spent in each
area roughly reflected the allocation of conservation staff
resources to each section at that time.
In the exhibitions program, objects were prepared for
display at the National Gallery of Australia. These included
watercolours and hand-coloured prints.
Under the ongoing conservation program, a wide range of
paper objects were treated. Objects from the Library's Special
Collections are treated in order of priority determined by
Librarian staff. Works treated included newspapers, both bound
and unbound, movie posters, and magazines.
Work in the third area involved both routine testing method's
of conservation materials, involvement in a phase preservation
project, and investigations into new methods of preventive
conservation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219340 |
| Date | January 1984 |
| Creators | Smith, Wendy, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Applied Science |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Wendy Smith |
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