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New in the Archival Advisor Website:
View the increasingly rapid advances in technology of storage media from the punched card to the USB Flash Drive on a timeline beginning in 1928.
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| Visit the Storage Media Timeline
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The Image Permanence
Institute will be at the Memory Trends trade show, from January 31st to February 2nd. |
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Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
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| IPI Awarded Three Grants Totaling Over $1.25 Million for Image Preservation Projects
IPI is about to undertake two major research projects.
 The DP3 Project: the Digital Print Preservation Portal consists of two lines of research that will examine the preservation of digital prints. One has been funded by a $606,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which will make possible an in-depth investigation of the stability of digitally printed materials when they are exposed to light, airborne pollutants, heat, and humidity. The other, supported by a grant of $314,215 from the institute of Museum and Library Services, will be a study of potentially harmful effects of enclosures and physical handling on digital prints, as well as their vulnerability to damage due to flood.
IPI's second research project will create a novel web-based system called WebERA (which stands for Web Environmental Risk Analysis), enabling collections staff in museums and libraries to efficiently move large volumes of environmental data directly to the web. The Institute for Museum and Library Services awarded a $332,760 grant for this project.
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Book Review by Daniel Burge
How Prints Look - William M. Ivins, Jr.
How to Identify Prints - Bamber Gascoigne
 It is clear that both of these books were written for the professional and not the layperson. Unfortunately, there are no books on print identification for the layperson, which is sad because I am sure that, like me, many people possess cherished prints passed down from ancestors, that they don't fully understand or appreciate.
By reading these two books, I learned more about printing techniques and how to differentiate among them. Both books start with the assumption that there are three basic print types: relief, intaglio, and planographic. The Gascoigne book then delves much more deeply into the many sub-categories of these types, which may or may not be helpful to the casual reader. The Ivins book sticks with the three main processes and lightly touches a few sub-processes.
But the proof is in the pudding, so I tried using each book to identify a print that came from my grandmother's estate. I have always loved the picture, but what kind of print is it?
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Tips & Tricks
How do you preserve your ultrasound/sonogram print?
Most of these images are printed with thermal imaging paper. This paper can brown when exposed to the light for even a short time. They're also sensitive to heat and pressure. So keep these images in the dark, out of the attic, and be careful when handling. We strongly recommend you make copies of these important pictures with a photocopier or scanner and printer. |
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Term of the Month
Lignin - A chemically complex substance found in many plants, which bonds the cellulose fibers. Lignin can be largely removed during pulping; however, the cost of low-lignin papers is higher than that of high-lignin or groundwood papers. Lignin is known to contribute to the degradation of both papers and photographs.
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Link of the Month
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
Guidelines for Selecting a Conservator
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