Preservation 101
2 Deterioration of Paper Collections
 

Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7
Session 8

 

Exploring
Basic Concepts
Inherent Vice: Materials
Inherent Vice: Structures
External Factors

Putting It Into Practice
Evaluating Your Collections
Final Assignment

Taking it Further
Additional Activities
Additional Resources

Exploring

Inherent Vice: Structures

Bookbindings | Reproduction Methods | Photographic Prints: Black and White | Photographic Prints: Color/Digital | Quiz

This quiz covers information you have learned in the Inherent Vice: Structures sections of this session (Bookbindings, Reproduction Methods, Photographic Prints: Black and White, and Photographic Prints: Color/Digital). If you have not yet worked through each section, go back and do so before taking this quiz. Then test your knowledge with the following questions (note that more than one option may be correct).

 
Quiz

1. Which type of binding is generally the most durable?

 

A. case binding

B. adhesive binding

C. sewn-through-fold laced-in binding

D. oversewn binding




2. Which of the following are sensitive to an alkaline environment?

 

A. blueprints

B. ferrogallic prints

C. diazo prints

D. documents produced with the letter copying process




3. Which of the following photographic image-forming material is the most stable?

 

A. silver

B. platinum

C. iron salts

D. dyes




4. Which of the following are typical forms of deterioration for chromogenic color photographs?

 

A. silver mirroring

B. yellow highlight staining

C. dye fading

D. sulfiding




5. What is the best way to ensure that digital color prints created on a photo printer will last as long as possible?

 

A. use a pigment ink

B. use a permanent durable paper support

C. use the type of ink and paper recommended by the printer manufacturer

D. use a waterproof ink



 
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Exploring: External Factors