Preservation 101
3 Deterioration of Film and Electronic Media
 

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

 

Exploring
Inherent Vice: Glass Supports
Inherent Vice: Film Supports
Inherent Vice: Early Sound Recordings
Inherent Vice: Magnetic Media
Inherent Vice: Optical Media
Inherent Vice: Quiz
External Factors

Putting It Into Practice
Evaluating Your Collections
Final Assignment

Taking it Further
Additional Activities
Additional Resources

Putting It Into Practice

Final Assignment

Having learned more about the mechanisms of deterioration and made a general assessment of the condition of your collections, what portions of your paper based collections do you feel are most at risk?

Taking into account condition and risk, and considering which collections are most important to your institution, what portions of your film-based and electronic media collections do you feel might be your highest priority for preservation, and why? What obstacles do you think you might face in preserving those collections you deem to be most at risk?

 Complete the Film-Based and Electronic Media Collections section of your overall survey.

 

Film-Based and Electronic Media Collections

 
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Taking it Further: Additional Activities