Reinhard Feldmann

Preservation, Conservation, Restauration & Data Curation

Disaster Awareness & Preparedness

Legaspi, Aquinas University

10th to 12 April 2014

Ten aspects of conservation:

• “Damage-Survey“ / determination of damage

• “Passive conservation“: climate und storage

• Conservatory measures: book care and “boxing“

• Restoration ethics and philosophy

• Individual restoration / Original conservation

• Mass deacidification (and prevention: paper!)

• Paper splitting method

• Format conversion: Filming and Digitizing

• Disaster Awareness & Preparedness

• Organisation and finance

Hague Convention

Blue Shield

Damages

• Water damages and freeze-drying

• Fire damages

• Mould and „clean bench“

Freeze

• Low temperatures(below – 20 °C) lead to formationof small crystals

• Longterm-storage in the freezer: Recrystallization of the ice small crystals fade,

big crystals grow

Damages

• Water damages and freeze-drying

• Fire damages

• Mould and „clean bench“

Before Restauration: Book damaged by fire

Survey and documentation of the „ash-books“

Reconstruction of the book-block and reconstruction of the

former condition

Placing the sheets into Compression-Cassettes

Removal of ashes

Leaf casting and stabilisation

Pressing

After restauration: Usable without restriction!

The original substances and structures of the paper are conserved

Damages

• Water damages and freeze-drying

• Fire damages

• Mould and „clean bench“