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== Chapter 30: Evaluating Materials Used for Collection Storage==
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==Chapter 34: Marking Collections==
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This chapter discusses the evaluation and testing of materials used in collection storage. The long term stability and health of collection materials may be affected by interactions with their environment – either through direct contact with their supports, or indirectly, through interactions with volatile substances in the air around them. A variety of sophisticated analytical techniques applied to the testing of materials considered for use in the collection environment is described, in addition to simpler, more affordable testing methods accessible to smaller institutions. The advantages and complications inherent in this range of procedures is discussed, along with suggestions for how to approach the choice of materials for proximity to collections.
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This chapter attempts to cover the myriad of ways that are found in museums, libraries, archives and special collections by which objects, specimens and living collections are marked in some way to designate ownership, order, and control over the physical object. This may involve direct and indirect methods, including application of written media, or inclusion or attachment of related devices, such as human and/or machine readable tags, labels or other printed or embedded media. History of marking collections is briefly reviewed with an emphasis on types, technologies, considerations, problems, solutions, best practices and potential for future developments.
  
  

Revision as of 18:06, 5 September 2019

This content is excerpted from Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage (2019), Elkin and Norris, eds.

Chapter 34: Marking Collections

Nora Sharon Lockshin, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, DC

This chapter attempts to cover the myriad of ways that are found in museums, libraries, archives and special collections by which objects, specimens and living collections are marked in some way to designate ownership, order, and control over the physical object. This may involve direct and indirect methods, including application of written media, or inclusion or attachment of related devices, such as human and/or machine readable tags, labels or other printed or embedded media. History of marking collections is briefly reviewed with an emphasis on types, technologies, considerations, problems, solutions, best practices and potential for future developments.


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Online Resources

For more information including a decision making tree and details on inks and substrates see Labeling Natural History Collections on the SPNHC wiki

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