Volume 9, Number 1, Part 2
Apr 1985

Outline of a Suggested Classification Scheme for a Personal Conservation Library

1. Conservation, General & Miscellaneous

A. General principles

B. History & state of the art

C. Standards & ethics

D. General reference works; glossaries

E. Training

F. Intrinsic value, evidence, fakes

G. Resources (supply sources, advice)

H. Business aspects

2. Preservation (Preventive Care)

A. Administrative aspects

B. Planning & development

C. Preventive care

1) Environment

2) Physical protection

3) Handling & care

4) Exhibition

D. Copying ("preserving the intellectual content")

E. Disaster control

3. Materials and their Treatments

A. Materials: Paper, books, photos, phonorecords, film, magtapes, etc. (Under each material, include information on nature, history, deterioration & treatments.)

B. Treatments, general

C. Supplies and equipment used in conservation & preservation

D. Enemies of materials, general

4. Entities

A. Organizations

B. Individual labs, binderies & programs

C. People: biographies, lists of experts

5. Information

A. Information retrieval

B. Computers

C. Translations

D. Bibliography