While cultural heritage practitioners and caretakers are often
intimidated by "best practices," Practical Approaches to Collections
Care helps to alleviate those concerns, offering a stepped approach to
preservation encompassing a variety of collections care programs.
The author, drawing on over a decade of experience working in libraries,
museums, archives, and other historic sites, and specifically building
off of her work as a Preservation Specialist at the Conservation Center
for Art & Historic Artifacts, discusses realistic, efficient, and
sustainable approaches to collection housing, space planning,
environmental management, facilities care, emergency preparedness, and
much more. Giving examples of implementation and easy-to-follow guides
that will allow readers to start from scratch or improve an already
existing program, Forsko demonstrates how preservation can become a
component of any collections care program. Encouraging the reader to
start by taking small, manageable steps, the author shows that even the
smallest of actions can make a difference that will ultimately help to
preserve collections and ensure that the world's heritage will remain
intact for future generations.
Practical Approaches to Collections Care takes an applied approach,
making suggestions the reader can immediately implement no matter the
size of their institution. It is an essential tool for stewards of
cultural heritage collections, particularly collections managers,
registrars, and preservation specialists. It will also be useful to
students who are engaged in the study of collections care.
