Collections Care Toolkit

Our Collections Care Toolkit is designed to support archivists and those working with archives that do not have in-house conservation support. It focuses on the main causes of damage for paper archive collections, supports better collections care decisions to improve the conditions of archives and ensures services are better prepared to provide long term appropriate storage solutions for archives.

The toolkit brings together existing collections care information, advice and resources, promoting better collections care decisions and long-term storage solutions for archives.

• Agents of Deterioration also available as a downloadable pdf here.

• Environmental Management also available as a downloadable pdf here.

• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) also available as a downloadable pdf here.

• Storage also available as a downloadable pdf here.

• Emergency Response also available as a downloadable pdf here.

Advice and guidance on mould is available from The National Archive [Prevention and protection - Archives sector (nationalarchives.gov.uk)

Acknowledgement

Our thanks to ARA’s Preservation and Conservation group and Lorraine Finch ACR, commissioned by ARA to produce the toolkit. Thanks also to The National Archives who funded the project and all those who participated in the development of this guidance.