Handle With Care
VHS Colour Sound 1987 13:00
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Summary: A video introduction to the care and handling of archive and library materials, including their conservation and restoration.
Title number: 2798
LSA ID: LSA/3668
Description: The video comes with an information booklet to provide an entire training package. The video concentrates on how the handling and transportation of materials can cause a great deal of damage to books and documents and seeks to alert staff and readers to potential dangers and to teach them the best techniques to prevent such harm. The video considers the differing needs of both books and single sheet material. The training package is supported with the assistance of staff from the Bodleian Library at Oxford, other Oxford College Libraries, the Public Record Office, and the Hampshire Record Office.
Credits: Narrator: Bill Clennell; Sponsor: Society of Archivists
Keywords: Archive records preservation; Document preservation
Locations: United Kingdom; England; London; Richmond Upon Thames; Kew
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