A guide to the preventive conservation of photograph collections
| Titel: | A guide to the preventive conservation of photograph collections / Bertrand Lavédrine. With the collaboration of Jean-Paul Gandolfo and Sibylle Monod |
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| Verfasser: | |
| Beteiligt: | ; |
| Veröffentlicht: | Los Angeles : Getty Conservation Institute, 2003 |
| Umfang: | XVI, 286 S. : zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einheitssachtitel: | Les collections photographiques |
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| ISBN: | 9780892367016 ; 0892367016 |
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- Foreword to the English-Language Edition
- p. ix
- Foreword
- p. xi
- Acknowledgments
- p. xvii
- Part 1
- Understanding
- Chapter 1
- The Vulnerability of Photographs
- p. 3
- Image Degradation
- p. 6
- The Black-and-White Gelatin Silver Photograph
- p. 6
- The Color Photograph
- p. 10
- Binder Degradation
- p. 14
- Microorganisms and Insects
- p. 16
- Physical Degradation
- p. 16
- Base Degradation
- p. 16
- Transparent Bases
- p. 16
- Opaque Bases
- p. 23
- Chapter 2
- Standards
- p. 31
- Processing and Preserving Photographs
- p. 31
- Evaluating the Permanence of Materials
- p. 33
- Life Expectancy
- p. 33
- Light Stability
- p. 36
- Stability of Computer Printouts
- p. 37
- Quality of Paper and Board Enclosures
- p. 37
- Mounting Photographs
- p. 39
- Preservation Practice Standards for Collections
- p. 39
- Part 2
- Protection
- Chapter 3
- Enclosures
- p. 43
- Contact Materials (Level I)
- p. 43
- Selecting Materials
- p. 43
- Creating a Microenvironment
- p. 49
- Types of Enclosures
- p. 54
- Proximity Materials (Level II)
- p. 58
- Selecting Materials
- p. 58
- Creating a Microenvironment in Storage Furniture
- p. 60
- Storage Facilities (Level III)
- p. 64
- Designing an Archive Facility
- p. 64
- Environmental Engineering
- p. 68
- Fire Prevention
- p. 73
- Chapter 4
- Environment
- p. 83
- Relative Humidity and Temperature
- p. 83
- Relative Humidity
- p. 84
- Temperature
- p. 95
- Air Pollution
- p. 98
- Pollutants
- p. 98
- Recommendations
- p. 103
- Achieving Good Air Quality
- p. 104
- Measuring Pollutants
- p. 108
- Chapter 5
- Monitoring Collections
- p. 113
- Setting Conservation Priorities
- p. 114
- Risk Analysis and Emergency Planning
- p. 116
- Monitoring and Maintenance
- p. 117
- Conservation Treatment
- p. 123
- Lending and Shipping
- p. 126
- Disaster Response
- p. 128
- Water Damage
- p. 128
- Molds
- p. 132
- Insects
- p. 142
- Part 3
- Exhibition
- Chapter 6
- Light
- p. 149
- Qualifying Light
- p. 149
- Color Temperature
- p. 149
- Color Rendering Index (CRI)
- p. 151
- Quantifying Light
- p. 151
- Luminous Intensity
- p. 151
- Luminous Flux
- p. 152
- Illuminance
- p. 152
- Luminance
- p. 153
- Light Exposure
- p. 153
- Quantity of Ultraviolet Radiation
- p. 153
- Luminous Efficacy and Quantity of Infrared Radiation
- p. 154
- Artificial Light
- p. 154
- Incandescent Lamps
- p. 154
- Discharge Bulbs
- p. 155
- Fiber Optic Lighting
- p. 157
- Flash Units
- p. 158
- Photocopiers and Scanners
- p. 158
- Chapter 7
- Mounting and Exhibition
- p. 159
- Lighting Recommendations
- p. 159
- Deleterious Effects of Light
- p. 159
- Spectral Composition
- p. 161
- Illuminance versus Exposure Time
- p. 162
- Projecting Slides
- p. 163
- Exhibition Spaces
- p. 164
- Visual Comfort
- p. 164
- Environment
- p. 164
- Monitoring Devices
- p. 165
- Measuring Color Temperature
- p. 165
- Measuring Illuminance
- p. 165
- Measuring the Ratio of Ultraviolet Radiation
- p. 165
- Measuring Infrared Radiation
- p. 166
- Measuring Light Exposure: Dosimeters
- p. 166
- Filtering Light
- p. 167
- Filters for Ultraviolet Radiation
- p. 167
- Filters for Infrared Radiation
- p. 170
- Mounting for Exhibition
- p. 170
- Mounting in a Window Mat
- p. 170
- Overall Mounting
- p. 172
- Framing
- p. 172
- Part 4
- Dissemination and Access
- Chapter 8
- Analog Reformatting
- p. 179
- Duplicating Photographs
- p. 180
- Format
- p. 180
- Resolving Power
- p. 181
- Reproduction Techniques
- p. 181
- Restitution Techniques
- p. 183
- Micrography
- p. 185
- Formats
- p. 185
- Processes
- p. 186
- Life Expectancy of Microforms
- p. 187
- Chapter 9
- Digitization
- p. 189
- Preserving Access to Information
- p. 190
- Transfer
- p. 191
- Emulation
- p. 193
- Authenticity
- p. 193
- Digital Image Acquisition
- p. 195
- Storage on Magnetic Tape
- p. 197
- Structure of Magnetic Tape
- p. 197
- Signal Degradation
- p. 198
- Deterioration of the Binder and the Base
- p. 198
- Preservation of Magnetic Media
- p. 199
- Storage on Optical Disks
- p. 200
- Structure of Optical Digital Disks
- p. 201
- Physical Deterioration of CDs
- p. 206
- Chemical Deterioration of CDs
- p. 206
- Preserving CDs
- p. 207
- Micrography versus Digitization
- p. 209
- Part 5
- Technical and Practical Information
- Chapter 10
- Processing Photographs for Permanence
- p. 215
- Black-and-White Photographs
- p. 215
- Developers
- p. 216
- Stop Baths
- p. 216
- Fixing
- p. 217
- Testing for Residual Silver Salts
- p. 219
- Washing
- p. 220
- Checking the Washing
- p. 221
- Toning
- p. 225
- Checking the Efficiency of Toning
- p. 228
- Hardening
- p. 228
- Reducing
- p. 229
- Drying
- p. 229
- Retouching
- p. 229
- Marking
- p. 230
- Varnishes
- p. 231
- Color Photographs (Chromogenic Processes)
- p. 231
- Computer Output Printing
- p. 232
- Ink-Jet Printing
- p. 233
- Electrostatic Printing
- p. 234
- Thermal Wax Transfer Printing
- p. 235
- Dye Sublimation and Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer Printing
- p. 236
- Appendixes
- p. 239
- I.
- Formulary
- p. 239
- II.
- Water Treatment
- p. 245
- Basic Vocabulary
- p. 247
- Notes
- p. 261
- Index
- p. 277