Preventative Bibliography

This bibliography was initially prepared in May 2002 by Bruno Pouliot, with the collaboration and assistance of Linda Lennon, Winterthur Class of 1997, who then served as Assistant Conservator on different projects at Winterthur Museum and for WUDPAC. Responsibility for the bibliography was passed to Dr. Joelle Wickens in 2009. It is constantly updated and your suggestions for new sources are welcome. Resources can be filtered by the following topics: Collections Care, General Reference, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Environmental Management, Housing, Storage, and Display, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Light, Mold, Packing and Transport, Pollutants, Relative Humidity and Temperature, Surveys and Assessments, and Sustainability.

How to control environmental conditions in historical agencies and museums. Technical Report 3.

Paine, S. R.
1985 – Nashville, Tennessee: Technical Information Service of the American Association for State and Local History.

Paine, S. R. 1985. How to control environmental conditions in historical agencies and museums. Technical Report 3. Nashville, Tennessee: Technical Information Service of the American Association for State and Local History.

Filter(s): Light, Environmental Management

LiDo: a light dosimeter for monitoring cultural heritage.

R?mich, H., and G. Martin.
2003 – V&A Conservation Journal 43:2-3.

A brief article that describes a promising project for the development of a standardized system for monitoring light damage, which would be more sensitive that the Blue Wool Standards. (provided by Bruno P. Pouliot)

Rmich, H., and G. Martin. 2003. LiDo: a light dosimeter for monitoring cultural heritage. V&A Conservation Journal 43:2-3.

Filter(s): Light, Environmental Management

Environmental monitoring: an expensive luxury? Environmental Monitoring and Control.

Saunders, D.
1989 – Preprints of the Scottish Society for the Conservation and Restoration/Museums Association Symposium, Dundee, Scotland. 1-15.

Saunders, D. 1989. Environmental monitoring: an expensive luxury Environmental Monitoring and Control. Preprints of the Scottish Society for the Conservation and Restoration/Museums Association Symposium, Dundee, Scotland. 1-15.

Filter(s): Light, Environmental Management

Wavelength-dependent fading of artists’ pigments. In Preventive Conservation: Practice, Theory and Research: Preprints of the Contributions to the Ottawa Congress, 12-16 September, eds. A. Roy, and P. Smith.

Saunders, D., and J. Kirby.
1994 – London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. 190-194.

Saunders, D., and J. Kirby. 1994. Wavelength-dependent fading of artists’ pigments. In Preventive Conservation: Practice, Theory and Research: Preprints of the Contributions to the Ottawa Congress, 12-16 September, eds. A. Roy, and P. Smith. London: International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. 190-194.

Filter(s): Light, Environmental Management

Effects of light on materials in collections: data on photoflash and related sources.

Schaeffer, T.
2001 – Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute.

This book is an excellent retrospective on the study of the effect of flash photography on the fading of colors. Although many parameters have to be taken into consideration when devising for instance a policy for flash photography at a museum, the author?s conclusion is that materials known to be highly sensitive to photochemical damage warrant restriction in the use of flash photography. (provided by Bruno P. Pouliot)

Schaeffer, T. 2001. Effects of light on materials in collections: data on photoflash and related sources. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute.

Filter(s): Light, Environmental Management

The logging of light levels in National Trust Houses. In ICOM Committee for Conservation 9th triennial meeting: Dresden, German Democratic Republic, 26-31 August 1990: preprints, ed. K. Grimstad.

Staniforth, S.
1990 – Paris: ICOM. 602-607.

Staniforth, S. 1990. The logging of light levels in National Trust Houses. In ICOM Committee for Conservation 9th triennial meeting: Dresden, German Democratic Republic, 26-31 August 1990: preprints, ed. K. Grimstad. Paris: ICOM. 602-607.

Filter(s): Light, Environmental Management