Glossary: Conservation

Conservation

The profession devoted to the preservation of cultural property for the future through examination, documentation, treatment, and preventive care, supported by research and education.

The repair or stabilization of materials through chemical or physical treatment to ensure that they survive in their original form as long as possible.

(source: https://www2.archivists.org/glossary/terms/c/conservation )

The Conservation Division ensures the preservation of the Library's paper-based special collections -- more than 100 million rare books, works on paper, and photographic materials. Three dozen conservators and other preservation specialists undertake condition surveys, rehousing projects, basic stabilization, full treatments, conservation research, and participate in the management of collections storage, collection emergencies, exhibitions, loans, and digitization. (source: https://www.loc.gov/preservation/conservators/ )

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The repair or stabilization of materials through chemical or physical treatment to ensure that they survive in their original form as long as possible.

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An accumulation of works of art by a private individual or a public institution. Art collecting has a long history, and most of the world’s art museums grew out of great private collections formed by royalty, the aristocracy, or the wealthy. (source: https://www.britannica.com/art/art-collection)

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Glossary: Collection
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1. A group of materials with some unifying characteristic.
2. Materials assembled by a person, organization, or repository from a variety of sources; an artificial collection.
- collections, pl. ~ 3. The holdings of a repository. (source: archivists.org)

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