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Author Upton, M. S. (Murray S.)

Title Disaster planning and emergency treatments in museums, art galleries, libraries, archives, and allied institutions / M.S. Upton and C. Pearson
Published Canberra : Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material, 1978

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 W'PONDS  363.34 Upt  AVAILABLE
Description 54 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents I: The nature of the problem -- The origins of disaster -- II: Dealing with disasters -- Preparing for, withstanding and overcoming disaster -- Fire prevention -- Organization of emergency services -- Available resources -- III: Emergency treatment of materials -- The problem -- Susceptible materials and preparation for disaster -- Assessment of needs following a disaster -- Emergency treatment of library and archive materials -- Emergency treatment of photographic materials, tapes and phonorecord discs -- Emergency treatment of textiles -- Emergency treatment of leather -- Emergency treatment of wood objects (including furniture, musical instruments and wood panel paintings) -- Emergency treatment of oil paintings -- Emergency treatment of ceramics, glass, metals and stone -- Emergency treatment of biological materials -- Emergency treatment of ethnographic materials -- Suppliers of equipment and materials
Analysis Cultural institutions. Disasters. Safety measures
Cultural property - Protection
Disasters
Museums - Disaster planning
Notes bibl.; diags
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 52-53
Event 1978
Subject Archives -- Australia -- Safety measures.
Art museums -- Australia -- Safety measures.
Civil defense -- Australia.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Australia.
Cultural property -- Protection.
Disaster relief.
Disasters.
Library buildings -- Australia -- Safety measures.
Library science -- Australia -- Safety measures.
Museums -- Australia -- Safety measures.
Author Pearson, C. (Colin)
Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (Australia)
LC no. 82205352
ISBN 0959737146
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