Guides & Fact Sheets

In response to the COVID-19 public health crisis, a growing number of organizations in the fields served by CCAHA have begun developing new programs and resources. CCAHA and our partners at DHPSNY have worked together to compile these COVID-19 resources in a single place for your reference at the link below.

View COVID-19 resources for cultural institutions.

All resources below are available as a download at the bottom of each page. To cite resources from our database, please use the following format:

"[Name of Technical Bulletin]." Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, PA, [year]. "Guides & Fact Sheets," ccaha.org/resources.

Emergency Management Terminology

A glossary of emergency management terminology.

Emergency Supply Kits

A supply guide for emergency supply kits.

Environmental Datalogger Quick Comparison Chart

A quick comparison chart of lower-cost environmental dataloggers.

Freezing And Drying Of Books, Paper And Photographic Materials

The following definitions in this resource have been compiled from CCAHA Disaster Recovery bulletins: Salvaging Books, Salvaging Art on Paper, and Salvaging Photographs.

Guidelines for Re-housing: Renovation and Moving

During renovation and collections moves, the potential risks increase for damage to collection objects.

Ideal Preservation Process

An infographic of the ideal process for collections preservation and conservation.

Illustrated Guide to Book Terminology

An illustrated guide to book terminology, in two parts.

Introduction to Digitization Handout

The Introduction to Digitization Resources handout accompanied a webinar presented by Maggie Downing, CCAHA Manager of Digital Imaging on October 21, 2020. Topics include: Prioritization of collections, copyright, file specifications for digitization, metadata, file storage

Guides & Fact Sheets

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