The Collections Conservation Manual for the Collections Care Section is the standard protocol for treatment for the General and Reference Collections at the Library of Congress. Included is the decision tree as well as treatment protocols. The manual is made available to the general library community in the hope that it will have value for others doing similar work. The manual has been developed over time and former section heads and staff, as well as the current staff, have contributed to both the writing and the overall design of the manual.
Respectfully presented,
Carrie Beyer,
Collections Care Section Head
Jeanne Drewes, Chief,
Binding & Collections Care/ Mass Deacidification Division
Collections Conservation Manual
Introduction [PDF/ 260 KB]
Policy [PDF/ 79 KB]
- General Lab Policy
- Security of Collections
- Safety
Practices [PDF/ 378 KB]
- Workflow and Decision Making
Treatment Procedures [PDF/ 67 KB]
Basic Minor Treatments [PDF/ 1.01 MB]
- Quick and Easy Tip-in Guide
- Tip-ins
- Tip Together Sections
- Hinge-in
- Paper Repair
- Pockets
- Tighten Hinge
- Open Leaves
- Bindery Preparation I
Intermediate Treatments I [PDF/ 1.82 MB]
- Facsimiles
- Housing Options for items less than ½ inch thick
- Bindery Preparation II
- Hinge Repair
Intermediate Treatments II [PDF/ 1.47 MB]
- New Spine (Reback)
- Forwarding
- Casing in
- Recase Recase/ line original case
- Recase/new spine
- New Case
- New Case/in-set
- New Case/ tight joint
