Professional Field Experience: Intro to Preservation and Preventive Conservation of Books.

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PR: Corequisite of ARHS 451 . Theoretical overview of libraries and archives collection care, preventive conservation and book and archival material conservation with practical experience in non-invasive preventive conservation. Covers historical intrusive restoration compared to modern conservation treatments. Students assess and document structures, historical materials and conservation conditions of original items, through forms, photographs, drawings and implement non-intrusive conservative measures on original material in an archive.