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PRESERconVersATION
A PRESERconVersATION Trivia Quiz
So! How much do you remember from
PRESERconVersATION?
- Damaged books love shrink wrapping. True or false?
Answer: True! Shrink wrapping encloses damaged books in a plastic
wrap that prevents them losing broken pieces and provides them with support.
- Animal glues, Blu-Tack, rubber cement, Clag and PVA are not
recommended for gluing your important papers. True or false?
Answer: It's true of course!! They may stain, go brittle and
yellow and are very difficult to remove. There are alternatives such as rice or
wheat starch pastes or non adhesive options such as polyethylene sleeves.
- What should you do if you find a damaged library materials?
(a) Ignore it.
(b) Fix it yourself.
(c) Report damage to library
staff.
(d) Tell a friend. Answer: It's (c)! Damaged material
should be reported to library staff. They will make sure the best care is taken
to have it fixed.
- What is the worst thing about photo albums with magnetic 'sticky'
pages.
(a) The plastic cover that covers the photos?
(b) The way the
adhesive yellows?
(c) The way the some photos become stuck forever?
(d) The way some photos just fall out after a few years?
Answer: All of the above! Don't let us catch you using these
albums!! You can safely use albums with slip-in type polyethylene sleeves.
- Methuselah the master negative lives in cold storage because......
(a) he has no choice?
(b) he has to last for several hundred years?
(c) he has a refrigerator fetish?
(d) he is the preservation master,
responsible for preserving his information for as long as possible?
Answer: A little bit of (a) and (b), but mainly (d). The master
negative is the item held in permanent cold storage and not used to preserve
the information. So he has to last as long as possible.
- Presrevation staff define a half binding as:
(a) A job we've
forgotten to finish.
(b) A book with only one cover.
(c) A book with
reinforced corners and spine.
(d) A book that wasn't completed by 5.00pm
(knock off time).
Answer: It could be all of these but it's
actually (c). Half bound books use a strong material to cover corners and
spines which are most subject to wear and a cheaper material to cover the rest.
- What was the last thing Noah put on his ark?
(a) His scrabble
board?
(b) The movie script he'd been writing at nights called "Water
World"?
(c) His important family documents and photos?
(d) The
profits made from his "Ararat or Bust" t-shirt concession?
Answer: (c). Important documents, photos and other paper based
momentos should be well packed, protected and cared for during any house moves.
- The three Aubusson tapestries on permanent display in the Library's
foyer are frozen to -20C in a blast freezer for one week each year. True or
false?
Answer: True! Preservation Services staff pack and
freeze the Aubusson tapestries once per year, at peak insect breeding time, to
prevent insect infestation and resulting damage.
- Why was Harry the heavily used handbook identified as a candidate
for immediate microfilming?
(a) He believed in reincarnation?
(b) He
was in the right place at the right time?
(c) If he was requested once
more he'd fall apart?
(d) He had a crush on Deirdre, the Microfilming
officer?
Answer: (c) he was very popular and heavily
requested, but he was falling apart. (He did have a little bit of a crush on
Dee).
- Following Preservation treatment, the Pictorial glass negative
collection is housed in the.....
(a) The Pictorial section?
(b) The
Bistro (in their refrigerator)?
(c) The LG1 tape cold store?
(d) The
LG2 cold store?
Answer: The preserved glass neg collection is
housed in acid free non-buffered paper in acid free high quality boxes in the
LG2 cold store (and is very happy).
- The orderly from "Bookward" stumbled, bumbled, grumbled, mumbled or
fumbled?
Answer: He did all of these things but mostly he
grumbled.
- The LG2 cold store temperature is maintained at .....
(a) the
same as Anchorage Alaska?
(b) 8C?
(c) that of the Mawson Base in
Antarctica?
(d) average igloo levels?
Answer: You got
it! The cold store is maintained at 8C and 35% Relative Humidity all year
round.
- What is the most common source of book damage encountered by Book
Ward staff?
(a) Heavy use?
(b) Overloaded trolleys?
(c)
Photocopying?
(d) Water leaks?
Answer: If you said (c)
go to the top of the class. Crushing down books on photocopiers like Orville
the elephant does can break their spines. But if you said (a) (b) or (d) you
wouldn't be wrong either.
- Sticky tape is very handy for.....
(a) mending library
collection material?
(b) leaving notes on milk bottles?
(c) wrapping
gifts?
(d) driving conservators nuts.
Answer: If you
picked (a) shame on you! Shame, shame, shame!!
Norman would like to thank Kim Morris, Deb Woodyard, Chesley Engram,
Kate Eccles-Smith, Brian Hawke, Lawrie Salter, Deirdre Burgess, Bronwyn Hughes
and Alex Philp, Jane Taylor and Margaret Davey who all helped make
PRESERconVersATION possible over the last twelve
months.
