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Caring for Cultural Material 1

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Paper
In this chapter:
–	Objectives
–	Introduction
–	Paper in collections
–	What is paper?
–	Ingredients and properties of paper
–	What are the most common types of damage?
–	Common causes of damage
–	The do’s and don’ts of handling flat paper
–	The do’s and don’ts of repair and labelling
–	Guidelines for storing and displaying flat paper
–	Materials suitable for the storage and display of paper
–	Preparing flat paper for storage
–	Housing flat paper
–	Mounting/hinging flat paper
–	Protective enclosures for flat paper
–	Storage boxes for flat paper
–	Displaying flat paper
–	Framing flat paper items
–	Paper items with special needs
–	Papyrus and Parchment
–	Some miscellaneous information
	Summary of conditions for storage and display
–	Paper in Australia’s climatic zones
	MORE ABOUT PAPER
–	Cellulose fibres and paper quality
–	Acidity and alkalinity
–	For further reading
–	Self-evaluation quiz
–	Answers to self-evaluation quiz

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Summary of conditions for storage and display
	Storage	Display
Temperature	18–22ºC	18–22ºC
Relative Humidity	45–55%RH	45–55%RH
Brightness of the Light	For all paper dark storage is preferred. If the items are being used by researchers, the light should be kept as low as possible and the periods of exposure to light should be kept to the absolute minimum.	Ideally should be no higher than 50 lux.
UV Content of Light	Dark storage is preferred but if light is present, UV content should be no greater than 75 µW/lm, and preferably below 30 µW/lm.	No greater than 75µW/lm, preferably below 30µW/lm.