Marybeth Tomka asked:
"We recently came upon some plates from 1960s publications that appear to be aluminum offset printing plates. How should I be storing these. They seem in good condition and are now being stored in flat map folders in a room that is kept at 60 degrees and 50-55% humidity. Should I remove them from the folders and store separately or are they save in with paper products?" These plates are now about 50 years old, and apparently still in good condition. If the map folders are of archival quality, and not buffered, you shouldn't have a problem. Based on that, I'd be inclined to leave them alone. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! George Bailey, FIIC Senior Objects Conservator | Collection Services george.bai...@awm.gov.au<mailto:first.lastn...@awm.gov.au> | t 02 6243 4490 | f 02 6241 7998 Australian War Memorial | GPO Box 345 Canberra ACT 2601 | www.awm.gov.au [AWM Logo not displayed in text email] ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This message may contain confidential information and is intended only for its recipient(s). If you have received this email by error, please delete this e-mail from your system and notify the sender immediately. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure. E-mail information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late, be incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to consdistlist-le...@cool.conservation-us.org Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
