Caring for Personal Collections: Selected Online Resources
All Collection Types
Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), Andover, Massachusetts.
National Archives and Records Administration, Caring for Your Family Archives.
Heritage Preservation, When the Dust Settles: tips for safely cleaning family treasures. 
Canadian Conservation Institute, Preserving My Heritage.
Audiovisual Materials
American Institute of Conservation Caring for Your Treasures, Caring for Your Home Videotape
Association of Moving Image Archivists
Library of Congress Caring for Your Collections
National Archives and Records Administration, Motion Pictures: Should I convert my home movies to video tape?
SOLINET Preservation Services Leaflet
VidiPax
Books and Paper
American Institute of Conservation Caring for Your Treasures.
Library of Congress Caring for Your Collections
- Care, Handling and Storage of Books
- Preserving Works on Paper: Manuscripts, Drawings, Prints, Posters, Maps, Documents
- Guide to Preservation Matting and Framing
- Preserving Newspapers
Northeast Document Conservation Center Preservation of library & Archival Materials: a manual
- Temperature, Relative Humidity, Light, and Air Quality: basic guidelines for preservation by Mary Todd Glaser
- Low-Cost/No-Cost Improvements in Climate Control
- Cleaning Books and Shelves by Sherelyn Ogden
- Conservation Treatment for Bound Materials of Value by Sherelyn Ogden
- Conservation Treatment for Works of Art and Unbound Artifacts on Paper by Mary Todd Glaser
Photographs
American Institute of Conservation Caring for Your Treasures
Library of Congress Caring for Your Collections
Northeast Document Conservation Center Preservation of Library & Archival Materials: a manual
- Types of Photographs
- Care of Photographs
- Storage Enclosures for Photographic Materials by Gary Albright
- Duplication of Historical Negatives by Gary Albright
Postcards
Jan Merrill-Oldham, Postcards: Navigating
the Preservation Options.
Scrapbooks
Library of Congress Caring for Your Collections
Iowa Conservation and Preservation Consortium Tip Sheets
- Tips on Preserving Scrapbooks by Ivan Hanthorn
- Tips on Creating an Archival Scrapbook by Nancy Kraft
Stamps
American Philatelic Society, Preservation and Care of Philatelic Materials.
Selecting and Working With a Conservator
American Institute of Conservation Caring for Your Treasures
Northeast Document Conservation Center Preservation of library & Archival Materials: a manual
- Choosing and Working with a Conservator by Jan Paris