- General preservation assessment
- Collection condition surveys
- Item-by-item survey 

Three methods of a preservation survey

Assessing materials in a collection to best determine how they should be preserved 

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A systematic preservation plan is necessary to prolonging the life of a collection. Identifying general and specific needs of the collection, establishing priorities, and gathering the resources to execute the plan are what make up preservation standards

Preservation standards

- Security
- Environmental monitoring
- Preservation surveys
- Mass de-acidification

Aspects of Collections Care

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Preservation survey

This involves how guarded a collection is and how easily accessible it is to the public

Security in Collection Care

This involves tracking and regulating the environment that the collection is physically in

Environmental monitoring in Collection Care

The process of increasing the pH of acidic paper on a large scale

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