Hello all,
I recently posted a question about the archival storage of press-cuttings.
I received a good many responses to this (thanks to everyone who replied)
and several people said I should post a quick summary of my findings. So I
am.
The most popular option was to transfer the cuttings onto acid-free paper,
either by scanning the paper original or printing from a digital original.
Instead some people suggested pasting original cuttings onto acid-free
paper using preservation adhesives or just keeping the originals loose in
archive folders.
These could then either be kept in acid-free folders, bound into acid-free
volumes or (the option I’d prefer) in inert polyester-pockets within an
archival quality ring-binder.
Digitisation is the main alternative to this, again either scanning paper
originals or arranging for the press-cutting agency to send the cuttings
electronically. They can be stored as image files or an OCR (optical
character recognition) programme can be used to render the text searchable.
These files can then be arranged in file plans by subject, date etc. This
is the option we are plumping for.
I hope this is of use to some of you.
Steven Spencer
Archivist
The Royal Star and Garter Homes
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