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If you're only interested in the information and not the 'object' why not scan or photocopy them and capture the information from the duplicates? Use the scans for any images, and retype all the text info onto a database or Word document. Then you could throw the press cuttings away as well as the glue!
Christine
Christine Johnstone
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> I suspect this is a dumb question, but ...
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> Could anyone give me any ideas on how to remove newspaper articles that
> have been stuck onto card with blobs of glue? I don't know what glue was
> used. These articles are not accessioned collections, but have been kept
> as an information source & we now have a NADFAS project running to
> re-file them in better materials whilst capturing key information so
> that they become more accessible.
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> We've tried using a scalpel but that doesn't always work - sometimes a
> bit of the article gets left behind - not very helpful.
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> So, I'm hoping to find some kind of cheap steamer that might loosen the
> glue without completely destroying the newspaper? Or is this too much to
> ask of newspaper?!
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> Any ideas would be very much appreciated.
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> Thank you
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> Polly
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> Polly Salter
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