Document Preservation Course
Gain vital skills in document preservation for library work: evaluate item conditions, devise treatment plans, mitigate risks, and create practical workflows that safeguard collections while enabling safe, continuous user access in South African contexts.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
This concise, hands-on Document Preservation Course equips you with straightforward techniques to evaluate conditions, record damage, and develop secure treatments for paper documents and bound volumes. Master preventive maintenance, environmental management, mould and pest control, simple repairs, ethical choices, and streamlined processes that honour access requirements while boosting longevity, stability, and practical use of fragile collections.
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Develop skills
- Design effective triage workflows for intake, quarantine, stabilisation and prioritisation.
- Perform safe repairs on paper including tears, folds, brittle pages and detached covers.
- Evaluate and record condition using photos, risk assessments and detailed reports.
- Manage environmental controls and pests using affordable preventive strategies.
- Implement conservation ethics to balance access needs, risks and budget constraints.
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