History of Paper
Handling & Storage
Environmental Factors
Disaster Preparedness
Random Extras
100
We know that paper making originated in China. This is the person who first documented it.
Who is Tsai Lun?
100
This is why bookshelves have canopies.
What is to protect items from water, dust, and light?
100
The larva of this insect affects these kinds of materials.
What are fabrics?
100
This document can help organize people and prevent panic in an emergency.
What is a disaster plan?
100
This is where the word "paper" comes from.
What is the Egyptian word "papyrus"
200
Paper making travelled to Europe via this route.
What is the silk road?
200
This is how you "unshelve" a regular book.
To win these points you need to demonstrate it!
200
This defines hygroscopic?
What is a material that easier absorbs and retains water from the air?
200
This is why even though the archives at Concordia were not affected by the fire, there was a flood. And items unaffected by flooding were still still damp.
What is water from the fire hoses? Also, with no heating/electricity the humidity rose quickly.
200
This is the most important thing for preventing damage to library or archival items.
What is consistent temperature and RH?
300
Between 1850 and 1960, the addition of this made paper more acidic.
What is alum and rosin?
300
We can use these to store books that have metal clasps so that they do not damage other books.
What are boxes?
300
This is the best artificial light source for your library.
What is LED?
300
This is the number one priority in an emergency or disaster.
What is human safety?
300
These rust-brown spots occur on older books as a results of fungi reacting with acids in paper.
What is foxing?
400
Besides wood, paper have been created with these materials.
What are hemp, mulberry, bamboo, rice, straw, seaweed, rags....
400
These are some disadvantages to wearing nitrile gloves
What are may not fit properly; allergies; reacts with certain chemicals, e.g. silver.
400
These are examples of pests in the library.
What are cockroachs; silverfish; moths; booklice; termites; rodents; fungi; bedbugs; mould; mildew; humans
400
Mould and mildew can develop this quickly!
What is within 48 hours?
400
This additive prevents paper from absorbing liquid.
What is sizing?
500
This is the undesirable part of wood fibre. (Bonus points if you know why!)
What is lignin?
500
We have Canadian and ANSI standards for this type of paper.
What is permanent paper? (aka acid-free paper)
500
(Multiple answers available)
These are ways to prevent disasters.
What is regular maintenance; UV filters and window coverings; rules against smoking and eating etc.; fire alarms; security checks; training; disaster plan!
500
This how to treat damp documents.
What is air drying? (paper towel may expediate the process)
500
This is the difference between preservation and conservation.
Preservation = non-invasive
Conservation = hands-on