We know that paper making originated in China. This is the person who first documented it.
Who is Tsai Lun?
This is why bookshelves have canopies.
What is to protect items from water, dust, and light?
The larva of this insect affects these kinds of materials.
What are fabrics?
This document can help organize people and prevent panic in an emergency.
What is a disaster plan?
This is where the word "paper" comes from.
What is the Egyptian word "papyrus"
Paper making travelled to Europe via this route.
What is the silk road?
This is how you "unshelve" a regular book.
To win these points you need to demonstrate it!
This defines hygroscopic?
What is a material that easier absorbs and retains water from the air?
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.
This is the most important thing for preventing damage to library or archival items.
What is consistent temperature and RH?
Between 1850 and 1960, the addition of this made paper more acidic.
What is alum and rosin?
We can use these to store books that have metal clasps so that they do not damage other books.
What are boxes?
This is the best artificial light source for your library.
What is LED?
This is the number one priority in an emergency or disaster.
What is human safety?
These rust-brown spots occur on older books as a results of fungi reacting with acids in paper.
What is foxing?
Besides wood, paper have been created with these materials.
What are hemp, mulberry, bamboo, rice, straw, seaweed, rags....
These are some disadvantages to wearing nitrile gloves
What are may not fit properly; allergies; reacts with certain chemicals, e.g. silver.
These are examples of pests in the library.
What are cockroachs; silverfish; moths; booklice; termites; rodents; fungi; bedbugs; mould; mildew; humans
Mould and mildew can develop this quickly!
What is within 48 hours?
This additive prevents paper from absorbing liquid.
What is sizing?
This is the undesirable part of wood fibre. (Bonus points if you know why!)
What is lignin?
We have Canadian and ANSI standards for this type of paper.
What is permanent paper? (aka acid-free paper)
(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!
This how to treat damp documents.
What is air drying? (paper towel may expediate the process)
This is the difference between preservation and conservation.
Preservation = non-invasive
Conservation = hands-on