Chris Check the following: ANSI/NISO Z-39-48-1992 (Permanence of Paper for Publication and Documents) ANSI/NAPM Itg.16-1993 (Photographic Activity Test (PAT)) ISO 14523-1999 (similar to above but updated) DIN 6738, 1992 (Life Expectancy of Photographic Materials) DIN ISO 10214, 1994 (Storage of Photographic Materials) The link to the guild web page is: http://www.fineart.co.uk Regards Ralph W. Lambrecht www.darkroomagic.com On 2005-06-11 14:13, "Christopher Woodhouse" <chris.woodhouse@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'll have to do some more reading. I once came across a website from the > framers guild which is likely to have some links too. Most of the archival > content on the web seems to be about microfilm archives, which of course > does not touch mounting materials. > > > On 9/6/05 12:53 pm, "Ray Rogers" <earthsoda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Yes, especially when it comes to sensitized materials >> there is a lot to test for and naturally it also >> depends on what exact type of material you want to >> protect. >> >> You bring up an interesting question... >> >> I spoke with one of their staff several years ago and >> got a list from them on their reccomendations... >> >> But I did not confirm that they in fact used those >> supplies/suppliers.... >> >> Ray >> ---------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> --- Peter Badcock <peter.badcock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> does anyone know which manufacturers >>> supply the archival mounting >>> materials to the Library of Congress in the US? >> >>> regards >>> Peter Badcock >> >> >> >> >> >> __________________________________ >> Discover Yahoo! >> Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! >> http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html >> =============================================================================>> = >> =============================== >> To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your >> account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you >> subscribed,) >> and unsubscribe from there. >> ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.