American Institute for Conservation Guides for cleaning, storing, displaying, handling and protecting personal artifacts; information on selecting a conservator, etc. http://www.conservation-us.org/

Heritage Emergency National Task Force Offers tools and information to cultural institutions and the general public for preparing for and responding to emergencies that affect collections and family treasures. http://www.heritagepreservation.org/PROGRAMS/TASKFER.HTM

Image Permanence Institute Information on preservation of images and collections environment http://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/

Library of Congress Preservation Department Contains "Frequently Asked Questions" and "Caring for Your Collections" other useful information for the public http://www.loc.gov/preserv/preserve.html

The National Archives Caring for family papers, photographs, films. Considering your own digitization project and more. http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/

Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) Provides preservation information to museums, libraries, archives, historical organizations, and other cultural institutions. http://www.nedcc.org/resources/introduction.php http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets.list.php

National Park Service Conserve-o-grams

Are short focused leaflets about caring for museum objects. They are useful to both experienced and inexperienced museum staff responsible for the care and use of museum collections and interested individuals who have collections of fine arts, furniture, ceramics and glass, leather work, books and papers.

http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html