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A '''slow fire''' is a term used in [[library and information science]] to describe [[paper]] embrittlement resulting from acid decay. The term is taken from the title of [[Terry Sanders]]'s 1987 film ''Slow Fires: On the preservation of the human record.'' | A '''slow fire''' is a term used in [[library and information science]] to describe [[paper]] embrittlement resulting from acid decay. The term is taken from the title of [[Terry Sanders]]'s 1987 film ''Slow Fires: On the preservation of the human record.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vassot |first=Chloe |date=2019-10-17 |title=The Little-Known ‘Slow Fire’ That’s Destroying All Our Books |url=https://lithub.com/the-little-known-slow-fire-thats-destroying-all-our-books/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=Literary Hub |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
Solutions to this problem include the use of [[acid-free paper]] stocks, [[format shifting]] brittle books by microfilming, photocopying or digitization, and a variety of [[mass deacidification|deacidification]] techniques. | Solutions to this problem include the use of [[acid-free paper]] stocks, [[format shifting]] brittle books by microfilming, photocopying or digitization, and a variety of [[mass deacidification|deacidification]] techniques. | ||
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*[[Preservation (library and archive)]] | *[[Preservation (library and archive)]] | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 03:58, 4 June 2025
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A slow fire is a term used in library and information science to describe paper embrittlement resulting from acid decay. The term is taken from the title of Terry Sanders's 1987 film Slow Fires: On the preservation of the human record.[1]
Solutions to this problem include the use of acid-free paper stocks, format shifting brittle books by microfilming, photocopying or digitization, and a variety of deacidification techniques.
See also
References
External links
- International Journal of Library Science
- Extinguishing slow fires: cooperative preservation efforts
- Slow fires: on the preservation of the human record
- Slow fires at IMDB
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".