Preservation Self-Assessment Program
Collection ID Guide
Audiovisual Media
Film
Audiotape
Open Reel
Cassette/ Cartridge-Based
Videotape
Open Reel
Cassette / Cartridge-Based
Phonograph Record
Optical Media
Grooved Cylinder
Wire Recording
Paper & Book
Unbound Paper
Paper
- Acid-Free Paper (Rag paper; Permanent paper)
- Coated Paper
- Newsprint
- Proprietary Paper
- Tracing/Transparent Paper
Office Copy/Print
- Carbon Copy
- Carbonless Copy (NCR)
- Color Photocopy
- Copybook / Roller Copy
- Diazo Print
- Diffusion Transfer
- Dual Spectrum
- Electrofax
- Electrostatic/Xerox Copy
- Hectograph
- Impact Print
- Inkjet Print
- Laser Print
- Lithograph (Office Litho)
- Photostat
- Spirit Duplicate
- Stencil Copy
- Thermal Print / Thermofax
- Typography
Bound/Book
Paper
- Acid-Free Paper (Rag paper; Permanent paper)
- Coated Paper
- Newsprint
- Proprietary Paper
- Tracing/Transparent Paper
Cover & Binding Materials
- Cloth (starch-filled, pyroxylin-treated, acrylic-coated)
- Leather (sheep, goat, calf)
- Paper
- Parchment (vellum, etc.)
- Tawed Skin
Binding Types
- Adhesive Bindings ("perfect" binding, double fan adhesive)
- Other Bindings (punch-and-bind, stapled, accordion)
- Sewn Bindings (through-the-fold, oversewn, stab)
Photographic Print
Cased/Direct Photograph
Negative
Slide/Transparency
Photomechanical Print
Digital Print
Microform
Objects