Collections Care and Conservation principles

2.1. Lancashire Archives stores archival material, whatever its nature or format, in secure and suitable accommodation with appropriate environmental conditions and environmental monitoring.

2.2 We follow relevant national standards and best practice, and a professional code of ethics, in all aspects of collections care and conservation

2.3 We adopt a risk management approach to collections care and conservation, with an ongoing programme of benchmarking, condition surveys and assessment followed by appropriate remedial action.

2.4 We provide access to archives, while ensuring their protection and minimising the risk from handling.

2.5 We care for our born-digital and digitised collections in accordance with our Digital Preservation Policy

2.6 We carry out remedial conservation work, using appropriate techniques to stabilise and slow down further deterioration with the minimum of intervention.