DOI: 10.7910/dvn/abi70z
title: MIT Libraries' Conservation Pictograms (2021) MP4

description: Video Description

MIT Libraries’ Wunsch Conservation Lab presents a growing collection of pictograms(icons) that illustrate best practices when working with collections found in cultural heritage institutions such as Libraries, Archives, and Museums.Open data supporting digital first initiatives to preserve essential core collections at MIT Libraries. The pictograms help our staff remember our core practices when working near or with essential core collections. The pictograms area part of our policy to integrate conservation practice across the Libraries as a part of administrative operational improvements.The pictograms are freely available as downloadable PNG or PDF-accessible files at our open data repository:https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/conservationpictograms(Harvard Dataverse). Libraries Conservation Pictograms (2021) [alternate text in brackets]

0:00–0:03 MIT Libraries Conservation Pictograms title slide with images of the Libraries' polygon logo, a QR code linking to PNG and PDF accessible files, and a pictogram of a clean hand

0:04–0:08 Wash hands before and after using collections pictogram [clean open hand]

0:09–0:13 Use outcards and tabs with collections pictogram [outcard holding a place in a in document box in order to remove a folder for viewing;a tab in box indicating an action needed]

0:14–0:19 No food or drink near collections pictogram[drink and plant with diagonal slash across image]0:20–0:26 No personal items near collections pictogram[backpack on desk near collections with diagonal slash across image]

0:27–0:31 Sign in and out of secure collection areas pictogram [sheet of paper on aclipboard labeled sign in with adjacent pencil]

0:32–0:37 No pictures near or in vault areas pictogram[a view of a person, looking into their smart device, taking a selfie in front of a room labeled vault with diagonal slash through image]

0:38–0:43 Use bookends to keep collections upright pictogram [five books held upright with L-shaped bookends on either side]

0:44–0:49 No supplies stored in collection areas pictogram[labeled empty boxes in collections area, a person reaching for something on the top shelf without a ladder with a slash through the image]

0:50–0:55 Contact Conservation to make housings for collections pictogram [view inside a storage box with a. little globe inside a custom-made pocket]

0:56–1:01 Courier rare collections pictogram [a truck driving towards an MIT gallery that has an open book on display visible through a window]

1:02–1:07 Report active wet and moldy collections pictogram [a book laying horizontal on a surface, with dark stained areas and wavy lines floating upwards indicating active wet and moldy conditions with a slash through it]

1:08–1:13 No storing collections on the floor pictogram[books and an open box of books stored directly on the floor with a diagonal slash through the image]

1:14–1:19 Store collections on shelves, carts, or pallets pictogram [books and boxes of books stored on shelves, a cart, and a pallet. There is a protective cover draped over the collections on the cart and pallet].

1:19–1:22 Free Downloads text

1:23–1:25 PDF-accessible pictogram files text

1:26–1:29 Digital first resources text

1:30–1:31 Preserve essential core collections text

1:32–1:34 Wunsch Conservation Lab text

1:35–1:37 Open Data text

1:38–1:40 Circled CC symbolizes creative commons license. Circled human figure symbolizes giving attribution images.

1:41–1:43 circled dollar sign with backslash symbolizes non-commercial and circled anti-clockwise arrow symbolizes share alike images

1:44–1:46 Magenta QR code image linking to folder with freely downloadable PNG and PDF-accessible files

1:47–1:52 Title Slide: MIT Libraries’ Logo with polygon image
description: The illustrations designed by Nicole Araya and the Wunsch Conservation Laboratory Staff, MIT Libraries, accompany our Working with Essential Core Collections Policy. Copyright © 2021-01-28 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License except where otherwise noted. Music credit: The Whole Other | The Woogie, https://youtu.be/rXHVsA2b5sMDDC playlist on the letterlocking YouTube channel YouTube URL ishttps://youtu.be/OSFVz2RsDjQMIT