Many preservation activities do not require additional staff, sophisticated equipment, or significant expense. Lamination came to be viewed as the treatment of choice, and was even applied to documents in pristine condition. Lamination is seldom appropriate to need, does not use stable materials, is radically intrusive, and difficult to reverse. With experience, we learned that lamination can no longer be considered a viable preservation option for papers of enduring value. We look for treatments that use stable materials and are appropriate to need , structurally sound , minimally intrusive , and potentially reversible .
Intellectual control establishes order over records.
Records inventories represent the holdings of a repository. Finding aids are created so that users can locate information within the records. By maintaining intellectual control, records custodians are protecting the rights of Georgians to have access to the public records of their communities. Knowing what you have is essential before beginning other records or preservation activities. Records without permanent value may be scheduled for eventual destruction.