This section includes the BOOKS, WEBINARS, and VIDEOS created by the EAP team to help award holders and members of their project teams to create the highest quality images, audio and metadata for their project. There is also a list of links to guidance produced by British Library's Conservation team under the COLLECTION CARE heading below.
BOOKS
Remote Capture: Digitising Documentary Heritage in Challenging Locations

This book can be downloaded as a free e-book here.
Digital appendices to accompany the publication can be accessed by clicking on the link: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0138.11
From Dust to Digital: Ten Years of the Endangered Archives Programme

WEBINARS
EAP Webinar: Completing a Successful Preliminary Application
The first live EAP webinar “Completing a Successful Preliminary Application” took place on 2 November 2018. Over 40 participants from around the globe took part in an online Q&A session, where EAP staff members and previous grant holders s answered questions about all aspects of the application process. The presentation and Q&As are reproduced in the blog.
EAP webinars in Arabic, Spanish and French took place in June 2019. The presentations can be found on the blog post.
COLLECTION CARE
The British LIbrary's Preservation Advisory Centre published some useful guidance booklets that are available online.
- Basic preservation for archive collections
- Understanding and caring for bookbindings
- Cleaning books and documents
- Damaged books
- Managing the library and archive environment
- Mould outbreaks in library collections
- Moving library and archive collections
- Managing pests in paper-based collections
- Manejo de las plagas en colecciones con soportes de papel
- Preservation of photographic material
- Building a preservation policy
- Salvaging library and archive collections
- Library and archive storage furniture
- Preservation of photographic material
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