In recent times it has become clear that plastic photographic and reel-to-reel audio tape collections need to be frozen if they are to remain in their current condition and not deteriorate further. BS 4971:2017 Conservation & Care of Archive & Library Collections covers storage environment standards for these collection types and following a careful consideration of research and publications it is recognised now that cooled storage, above zero Centigrade, will not preserve acetate plastic negatives, slides and cine film.
Digital copying is a good way of ensuring that users can access this material, but to make it last it needs to be frozen; BS4971 proposes storage at -20C and low RH microclimate packaging. Digitisation does not have to happen before freezing – if you have large quantities of such material and it will take many years to get them copied and catalogued, you need to freeze the material now so that, when you are ready to copy it, it will still be in a usable state fit to be copied. We have the facility to protect your material in a dedicated cold storage area, alongside our other archival storage services. Material needs to be suitably conditioned and packaged for freezing and we have set up a secure conditioning store where collections can come before being re-packaged and placed in the freezer.
We have worked with Conservation Resources to establish a collaborative cold storage scheme at Upper Heyford, we can take acetated plastic material and condition, package and place it in deep freeze storage.
We are proud to be full members of the British Association of Removers. This membership is both a seal of approval and also offers security for our customers, including protection of advanced payments:
Archiving documents off-site can save valuable space on your premises and make retrieving documents much easier. If you are an individual or a business looking for safe and secure offsite archival document storage, then look no further. We can provide you with simple, easy to understand, cost effective and reliable solutions for putting information you no longer use regularly, into secure storage for extended periods of time.
Essentially, we manage your documents for you. You put them into archive boxes which we provide, ensuring they are labelled correctly. We then collect the boxes and enter them into our archive system. When you request a document, we have several options available:
Scan them and send them to you when asked
Deliver individual hard copy documents to you when requested
Scan your paper documents before destroying them via secure onsite shredder
If your requirements are not listed one of our specialised surveyors will discuss them with you personally
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Domestic move (May 2023)
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Domestic move (August 2023)
As with my first move, the crew were excellent. They arrived in good time, they were happy at their work and they did a very good job. They did everything they could make the day as painless for me as they could. I have nothing but praise for their work rate and helpfulness.
Mr & Mrs Gibbard
Domestic move (October 2023)
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Alex Brown
Collections Coordinator: National Museum of the Royal Navy
Thank you to you and your team for all of the hard work moving the Royal Marines Museum. The RMM collection move was a complex project from the onset with a large diverse collection moving between multiple sites. Your team proved to be adaptable, dedicated and professional and a pleasure to work with and we are at the NMRN very much look forward to working with them in the future.
Domestic removal
July 2024
They did exactly what they promised, arrived as agreed, unloaded and loaded with the care necessary for valuable artworks, and were at all times fully competent and professional. In addition, their pricing was very competitive.
Jacqui Grainger
Librarian for RUSI
Working with Jamie Briggs has been a delight: well-organised and supportive, their team provided the help I needed as a solo curatorial professional to safely pack and transport the RUSI collections to Upper Heyford.
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Northamptonshire Archaeological Resource Centre
The whole move went very well and we encountered no problems at all. The team that moved our archive material were great throughout the two weeks and the process of getting a quote etc. from Julian was all really positive.
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Director, Savills Estate Agents
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Curator, Gunnersbury Museum
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CEO, Turner & Co.
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Bodleian Library, Oxford
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