Author’s Guidelines for Writing a National Park Service Conserve O Gram

Overview

The National Park Service Park Museum Management Program publishes the Conserve O Gram series as a topical and timely guide on how to preserve and care for National Park Service museum and archival collections. This document provides authors with guidelines on how to write a Conserve O Gram.

The NPS Conserve O Gram series includes information on collections management, preservation, protection, and safety issues for cultural, natural, and archival collections. Several Conserve O Grams are published each year. The Conserve O Gram (COG) series supplements the National Park Service Museum Handbook. It is distributed to National Park Service parks and centers in hard copy as aloose-leaf publication. Conserve O Grams are posted online and made available for free download, at: www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/index.htm

The National Park Service Park [NPS] Museum Management Program welcomes contributions in the form of drafts, suggested topics, or comments on subjects of interest and relevance to National Park Service staff responsible for museum and archival collections.

NOTE: All authors, including NPS employees, must sign and return the author’s release at the end of this document.