Paperkeep is an independent educational publishing project for people looking after books, printed photographs, letters, certificates, albums, and other paper keepsakes at home. The focus is on the decisions that come before treatment: what to inspect, what to protect first, which actions are reasonably low risk, and when to stop.
What Paperkeep publishes
Guides address recognizable condition and storage questions rather than promising restoration results. Topics include handling, enclosures, display, moisture, light, adhesives, distortion, pests, emergency response, and preservation of identifying information.
Each article is written for a general reader with a personal or family collection. It does not assume access to a conservation laboratory or turn specialist treatments into casual household instructions.
How the guides are developed
Each guide begins with a defined object, condition, reader decision, and safety boundary. Institutional preservation guidance and direct technical resources are used to establish what a reader can reasonably do at home and which conditions require a conservator or other qualified professional.
AI-assisted tools may help organize source notes, compare page structure, and prepare early drafts. They are not treated as evidence. Published recommendations are tied to the sources shown on the page, and Paperkeep remains responsible for the final content.
Scope and limits
Paperkeep does not authenticate, appraise, diagnose, or provide a treatment proposal for a specific object. Photographic processes, inks, adhesives, bindings, coatings, mold, contaminants, and prior repairs can change what is safe. Rare, valuable, hazardous, wet, actively moldy, or structurally unstable material may need a qualified conservator.
Corrections and contact
Questions and corrections can be sent to [email protected]. Include the page address, the passage in question, and a reliable source or product document when available.