National Archives of Australia An excellent site with advice on caring for books, maps, documents etc. The site also includes valuable information on recovering paper which has been fire and flood damaged and links to suppliers of archival papers, tapes, boxes etc.
Library of Congress USA Frequently asked questions on preservation, care and storage of books etc.
The Australian War Memorial Information on the conservation and handling of Books, Paper, Medals, Documents, Oil Paintings, Photographs and Textiles.
CoOL Conservation OnLine This site is an online resource by & for conservators & related fields, operated by the Foundation of American Institute for Conservation.
Recent Developments in Preservation of works on Paper A PDF of Recent Developments in Preservation of works on Paper by Hugh Phibbs, with numerous photographs. May take some time to load depending on your internet speed but well worth the wait.
Bibliographical Society - London The Bibliographical Society was founded in 1892 to promote and encourage study and research in historical, analytical, descriptive and textual bibliography.
CERL CERL seeks to share resources and expertise between research libraries with a view to improving access to, as well as exploitation and preservation of the European printed heritage in the hand-press period (up to c. 1830).
Index Possessorum Incunabulorum (IPI) Find personal and corporate owners of incunabula. While CERL is working towards the full integration of IPI data into the CERL Thesaurus, this full-text search has been made available.
National Library of Australia Website of the National Library of Australia includes their on-line catalogue, details of their events etc.
State Library of Victoria Website of the State Library of Victoria includes workshops, family history resources, eresourse, details of their events etc.
VD16 Bibliography of books published in German-speaking countries in 16th century (VD 16).
Trove Find and get over 374,642,876 Australian and online resources: books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more.
VD17 Bibliography of books published in German- speaking countries in the 17th century
CDL California Digital Library CDL link to "A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725 (1922)]'
CDL California Digital Library Digitised copies of useful reference books. This link "List of Catalogues of English Book Sales, 1676 - 1900, now in the British Museum (1915)"
The British Armorial Bindings A comprehensive catalogue of all the coats of arms, crests, and other heraldic devices that have been stamped by British owners on the outer covers of their books, together with the bibliographical sources of the stamps.
Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC) The Incunabula Short Title Catalogue is the international database of 15th-century European printing created by the British Library with contributions from institutions worldwide.
Material Evidence in Incunabula MEI is a database specifically designed to record and search the material evidence of 15th-century printed books: ownership, decoration, binding, manuscript annotations, stamps, prices, etc.
Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books A Dictionary of descriptive terminology. Handy site for bookbinding terminology is the online version of Roberts and Etherington.
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke The Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, is an ongoing work of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin with the aim of building and maintaining an index of reference sources for 15th century books.
The Centre for the Study of the Book The Centre for the Study of the Book provides a common ground for scholars and librarians with shared interests in understanding, documenting, and interpreting the intellectual and material history of the book.
