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The article provides information on how to care and preserve art collections in Canada. The author stated that prevention, conservation and restoration are the basic elements in maintaining an art collection, however, conservation and restoration can be avoided by paying careful attention to prevention. He added that the first step in preventing common destruction of paper begins with purchasing works made of or with good paper, which are acid-free. Meanwhile, to protect soap-stone carving from damage, a plexiglass case should be built for it protects the work from dust. On the other hand, paintings must not be installed anywhere near a direct source of heat and light levels must be restricted to 100 lumen.

Reports that Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Co. has agreed to use Wei T'o Associates Inc. preservation technology. Outlook for the use of the technology to preserve books, documents, maps, works of art, and other paper-based materials; Use of nonflammable materials by the system which fill paper with a nontoxic magnesium carbonate complex to neutralize acids and prevent further acid development; Use of the Wei T'o process to preserve documents such as the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution; Treatment of books by the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada with the system.