IMCoS has created several bulletins on the topic of looking after your map collection:
Collecting No. 1 – Judging a map’s condition
Collecting No. 2 – Distinguishing fake from real
Collecting No. 3 – Looking after antique maps and prints
Collecting No. 4 – Recording your maps as photographs or scans
Collecting No. 5A – Mounting maps and prints
Collecting No. 5B – Framing maps and prints
Collecting No. 6 – Small repairs to antique maps
Text to come
Collecting No. 7 – Cataloguing map collections
Text to come
Collecting No. 8 – Insurance for map collections
Text to come