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Wednesday, July 1st, 2015
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UB Archivist Amy Vilz sniffed the telltale odor of vinegar emanating from hundreds of film canisters stored in the stacks. These records of campus history hadn’t been seen in decades because of concerns over their fragile state; many were undated or labeled with sketchy titles like “Outtakes.” Vilz knew the pungent aroma could mean only one thing: Some films had degraded past redemption, a process that preservationists call the “vinegar syndrome.” – See more at: http://www.buffalo.edu/atbuffalo/article-page-summer-2015.host.html/content/shared/www/atbuffalo/articles/summer-2015/in-every-issue/objectology.detail.html#sthash.An6ucbIK.dpuf