RLG Preservation Microfilming Handbook
Author : Nancy E. Elkington
Publisher : Mountain View, CA : Research Libraries Group
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 28,85 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Archival materials
ISBN :
Preservation Microfilming
Author : Association of Research Libraries
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 14,75 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838906538
Book Description
This guide presents information on planning and managing microfilming projects, incorporating co-operative programmes, service bureaux and the impact of automation for library staff with deteriorating collections.
The Preservation Management Handbook
Author : Ross Harvey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 10,68 MB
Release : 2020-02-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1538109026
Book Description
Preservation how-to for every medium. Cultural heritage professionals—museum curators, museum professionals, archivists, and librarians— use their specialized knowledge to prioritize the needs of their collections. Preservation managers and collections care specialists draw from experts in climate control, fire safety, pest management, and more in assessing a collection and its needs. And all the special materials within the collections have their experts too. This revised second edition contains a wide range of topic-specific expertise that comprises both an enduring text for preservation and collections care students, as well as an essential one-stop reference for cultural heritage professionals—particularly those in small- to medium sized organizations where resources are limited and professional help, is not always accessible. Chapter coverage includes: PART I: FUNDAMENTALS Chapter 1: Mapping the Preservation Landscape for the Twenty-first Century Chapter 2: Preservation Principles Chapter 3: Managing Preservation: Policy, Assessment, Planning Chapter 4: Security and Disaster Planning PART II: COLLECTIONS Chapter 5: Artifacts and Information Chapter 6: The Environment Chapter 7: Creating Preservation-friendly Objects PART III: MEDIA AND MATERIAL Chapter 8: Putting it all together – environment and storage quick reference guides Chapter 9: Paper Objects and Books Chapter 10: Photographic Materials Chapter 11: Digital Prints (A. Carver-Kubik) Chapter 12: Sound Materials Chapter 13: Moving Image Materials Chapter 14: Digital Storage Media and Files Chapter 15: Textiles Chapter 16: Paintings In addition to updated and expanded existing content, a new chapter on digital prints has been added to the Media and Material. Also new is Expanded information on disaster planning; A quick guide to good, better, and best preservation practices to help institutions strive to improve their own activities; A comparative terminology guide to assist in greater understanding between LAMs; and two quick references for temperature and relative humidity preferences for a wide range of collection materials. This comprehensive handbook is an invaluable reference.
Double Fold
Author : Nicholson Baker
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 41,59 MB
Release : 2002-08-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1400033047
Book Description
The ostensible purpose of a library is to preserve the printed word. But for fifty years our country’s libraries–including the Library of Congress–have been doing just the opposite, destroying hundreds of thousands of historic newspapers and replacing them with microfilm copies that are difficult to read, lack all the color and quality of the original paper and illustrations, and deteriorate with age. With meticulous detective work and Baker’s well-known explanatory power, Double Fold reveals a secret history of microfilm lobbyists, former CIA agents, and warehouses where priceless archives are destroyed with a machine called a guillotine. Baker argues passionately for preservation, even cashing in his own retirement account to save one important archive–all twenty tons of it. Written the brilliant narrative style that Nicholson Baker fans have come to expect, Double Fold is a persuasive and often devastating book that may turn out to be The Jungle of the American library system.
Guidelines for Preservation Microfilming in Australia & New Zealand
Author :
Publisher : National Library Australia
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,14 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780642106919
Book Description
Covers types of microform; establishing a preservation microfilming project; selecting and preparing material, including standards for subsequent digitisation; quality control; bibliographic control; storage of masters; management of existing microform collections, including staff and user education and disaster plans.
Digitizing Collections
Author : Lorna M. Hughes
Publisher : Facet Publishing
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 45,10 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1856044661
Book Description
Part of the "Digital Futures" series, this book presents information managers with strategic and practical issues to consider when making the decision to digitize their collections. It runs through the process step by step, and outlines the techniques available to deal with a range of resources.
Starting an Archives
Author : Elizabeth Yakel
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 50,57 MB
Release : 1996-11-07
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1461671388
Book Description
Starting an Archives is designed for institutional administrators, archivists, and records managers thinking about beginning a historical records program in their organization. The book covers the decision making process which should precede the establishment of an archival program, outlines the first steps necessary in the beginning of an archival program, and introduces basic archival functions to readers. These functions include: archival administration, collection development, appraisal, records management, arrangement, description, reference, outreach, and preservation and facilities planning. The book provides a theoretical rationale for the establishment of an archival program and discusses the managerial, financial, and administrative implications involved in beginning an archives. At the same time, however, it approaches the subject of starting an archives in a practical manner. There are clear descriptions of archival activities, samples of the important archival policy documents and forms, and a current bibliograohy which points to additional texts for further reference. Information on archival organizations is also included to help beginning archives locate and join local and national professional archival networks.
RLG Archives Microfilming Manual
Author : Nancy E. Elkington
Publisher : Mountain View, Calif. : Research Libraries Group
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,34 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Archival materials
ISBN :
Book Description
Options for Replacing and Reformatting Deteriorated Materials
Author : Association of Research Libraries
Publisher : Association of Research Libr
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 39,45 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Book Description
This resource guide focuses on handling library materials that are too deteriorated to benefit from other preservation treatments. Hopeless case items, that would require an unreasonable amount of conservation work to fix, can be resolved through a process of reselecting items by replacing them or reformatting them. The reselection integrates preservation with collection development, acquisitions, cataloguing, circulation, and public service. The following articles are presented as guides to replacement and reformatting: (1) "Replacement for Brittle Items" (Emory University) and "Preservation Decision Making: A Descriptive Model" (Yale University) (Association of Research Libraries Office of Management Services); (2) "Brittle Book Preservation Policies" and"Replacement/Reformatting Options for Brittle and Missing Materials" (Columbia University Libraries); (3) "Cornell, Yale Advance with Digital Technologies" and "Special Report: Research on the Use of Color Microfilm" (Commission on Preservation and Access); (4) "RLG Preservation Microfilming Handbook: Operational Impact of Filming Projects on Library Units" (Nancy E. Elkington, Ed.); (5) "Preservation Microfilming" and "Preservation Decision Flow Chart" (Nancy Gwinn); and (6) "Preserving Harvard's Collections: The Acidic and Brittle Paper Problem and its Solutions" and "Preservation Workflow for a Worn, Damaged, or Deteriorated Book in the Research Collection" (Harvard University). A list of 13 selected resources recommends additional reading. (SLD)
International Newspaper Librarianship for the 21st Century
Author : Hartmut Walravens
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 27,19 MB
Release : 2008-12-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3598440200
Book Description
This volume consists of presentations at recent events of the IFLA Newspapers Section in Oslo 2005, Canberra 2005, Buenos Aires 2004, Shanghai 2004, Berlin 2003 and Cape Town 2003. It covers the variety and intensity of newspaper activities worldwide, emphasising both regional activities and current work in the fields of the preservation and digitisation of newspapers, and including reports on the ongoing US and UK projects. Another essential subject covered in this volume is the very complex issue of newspapers and copyright. This publication presents the current state of newspaper librarianship on all five continents. It reflects not only the remarkable progress made during recent years, but also the major challenges for the future.
