MANAGING PRESERVATION FOR LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES by John Feather (Editor) ( 9780754607052 )

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MANAGING PRESERVATION FOR LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES
CURRENT PRACTICE AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

By:

John Feather (Editor)

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Hardback

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0754607054

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9780754607052

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

8 January, 2004

Pages:

194

Description:

Sets out key preservation principles, rationales for selecting materials for preservation and choosing the best methods. Contributors cover state-of-the-art techniques for paper media, sound and image archives, explaining how appropriate techniques can be applied and storage and access managed.

Synopsis:

The preservation of library and archival materials can encompass everything from bookbinding and paper repair to new techniques for maintaining and exploiting digital text, sound or images. Managing Preservation for Libraries and Archives brings together an international team of contributors presenting the latest findings on key areas of preservation and addressing the most common storage and retrieval problems for different types of media. The authors also revisit traditional preservation and conservation approaches and suggest how to develop policies for the future. First summarising historical developments, the book sets out key preservation principles, rationales for selecting materials for preservation, and how to choose the best methods. Different contributors report on state-of-the-art preservation techniques for paper media and sound archives, explain how the appropriate techniques can be applied and how storage and access can best be managed in the long term.Later chapters analyse the benefits and problems of digitising different types of materials; the long-term viability of digital media; issues of access to digital surrogate documents as opposed to the original medium; and the challenges in the digital context of bibliographical control, cataloguing, metadata, distribution and copyright protection. An extensive chapter on international information sources provides signposting to a wealth of guidance on the latest techniques. Managing Preservation for Libraries and Archives will guide readers working in the library, archives, museum and heritage sectors through the choices between digital and traditional preservation techniques, and prepare them for likely future developments in managing both preservation and access.

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Ashgate Publishing Limited

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