Preservation: issues and planning

Abstract

Eighteen contributions concerned with the preservation of library or archival collections, written by administrators, archivist, conservators, and educators. The collective thesis of the papers is that "preservation is a technical problem requiring managerial solutions."

Contents

Defining the library preservation program: policies and organization / Carolyn Clark Morrow -- Preservation programs in high-use library collections / Sara R. Williams -- Preservation program planning for archives and historical records repositories / Christine Ward -- Programs, priorities, and funding / Margaret Child -- Planning for preservation in libraries / Jutta Reed-Scott -- Issues in digital archiving / Peter S. Graham -- Environment and building design / Paul N. Banks -- Collections and stack management / Duane A. Watson. Preservation of information in nonpaper formats / Eleanore Stewart and Paul N. Banks. Preservation management: emergency preparedness / Sally A. Buchanan -- Library and archives security / Richard Strassberg -- Exhibition policy and preparation / Roberta Pilette -- Selection for preservation / Carolyn Harris -- Conservation of general collections / Jan Merrill-Oldham and Nancy Carlson Schrock -- Commercial library binding / John F. Dean -- Preservation microfilming and photocopying / Eileen F. Usovicz and Barbara Lilley -- Special collections conservation / Eleanore Stewart -- Digitization for preservation and access / Paula de Stefano.