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Week
Eleven: Preservation Management
Week
Eleven Schedule
Week Eleven Readings
Prevention (1.5 hrs.)
Ed Vermue
- Composition and chemistry of paper
- Effects of heat, moisture, light, pests and infestation
- use of hygrothermographs, light meters, pH testing, fold test
- Handling, ILL, library buildings, shelving, food policy, patron
and staff awareness
- Collection security
Recovery (1.5 hrs.)
Ed Vermue
- Introduction to basic book repair (in Preservation Lab)
- Disaster preparedness
- Mass deacidification
- Commercial book bindery
Reformatting (1.5 hrs.)
Ed Vermue
- Brittle books problem
- Microfilm vs. digitization
- Deteriorization of non-paper based collections: microforms,
magnetic, optical
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