http://hdl.handle.net/2142/465 Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 30, 1988); Edited by Katherine Luther Henderson and William T. Henderson http://hdl.handle.net/2142/591 Color photographs and color motion pictures in the library: For preservation or destruction? Wilhelm, Henry The stability shortcomings of color photographs present special problems in library collections. With the exception of post- 1939 Kodachrome films that have been kept in the dark, most color photographs and non-Technicolor motion pictures made from 1935 until perhaps 1980 have by now suffered significant, even catastrophic, fading. Preservation of color photographs Preservation of color moving images Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/590 Needs and potential solutions in conservation van Zelst, Lambertus There is a certain challenge to discussing the conservation needs of nonbook materials at a meeting of library specialists. While most of the presentations in this volume deal with the preservation of nonbook materials which librarians may very well encounter in the collections of their institutions, this paper addresses the "state of conservation" in general, in or outside the library field. To do so, the author did not have to start from scratch; in fact, his homework had been done already by the National Institute for Conservation of Cultural Property (NIC), about which more will be said later in this paper. This paper uses as its reference point a figure, prepared by NIC, that gives an overall assessment of the existing needs in various areas. Conservation Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/589 Preserving newspapers: National and international cooperative efforts Swartzburg, Susan Garrison Historians have always turned to newspapers to see how events were interpreted at the time that they occurred. Now, more than ever, with an increased interest in social history and in the daily life of the common person, historians have come to appreciate and use this most important element of the historical record. Thus, the questions of preservation and access have become more critical. As preservation and access are achieved, scholars are able to increase their study of people and events through an examination of the primary source of information and observation: the newspaper. Preservation of newspapers Library cooperation Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/588 The challenge of archival conservation Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn The field of archival preservation is increasingly recognized as an area of specialization within the broader discipline of preservation of artistic and cultural works. Archival preservation is akin to both fine art and library preservation; but, while it shares common approaches and philosophical concerns with each of these fields, there are also several important differences. In large part, these differences relate to the nature of archival materials. Unlike fine art collections, archival records are generally intended to be used and handled by a variety of researchers. Although there are possibilities for duplicating or reformatting unstable or fragile records, large quantities of archival materials in original formats still must be capable of being used and handled. Paper must flex and bindings must function as vehicles both to protect and to allow access to information. Fine art holdings even study collections are subjected to much less (and less rigorous) handling than are archival materials. Conservation Archives Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/587 Preservation of computer-based and computer-generated records Neavill, Gordon B. The advent of the computer is comparable in its revolutionary implications to the advent of the printing press. Like printing from movable type, electronic digital communication offers significant advantages over previous technologies, and it has taken hold and spread very rapidly. As the twentieth century draws to a close, more and more records are being created, stored, and disseminated in digital form. A growing number of analog records are being converted to digital form so they can be incorporated into computer-based systems. But just as no one in the fifteenth century fully grasped the implications of the printing revolution, the implications of the computer revolution social, cultural, economic, and intellectual remain largely unclear to us. Especially unclear are the implications for long-term access to digitally encoded information. Issues concerning the preservation and survival of records in digital form have attracted little attention. How long will various forms of digital media last? What steps must be taken to ensure the survival of the information they contain? We have little experience or substantive knowledge to guide policy decisions concerning the preservation of computer-based and computer-generated records, but the implications of what is known are troubling. Many digital storage media have short life expectancies; moreover, retrieval of their information content is dependent on specific software and hardware that may have even shorter life expectancies. Some of the best informed computer experts believe that the only way to ensure long-term access to information is to retain it in human-readable rather than digital form. Preservation of computer-based records Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/586 Preservation planning: The vital first steps Montori, Carla J. Concern over the preservation of cultural materials is not a new phenomenon, but wide-ranging institutional action to ensure that such preservation occurs is new. For years, institutions have employed conservators and technicians to provide single item treatment for materials damaged or vulnerable to damage. More recently, the trend has been to establish preservation programs that take a more holistic approach to the dizzying multitude of factors that, taken together, comprise the institution's preservation challenge. Preservation Preservation planning Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/585 Conservation of cartographic materials Larsgaard, Mary Lynette Conservation and preservation of cartographic materials are a challenge chiefly because so many different media are to be found in what is modestly termed a map room maps (flat, rolled, or folded), profiles, sections, diagrams, views, globes, atlases, remote sensing imagery (in many different forms, such as positives, negatives, roll film, and slides), plastic models, and just recently, data in digital form (magnetic tape, CD-ROM, and probably more to come). In fact, it often seems that the map room is home to any object that depicts a geographic area or carries cartographic information and is also awkward to handle. In the last ten years or so, conservation has had a greatly heightened image in the library world and, by extension, in the map library world. Consequently, map librarians have been forced to consider conservation far more than they did in the past, as evidenced by the appearance of columns on preservation and conservation in the leading map library journals, such as the Information Bulletin of the Western Association of Map Libraries, the Newsletter of the Association of Canadian Map Libraries, and base line, the newsletter of the American Library Association's Map and Geography Round Table (WAML, ACML, ALA MAGERT). Conservation of cartographic materials Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/584 Introduction to Conserving and preserving materials in nonbook formats (Papers presented at the Allerton Park Institute held November 6-9, 1988) Henderson, Kathryn Luther Henderson, William T. The thirtieth Allerton Institute was the second in the three decades of these Institutes to be devoted wholly to preservation of library materials. The first with this theme was the twenty-seventh Institute in 1981. In that conference, all but one paper dealt with paper-based materials. In that lone paper, Gerald D. Gibson covered preservation problems of "film, sound recordings, tapes, computer records, and other nonpaper materials" (Gibson, 1981, pp. 89-1 10). In his introduction, Gibson noted the difficulty he had experienced in covering the problems of each of these formats in one paper and hinted that each could well have formed the content of a discrete paper, so the germ of the idea for the 1988 conference came from Gibson's 1981 remark. In the intervening years, much effort has gone into identifying preservation needs and a great deal of attention has been given to paper preservation. Of course, many problems still remain in these areas; however, considerable progress has been made, especially in the realization that many other institutions share preservation problems with libraries. Meanwhile, the growing collections of nonbook materials in archives, museums, and libraries have increasingly shown the need to focus on the preservation problems of these formats. Each format has its own special conservation and preservation problems; yet, many formats are paper-based or have components that contain paper and are, therefore, also subject to all the problems related to paper. Some formats require special equipment which may become obsolete or present other preservation difficulties. This conference addressed the care and preservation of a wide range of nonbook materials and attempted to accomplish the following five general goals and purposes: (1) to identify issues and problems related to the preservation of nonbook materials; (2) to examine different methods and techniques used in the care and preservation of these materials; (3) to provide perspectives on research activities and future trends in nonbook preservation; (4) to indicate the role of vendors and suppliers in the preservation process; and (5) to suggest ways of utilizing strategic planning in the preservation process. Nonbook materials --Conservation and restoration Preservation Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/583 Index to Conserving and preserving materials in nonbook formats (Papers presented at the Allerton Park Institute held November 6-9, 1988) Index Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/582 The role of vendors in conservation Inch, Dennis This discussion will advise in four areas of conservation: 1 . What are the responsibilities of an archival supplier? 2. What is the range of supplies needed to care for a photographic collection? 3. How does one company (Light Impressions) stay current in the changing field of photographic preservation? 4. What are some of the problems encountered in a storage environment? Nonbook materials --Conservation and restoration Vendors Preservation of photographs Conservation of photographs Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT