Introduction to Conserving and preserving library materials (Papers presented at the Allerton Park Institute November 15-18, 1981)

Henderson, Kathryn Luther; Henderson, William T.

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Title

Introduction to Conserving and preserving library materials (Papers presented at the Allerton Park Institute November 15-18, 1981)

Author(s)

• Henderson, Kathryn Luther
• Henderson, William T.

Issue Date

1983

Keyword(s)

• Preservation of materials
• Library materials--Conservation and restoration

Abstract

One of the chief concerns in library administration and operations for the 1980s is the conservation and preservation of library materials, an area, which for too long, has been neglected. Faced with rapid deterioration of collections from the ravages of time plus increased widespread use and transportation of materials through networking operations coupled with the rising cost of materials, supplies and staff and other problems associated with inflation, librarians and archivists are finding it increasingly difficult to preserve their collections. A dozen years have passed since a landmark conference at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School brought to the profession's attention the serious problems of deterioration and opened up for the decade of the seventies many solutions which are now being implemented. In choosing the topic for the annual Allerton Park Institute, the faculty of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign thought it appropriate, at this time, to assess the state-of-the-art and to help set the objectives for the 1980s in conserving and preserving library and archival materials. Specifically the objectives of the conference were to make it possible for those in attendance to: note the scope of preservation problems; discover the philosophy of preservation and conservation of library materials; learn new methods and techniques in the field; identify new research needs; discover cooperative approaches and programs; receive current information on developments in paper manufacturing, deacidification, etc.; gather information on preservation of nonpaper materials such as film, recordings, computer records etc.; learn how and when to use the services of binders, restoration specialists and others outside die local library; learn how restoration specialists work; and find ways to implement a conservation/preservation policy in a local library.

Publisher

Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Series/Report Name or Number

Allerton Park Institute (27th : 1981)

ISSN

0536-4604

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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