Decisions in conservation and preservation in the conservation laboratory
Kuflik, Louise
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Title
Decisions in conservation and preservation in the conservation laboratory
Author(s)
Kuflik, Louise
Issue Date
1983
Keyword(s)
Conservation
Preservation
Abstract
The decision to conserve has already been made when a book is brought to
a conservation studio. It means that the material has been found to have
some intrinsic or artifactual value. What to conserve is the decision of the
librarian, the archivist, or the bibliophile. How to conserve it is fundamentally
the decision of the conservator, often made in conjunction with the
custodian of the material or at least with his/her consent. All decisions are
made after a careful examination and testing of the material and a thoughtful
assessment of the techniques available. Unfortunately, the question of
cost must enter into the discussion because book and paper conservation is
a craft almost entirely executed by hand. Conservators employ timehonored
techniques, sometimes supplemented by modern technological
advances, but always guided by the principle of reversibility in deference to
the historical, cultural or aesthetic importance of the materials with which
they deal and with an awareness of the possibility that some better technique
or material may come along later in this developing field.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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