Lib & Info Science > Preservation

See also Academic Info: Museum Studies

For Digital Preservation see our Digital Library: Research & Methods page.

Start with:
Library of Congress: Preservation
Sections include emergency preparedness, caring for your collection, online publications, links to other resources

Continue on with:
AATA Online
Abstracts of International Conservation Literature
"...enhances the preservation of our global cultural patrimony by providing high quality, peer-reviewed abstracts of the international literature of conservation and heritage management in a free online database. Updated quarterly, AATA Online currently includes abstracts of over 100,000 citations, enabling practitioners from many fields of heritage preservation to identify and select resources relevant to their work."
- The Getty

British Library Online Newspaper Archive [good example of digital preservation]
The Online Facsimile Library
Archives Newspapers, Magazines, Books, and Documents and can be searched for Ads, Articles, and Pictures.
"...the world's first online archive of microfilmed historic newspapers.
Newspaper issues from seven British dailies such as the Daily News, the
Weekly Dispatch, and the Manchester Guardian have been selected due to
their historic significance. They report an events like the Crimean War
ending with the Treaty of Paris, the Boer War, and the armistice ending
World War I...A digital archive of newspaper issues containing some 500,000 articles..." [description from press release]

Commission on Preservation and Access Newsletter
Council of Library and Information Resources

Conservation OnLine (CoOL)
Resources for Conservation Professionals
"CoOL, a project of the Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries, is a full text library of conservation information, covering a wide spectrum of topics of interest to those involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials."

Council on Library and Information Resources - (dead link)

Digitising History - (dead link)
A Guide to Creating Digital Resources from Historical Documents
By Sean Townsend, Cressida Chappell and Oscar Struijve

Floods in Europe: Damages to Libraries and Archives
"A UNESCO information service on the damages in libraries and archives in Europe and on actions taken for disaster recovery."

Harvard University Library Preservation Center
Written for Harvard University libraries but contains useful general information

Heritage Conservation and Historic Preservation - (dead link)
Concerned with not just conserving library collections but forms of cultural material.
State Library of Victoria

National Library of the Czech Republic (English or Czech)

  • Czech Libraries in Floods - (dead link) (2002)
    "About fifty Czech libraries were inundated, more than 600.000 volumes were soaked and consequently 150.000 of them had to be frozen. Books that have not been frozen or dried promptly are being liquidated. From more rare prints 1 incunabula, thousands of old prints from 1501 - 1800..."

Northeast Document Conservation Center (Andover, MA)

  • Preservation 101 - (dead link)
    An Internet Course on Paper Preservation
  • Preservation of Library & Archival Materials: A Manual - (dead link)
    3rd ed., Revised and Expanded
    Edited by Sherelyn Ogden. 1999.

PADI - Preserving Access to Digital Information
"PADI is a subject gateway to digital preservation resources"
Sections include: Projects ; Organizations ; Bibliographies ; Discussion Lists ; Glossaries ; Journals ; Digital Libraries ; Issues ; Strategies...and more.
- National Library of Australia

  • padiforum-l
    "...is a moderated discussion list for the exchange of news and ideas about digital preservation issues. Subscribers are encouraged to post digital preservation news, including announcements of forthcoming events, to padiforum-l. Discussion on all aspects of preserving access to digital information is also welcome."

Preservation Services Homepage, Dartmouth College Library
Sections include: Collection Emergencies ; FAQs ; Book Repair Manual ; Treatments ; Book Arts Binding ; Preservation Links.

Preserving Digital Information: Final Report and Recommendations
Task force cosponsored by the Commission on Preservation and Access (CPA) and the Research Libraries Group (RLG)

The Relationship Between Digital and Other Media Conversion Process: A Structure Glossary of Technical Terms
By M. Stuart Lynn and the Technology Assessment Advisory Committee (TAAC) of the Commission on Preservation and Access

A Simple Book Repair Manual
"The web version of the Simple Book Repair Manual was created by members of Preservation Services, Dartmouth College Library."

Photographs & Films
Alubumen - albumen photographs: history, science and preservation
"Presenting the art and science of albumen printing, this site brings together 19th Century technical instruction, contemporary research, an online forum for conservation treatment and a wealth of images. This unique resource is dedicated to those who value the application of technology to the creative process of image making."
By John Burke, Walter Henry, Paul Messier, Timothy Vitale and Stanford University Libraries.

National Film Preservation Board
Library of Congress

SEPIA - Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access
"...is a EU-funded project focusing on preservation of photographic materials...This website is also a platform and a source of information for anyone who wants to know more about the preservation of photographic materials

  • "To Have and to Hold"
    "This website will offer some guidance in finding information about the long-term preservation of all kind of photographic materials."
    Sections include: Processes ; Preservation ; Digitisation ; Links & Literature.

For Digital Preservation see our Digital Library: Research & Methods page.





 


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