Case Study: Preserving the Past in Photos
Hays Public Library serves around 20,000 people, and its Kansas Room offers research opportunities to historians and genealogists. Founded in the 1950s, the Kansas Room is one of the oldest local history rooms in the state of Kansas, with a collection that covers not only Kansas but also the history of the west and the Civil War. Additionally, the Kansas Room houses one of the best collections of George Armstrong Custer, who was stationed at Fort Hays in the 1860s.
Best Practices: The Use of Japanese Paper as an Alternative Material in the Repair of Leather-Bound Items in Academic Research Libraries
Japanese papers are widely used in the repair of leather bindings by conservators in academic research libraries. This small study displays a range of paper choice and handling practices and indicates the importance of initiating efforts to evaluate the best possible methodologies and applications.
Originally published by Archival Products, a division of LBS, Archival Products NEWS, Volume 16, No. 4.
Best Practices: Archival Storage and Preservation
Tips for general care and handling.
Archival Formats
Preservation and conservation information and best practices for specific materials format.
Collections Policies and Preservation
Every library collection is established for one or more definite purposes. A collection development and management program organizes and directs the processes of acquiring materials, integrating them into coherent collections, managing their growth and maintenance, and deselecting them when appropriate in a cost- and user-beneficial way."1 A coherent collection policy also establishes the parameters within which a systematic preservation program operates.
Digital Preservation Readiness Webliography
This bibliography of Web resources provides links on various topics including metadata and digital preservation.
Best Practices: A Basic Approach to Archival Care
This article provides a basic approach to caring for and handling collections, including general theory and the impact that materials, supplies and environmental factors have on artifacts. He offers his expertise on preservation and conservation along with resources to help ensure the longevity of your collections.
Survey of Library-Museum Digitization Projects
The nearly 200 page report looks closely at how academic, public and special libraries and museums are digitizing special and other collections. The study is based on detailed data on costs, equipment use, staffing, cataloging, marketing, licensing revenue and other facets of digitization projects from nearly 100 libraries and museums in the United States, the UK, continental Europe, Canada, and Australia.
The study covers and presents data separately for digitizers of photographs, film and video, music and audio, text and re-digitization of existing digital mediums. Data is also broken out by budget size, region of the world, type of institution and other factors. Data presented separately for academic libraries, public and government libraries, special libraries and museums.
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