... data was also obtained through interviews with one of the staff who served as the museum collection conservator. This study used random sampling to take samples from the collection, which consisted of 950 rare books, with total sample of 91. Findings The results obtained state that the condition...

... knowledge, cultural heritage preservation and ethnic identity contributed to the cultural conservation of ikat textiles (Somanawat, 2018 ; Yanpisit, 2022 ; Yanpisit and Surangkul, 2022). Some studies have focused on Thai weaving patters (Visutsak and Ryu, 2021), local Thai materials (Srisongmuang et...

...Isabel Stella Schellnack-Kelly Purpose Social media sites contribute significantly to nature conservation in, that they enlighten and educate those members of the public who would ordinarily not be in a position, or would not be fortunate enough to visit the park and experience the various aspects...

... for library staff on conservation and preservation of library collections, the creation of awareness on the issue among library users, the adoption of good house keeping practices and modification of storage environment to make them unsuitable for the biodeteriogens. It is recommended that libraries...

... … and immediately contacted the Preservation Department … Even our brief exposure without protective gear was hazardous. The assistant conservator developed a sore throat and brief fever and I was ill for six weeks” (p. 128). But my heart went out to Richard Widdicombe's 20‐year‐long‐term battle against Sick...

... Libraries Books Conservation Years ago, I can recall reading William Blades” The Enemies of Books and Holbrook Jackson's The Anatomy of Bibliomania, and thinking how books and libraries seem caught in an eternal cycle of construction and destruction. This principle – obvious...

... Publishing Limited 2007 --> Conservation Digitization Archives management There are two main concerns in this book (as well as several concerns about it). One is to describe and discuss the challenges and achievements of preservation specialists in the library, archive, and museum...

...Antonio Bereijo This article is the second of two concentrating on the conservation of audio‐visual materials. This paper focuses on the conservation of one particular form of A‐V material, magnetic materials, which can be used for sound recording and for optical recording in film and television...

...Antonio Bereijo This article is one of two concentrating on the conservation of audio‐visual materials. This first one focuses on the conservation of one particular form of A‐V material, motion‐picture and film media. An outline of the main landmarks in the historical development of film...

... or business reasons. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Preservation Conservation Library materials Digital mapping Records management Digital documents As organisations rely more and more on digital technology to produce, process, store, communicate, and use information in their activities...

...Stuart James Nicholson   Baker . Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper . London : Vintage   2002 . xii+370 pp. , ISBN: ISBN 0 099 42903 9   £7.99 Library materials Conservation Microfilming Newspaper publishing I applaud in another review...

... Paper Conservation As a librarian with responsibility for delivering training programmes on the handling and preservation of special collections material, I can guarantee that this occasional paper tells you everything you really need to know, in 30 pages. Author, Sherelyn Ogden, Head...

...Vinod Daniel Investigates conservation problems facing cultural collections in libraries and museums. Provides recommended levels of environmental control and a suggested risk assessment of collections. Concludes that conserving items may not be possible for small museums. However, problems...

...John C. Crawford The Langholm Library is a historic subscription library in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The aims of the project were to record the Library′s stock, to store and conserve its important books, to make the Library more accessible and to research and publicize its history. Describes...

...M.C. Onwubiko A brief history of paper is given and an overview of conservation and preservation efforts throughout the world is presented. The causes of deterioration of bibliographic resources are traced to inherent factors, external factors and structural failure. A number of preservation...

... to their original condition. Here librarians can learn much from another related profession, that of the museum curator. These artefacts are the books for the conservator, trained in the handcraft skills of that art. Such books, however, are a tiny minority, even in the great research libraries. For most books...

...Gordon Willis The history of an early Scottish library, founded on the collection of Bishop Robert Leighton, is outlined. Its decline and the subsequent efforts to restore it are explained; the cataloguing of the stock,conservation of books and restoration of the building are discussed and the work...

...J.F. Fuggles The extent and nature of the book collections in libraries belonging to properties in the ownership of the National Trust are outlined. The problems of identifying and displaying these collections to visitors to the properties in relation to conservation and security of the books...