Research Catalog

Title

Preserving library materials : a manual / by Susan G. Swartzburg.

Author

Swartzburg, Susan G., 1938-1996.

Publication

Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1995.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Description

x, 503 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Library Materials > Conservation and restoration
• Library materials > Conservation and restoration > Handbooks, manuals, etc

Genre/Form

• Handbook
• Handbooks and manuals
• Handbooks and manuals.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-493) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preservation in the library: historical & philosophical perspectives -- The preservation survey: tool for collection management -- Collection management: the core and preservation of library materials -- Enemies of books -- Environment and preservation -- Emergency planning and library security -- Bookbinding -- Paper: problems and solutions -- Special materials in the library -- Photographic materials: the care and preservation of motion pictures, sound recordings, and videotape -- Image and sound: the care and preservation of motion pictures, sound recordings, and videotape -- Reformatting for preservation: microfilm and facsimile -- The preservation of our cultural heritage: the 1990s and beyond.

ISBN

0810828553 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^94018868^//r95

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library