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Preservation management : policies and practices in British libraries
- Title
- Preservation management : policies and practices in British libraries / John Feather, Graham Matthews, and Paul Eden.
- Author
- Feather, John.
- Publication
- Aldershot, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Gower, ©1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | Z701.4.G7 F43 1996 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 174 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Much has happened in libraries and information in the last ten years and preservation and conservation issues have developed accordingly. The authors carried out a survey of around 500 British libraries to study preservation management practices over that period and the results of this questionnaire are the basis of this book. In analysing the responses it was clear that the fundamental issues about the access to and use of books were being addressed; preservation and retention of materials and media being the foundation of access. Having put the research into its historical context, the book moves on to the findings about management attitudes and practices. Policy issues are considered, and some of the national and international prescriptive policy documents issued by professional organizations are compared with those from the British libraries. The differences between the two form the basis of suggestions about how individual libraries might develop preservation policies and also what national policies could be considered. This is a book that will enable all librarians from all sectors to understand the importance and nature of preservation policies and to begin to create or improve their own.
- Subject
- Books > Conservation and restoration > Great Britain
- Library materials > Conservation and restoration > Great Britain
- Library Materials > conservation & restoration
- Books > conservation & restoration
- Conservation and restoration of maps. > [Literature]
- Map libraries and archives. > [Literature]
- Books > Conservation and restoration
- Library materials > Conservation and restoration
- Bestandserhaltung
- Bibliotheksbestand
- Conservatie
- Bibliotheekcollecties
- Livres > Conservation and restauration
- Bibliothèques > Appareils et matériels > Conservation et restauration. > Grande-Bretagne
- Documentation de bibliothèque > Conservation et restauration > Grande-Bretagne > 1990- ..
- Great Britain. > [Literature] > 1996
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. A Decade of Development -- Ch. 2. Perceptions of Preservation -- Ch. 3. Preservation in Practice -- Ch. 4. Priorities in Preservation -- Ch. 5. Preservation Policy Guidelines -- Ch. 6. Preservation Policies in Practice -- Ch. 7. Planning for Preservation.
- ISBN
- 0566076225
- 9780566076220
- LCCN
- 95036428
- OCLC
- ocm32923031
- 32923031
- SCSB-2128031
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library