Preserving Archives
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Preserving Archives
Access to archival material – the documentary heritage of people all over the world that gives them their identity and ensures their rights – is dependent on the survival of fragile materials: paper, parchment, photographic materials, audiovisual materials and, most recently, magnetic and optical formats. The primary importance of such survival is widely acknowledged but sometimes overlooked in a rush to provide ever better means of access. But without the basic material, no services can be offered. Preservation is the heart of archival activity.
Archivists in all types of organizations face questions of how to plan a preservation strategy in less than perfect circumstances, or deal with a sudden emergency. This book considers the causes of threats to the basic material, outlines the preservation options available and offers flexible solutions applicable in a variety of situations. Benefiting from the author's contact with international specialists as Head of Preservation Services at the National Archives of the UK, it offers a wide range of case studies and examples
Key topics are:
standards and policies of archive preservation
preservation assessment
understanding archive materials and their characteristics
managing digital preservation
archive buildings and their characteristics
managing archival storage
managing risks and avoiding disaster
setting up a conservation workshop
moving the records
exhibiting archives
handling the records
managing a pest control programme
using and creating surrogates
putting preservation into practice.
This is a vital handbook for professional archivists, but also for the many librarians, curators and enthusiasts, trained and untrained, in museums, local studies centres and voluntary societies in need of good clear advice.
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