Preservation of Library Materials

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This paper discusses the importance and value of the preservation of library materials. It then discusses how this is done, including the technological process. The writer further examines how this process has evolved and advanced over time.

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"Since the beginnings of the library system in the United States, many methods have been devised for the preservation of library materials, such as books, manuscripts, autographs and related ephemera, prints, maps, paintings, photographs, movie film, sound recordings and videotape/DVD's. Some of these specialized techniques have been highly successful, while others have often failed to preserve certain items in their original, pristine conditions. As Caroline Horton points out, items of special value held in library collections "require the skills of trained conservators, for the vast majority of materials deteriorate rapidly" (167), not to mention the skills and talents required to preserve common items that are usually part of the circulating system of any public or academic library."

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