Name/Title
Preservation Management for Libraries, Museums and ArchivesEntry/Object ID
2008.013.1Description
Discusses managing preservation in today’s information age. Concise and readable essays, written by cutting-edge preservation practitioners, provide the latest research and guidance on key issues such as policy and planning, preserving intangible heritage, indigenous property rights, and collections accessibility. They also tackle contemporary issues facing collecting institutions, from preserving cultural heritage in times of conflict to collecting and preserving digital artifacts. This resource is helpful as both a philosophical overview of preservation and a practical guide featuring case studies. The book concludes with the editors’ summation of the future of collections management and what new approaches will be necessary to address it.
Use this resource to: get an overview of contemporary preservation issues; review the preservation of new media; introduce preservation-led decision-making into institutional
management.
Contents: Managing the documentary heritage : issues for the present and the future / John Feather -- Preservation policy and planning / Mirjam Foot -- Intangible heritage : museums and preservation / David Grattan and John Moses -- Surrogacy and the artefact / Marilyn Deegan -- Moving with the times in search of permanence / Yola de Lusenet -- Valuation model for paper conservation research : a new approach for setting research priorities / Henk J. Porck ... [et al.] -- Preservation of audiovisual media : traditional to interactive formats / Bob Pymm -- Challenges of managing the digitally born artefact / Barbara Reed -- Preserving cultural heritage in times of conflict / Rena^e Teijgeler -- Access and the social contract in memory institutions / Helen Forde -- Redefining ’the collection’ in the 21st century / G.E. Gorman and Sydney J. Shep.
xviii, 206 p. ; 24 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2008.013.Source or Donor
Institution of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Connecting to Collections GrantAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift in Honor of America's Collections, 2008Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Library materials--Conservation and restoration, Library materials--Digitization, Archival materials--Conservation and restoration, Archival materials--Digitization, Museum conservation methods, Paper--Preservation, Cultural property--ProtectionBook Details
Publisher
Facet Pub.Date Published
2006Call No.
Z701.3 .D54 P74 2006ISBN
9781856045742Notes
Copy No.: 0Location
Location
Room
Reference/Research, Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Category
PermanentGeneral Notes
Note
Notes: Edited by G.E. Gorman and Sydney J. Shep.
Includes bibliographical references and index.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
August 19, 2008Updated By
sferguson@historiccharleston.orgUpdate Date
April 5, 2023