Preservation Management for Libraries, Archives and Museums

ISBN-13: 9781856045742 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 304 str.

Professor G. E. Gorman; Sydney J. Shep

Opis

Libraries, archives, and museums have the tremendous responsibility of preserving cultural materials - including the new challenge of preserving borndigital artifacts. This new authoritative resource offers cutting-edge guidance for the sustainability of collections, including collection management; policy planning; access versus preservation; relevance and use of materials; funding and sustainability of programs; specialist training; digitization; community involvement and promotion; standards; and more. Leading experts from all three types of institutions share the latest information in this important guide to managing preservation.

Spis treści

1. Managing the documentary heritage: issues for the present and future - John Feather 2. Preservation policy and planning - Mirjam Foot 3. Intangible heritage: museums and preservation - David Grattan and John Moses 4. Surrogacy and the artefact - Marilyn Deegan 5. Moving with the times in search of permanence - Yola de Lusenet 6. Valuation model for paper conservation research: a new approach for setting research priorities - Henk J. Porck, Frank J. Ligterink, Gerrit de Bruin and Steph Scholten 7. Preservation of audiovisual media: traditional to interactive formats - Bob Pymm 8. Challenges of managing the digitally born artefact - Barbara Reed 9. Preserving cultural heritage in times of conflict - René Teijgeler 10. Access and the social contract in memory institutions - Helen Forde 11. Redefining ‘the collection’ in the 21st century - G. E. Gorman and Sydney J. Shep

O autorze

G. E. Gorman, Sydney J. Shep