Preservation : issues and planning / edited by Paul N. Banks & Roberta Pilette. - Chicago : American Library Association, c2000. - xiv, 360 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents;

1. Defining the library preservation program: Policies and organization

2. Preservation programs in high-use library collections

3. Preservation program planning for archives and historical records repositories

4. Programs, priorities, and funding

5. Planning for preservation in libraries

6. Issues in digital archiving

7. Environment and building design

8. Collections and stack management

9. Preservation management: Emergency preparedness

10. Library and archives security

11. Exhibition policy and preparation

12. Selection for preservation

13. The conservation of general collections

14. Commercial library binding

15. Preservation microfilming and photocopying

16. Special collections conservation

17. Digitization for preservation and access

18. Preservation of information in nonpaper formats


Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Library materials--Conservation and restoration--Planning.
Archival materials--Conservation and restoration--Planning.
Library materials--Conservation and restoration--Planning.--United States
Archival materials--Conservation and restoration--Planning.--United States

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