Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm, xi, 282 pp. Contents include: 1: Preservation in the Library: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives; 2: Preventive Preservation: The Care of Library Materials; 3: Enemies of Books; 4: Environmental Factors in Preservation; 5: Planning for Disaster; 6: Bookbinding; 7: Paper Problems and Solutions; 8: The Care and Conservation of Works on Paper and Other Objects; 9: The Care and Conservation of Photographir Materials; 10; The Care and Conservation of Sound Recordings and Videotape; 11: Reprography and Preservation; 12: The Conservation of Our Cultural Heritage; Appendices; Annotated Bibliography; Index. Near Fine.

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Preserving Library Materials : A Manual.

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Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, first edition, 1980

Publication Date

1980

ISBN 10

0810813025

ISBN 13

9780810813021

Binding

Hardcover

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Libraries and Library Science

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First edition. Twelve chapters on different aspects of preservation. xi, 282 pages. cloth.. 8vo..

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Susan G. Swartzburg is Assistant Librarian for Collection Management, Rutgers University Libraries.

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