Practical Preservation and Conservation Strategies for Libraries

Brian J. Baird, Jody Brown

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
09 February 2018

Storage, maintenance & preservation of collections

Designed as a “how-to” manual, Practical Preservation and Conservation Strategies for Libraries provides librarians with practical information to help them grapple with specific preservation challenges by identifying areas of concern, optimizing the use of resources put towards preservation, and establishing goals for continual improvement over time. Straightforward and pragmatic, it helps a library to reduce immediate and long-term preservation costs, and strengthen a library’s collection development goals.

Topics include:

Preservation in the digital ageEstablishing long-term preservation goals Environmental conditions Preservation needs of specific collections Understanding use patterns for library materials Identifying potential threats to a collection Recognizing readily available preservation resourcesAlmost 50 photographs, figures, checklists, and other tools make this a practical guide libraries will use on a day-to-day basis.

By: Brian J. Baird
Illustrated by: Jody Brown
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 238mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 372g
ISBN: 9781538109588
ISBN 10: 1538109581
Pages: 154
Publication Date: 09 February 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Brian Baird served as a conservator and preservation librarian at Princeton University and the University of Kansas. He has taught preservation courses at several universities and consulted widely on preservation issues. Brian worked in the private sector for several years providing preservation and library binding services to libraries across the United States before returning to academia at Brigham Young University. He has been active in researching and publishing about preservation issues.

Reviews for Practical Preservation and Conservation Strategies for Libraries

Baird speaks to libraries with the voice 25 years of experience. No jargon, no grand theories, just practical options for collections care. A must-read for anyone new to preservation wanting to know what to do to keep materials accessible. -- Karen Kiorpes, preservation librarian, University at Albany