Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. The Preservation of Digitized Collections: Recent Progress and Persistent Challenges World-wide 1
5. Preservation of Electronic Information: What We Should Be Thinking about Now 13
6. National Preservation Programmes: “Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On” 26
7. Survey of Endangered Audio Carriers 39
8. Preserving Audio and Video Recordings in the Long-term 46
9. The Rationale of Permanent Paper 54
10. A Papermaker's View of the Standard of Permanent Paper, ISO 9706 62
11. Permanent Paper and the Brittle Book Problem in Hungary 67
12. The Making of Oral History in Thailand 73
13. Safeguarding the Oral Heritage in Australia 79
14. Towards A Collective Memory of Mainland Southeast Asia: Field Preservation of Traditional Manuscripts in Thailand, Laos and Myanmar 86
15. Collections Care in Southeast Asia: Conservation and the Need for the Creation of Micro-Environments 92
16. Macro and Microenvironments at the British Library 112
17. Preservation Environment in Library Stacks and Anti- Disaster Measures 119
18. The Traditional and Modern Preservation of Library Rare Books and Precious Materials in China 128
19. Digitization Aids the Preservation of Globes 134
20. The Photographie Archives of the City Hall in Lisbon 141
21. An On-site Automated Binding Workshop at the Bibliothèque nationale de France: Political, Economic and Technical Considerations 145
22. Archives and Libraries in Times of War: The Role of IFLA and ICA within ICBS (International Committee of the Blue Shield) 149