Findings from the Condition Surveys Conducted by the University of Kansas Libraries (original) (raw)
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2016
He charged the task force to plan and conduct multiple surveys of the physical condition of the collections in the libraries on the Lawrence campus (except the Law Library and the Spencer Research Library). The condition surveys were conducted in two segments. One segment focused on materials returning from circulation, in which a random sample of 495 volumes was surveyed from returns to Watson and the branch libraries. The second segment focused on general collections materials from the stacks, in which 3,679 volumes, selected randomly, were surveyed in Watson and the branch libraries. All survey information was entered directly into a computer database. Following is a brief summary of findings from the condition surveys. Unless specified otherwise, percentages represent conditions for the Libraries' general collections stacks survey: • 65.8 percent of the volumes in the KU Libraries are printed on acidic paper.
Identifying Standard Practices in Research Library Book Conservation
Library Resources & Technical Services, 2010
The field of research library conservation has emerged as a distinct discipline and undergone major refinements during the past fifty years. Professional organizations and training programs have been established, new treatment techniques have been developed and promoted, and increasingly, special and general collections practitioners have collaborated on treatment solutions. Despite such dramatic growth and definition within the field, no comprehensive assessment of the book treatment practices employed by research libraries for special and general collections has been conducted. In response to this need, the authors undertook a study to investigate and document the types of treatments employed by research libraries to conserve and maintain their book collections, and to compare the practices used for special collections with those used for general collections. This paper describes the evolution of the field over the past fifty years and identifies book conservation techniques the study found to be routinely, moderately, or rarely employed in research libraries. A comparison of special and general collections treatment practices suggests that while notable differences exist, many treatment practices are common in both contexts. Implications of the study's results and potential applications for this new information are stated.
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
The concept of preservation is included with the maintenance of libraries and archives since ancient times. Libraries need to preserve its collection in order to protect and preserve the history and culture of a nation for the posterity. Preservation is considered as the fundamental and an important task of the libraries. Traditionally some organic and natural methods were used to keep the books and other materials physically usable for a long time by slowing down or preventing their decay. Then we developed a more advanced way of preserving the materials in digital format. Though digital preservation needs constant attention still it is a long-term storage of information. This study is a review work from the Library and Information Science [LISA]. The study aims to know about the various traditional and digital methods of preservation and to identify the principal language of the research works and the journal in which maximum works were done.
A Comparison of Standard Practice Treatments in Research Library Book Conservation, 2007 to 2017
Library Resources & Technical Services, 2019
In 2007, a web-based survey of book conservation practices was conducted to document standard-practice, moderate-use, and low-use book conservation treatments for general and special collections in research libraries in the United States. This paper reports on the findings of a ten-year follow-up survey conducted in 2017 to determine whether and how book conservation treatment practices have changed over the last ten years. Overall, the data indicate that while general collections treatment practices have remained consistent, special collections practices continue to evolve, with many treatments newly qualifying as standard practice in the special collections context since 2007. The data also suggest areas of further research, including how demographic factors may correlate with particular treatment practices.
Cooperative Efforts in Library Preservation
Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2002
Preservation and collection development professionals should explore new ways to work cooperatively with other libraries to expand the effectiveness of their programs in a mutually beneficial manner. This paper discusses the challenges that must be overcome to establish an effective cooperative effort. Special emphasis is given to the Brittle program at the University of Kansas Libraries that was established for acquiring preservation photocopies of embrittled volumes at reduced prices.
An Assessment of Preservation Activities in School Libraries
Library Philosophy and Practice, 2018
The necessity of preservation activities in libraries cannot be over emphasized. Without preservation, no informative, educative, and historical materials of yester years cannot be made available for today’s development. Libraries will not be in existence, serving their clientele, if their collections are not preserved. This research tries to evaluate the strength and weakness of preservation activities in school libraries, using Federal Government Academy, suleja as a case study. The investigation shows factors that cause deterioration of materials in school libraries, and it also tries to proffer solution via recommendation; and how the effects of these agents can be brought to zero level thereby increasing the life span of the materials available in the library.
1997
This report presents data from 116 U.S. and Canadian research libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1995-96 fiscal year. The 1995-96 Preservation Statistics questionnaire was designed to yield statistical information on the current level of preservation efforts in research libraries and on the key organizational, functional, and fiscal components that characterize preservation programs. "Part I: Summary Data Tables" displays the aggregated statistics describing the current level of preservation efforts in ARL libraries. The data tables contain statistics from all respondents for five major data categories, i.e., personnel, expenditures, conservation treatment, preservation treatment, and preservation microfilming. "Part II: Analysis of Core Data for All Reporting ARL Libraries" provides analysis of the responses without displaying the data from individual libraries. The analysis includes data from all reporting university and nonuniversity libraries. The key organizational, functional, and fiscal components that characterize preservation programs in ARL libraries and that distinguish between program levels are analyzed. "Part III: Analysis of Core Data Based on Size of Collection" provides statistical measure in four groupings by size of library. A copy of the questionnaire and a list of ARL member libraries are attached. (Contains 18 references.) (MES) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document.
The American Archivist, 1998
This article reports and interprets data collected from a 1995 survey of special collections repositories at Association of Research Libraries institutions. It covers part one of the survey—current practices in preservation management. One hundred thirteen institutions represented by 170 archives/manuscripts repositories were asked to participate, of which 143 institutions, or 84.1%, did so. This is the second largest sample of archives' preservation activities ever gathered in the United States. The goals of the study were, first, to create a base of data on the development of archival preservation programs in research institutions and interpret that data and, second, to understand the extent to which the archives and library preservation departments interact in their common mission to ensure the availability of research materials to present and future generations. The study is unique in its investigation of the interrelationships between the archival repository's and the l...