11. Preservation and conservation
Preservation and Conservation
Bearer of information
Clay > papyrus > Paper > Microfilm > E-paper
Medium of writing or printing
Stylus > Ink > Laser
Binding and appearance
„Book“ > Tablet
Reinhard Feldmann
13. Preservation and Conservation
Preservation and Conservation (1)
Cooperation
Education
Knowledge & research
Institutional context & workflow
Financial equipment
14. Preservation and Conservation
Ten aspects of conservation:
“Damage-Survey“
“Passive conservation“: climate und storage
Conservatory measures: book care and “boxing“
Restoration ethics and philosophy
Individual restoration / Original conservation
Mass deacidification (and prevention: paper!)
Paper splitting
Microfilming and Digitalization
Emergency management / Emergency precautions
Organisation and finance
15. Preservation and Conservation
Preservation and Conservation (2)
General remarks
Paper decay and mass neutralisation
Desaster preparedness
Individual restauration / single item
treatment
22. Preservation and Conservation
Preservation and Conservation (2)
General remarks
Paper decay and mass neutralisation
Desaster preparedness
Individual restauration / single item
treatment
30. Preservation and Conservation
Preservation and Conservation (2)
General remarks
Paper decay and mass neutralisation
Desaster preparedness
Individual restauration / single item
treatment
34. Preservation and Conservation
Preservation and Conservation (2)
General remarks
Paper decay and mass neutralisation
Desaster preparedness
Individual restauration / single item
treatment
37. „preservation and restauration“
Basic considerations
1. Books are cultural assets
2. Securing text and “intrinsic value“
3. Restoration begins with dicussion
4. Full restoration or „minimal intervention“?
5. Originality & Historical traces
6. Concluding age and history
38. „preservation and restauration“
Demands towards the restorer
1. Use existing material, replacement only due
to technical, not to aesthetic reasons
2. Reversability
3. Restauration method must be justified
4. Documentation of restauration and methods
5. No loss of information
40. Preservation and conservation
Conclusion:
„The cultural tradition contained in libraries,
archives and museums is a spitritual home for
the nation. We need it, even and in particular
as we look forwards and pursue our path into
the future.“
Federal President of Germany Horst Köhler
(Reopening Weimar Library 2007)
Reinhard Feldmann