Preservation Of Library Collections Research Articles

Manajemen Perpustakaan Sekolah/Madrasah: Strategi, Tantangan, dan Implementasi Teknologi

Library management is a crucial aspect to ensure efficient and effective access to information resources for users. It involves planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the library's information resources, including collections, staff, budget, and information technology. The main objective of library management is to support and enhance learning, research, and knowledge development by providing high-quality and relevant information services. The principles of library management include planning, organizing, leadership, control, collection development, user services, and technology utilization. Libraries play a significant role in supporting the learning process in schools and madrasas by providing various learning resources, facilitating independent learning, enhancing information literacy, supporting student research and projects, promoting a reading culture, collaborating with teachers, providing access to digital resources, and offering reference and consultation services. Collection development is a critical aspect of library management, involving the systematic selection and acquisition of library materials based on user needs, curriculum relevance, and the latest developments in various fields of knowledge. The maintenance and preservation of library collections are also essential to ensure their longevity and accessibility. Effective library management strategies, including the development, maintenance, and preservation of collections, are vital to providing diverse and high-quality resources that support learning, research, and knowledge development in educational environments.

Change Management: Library Discourse on Implementation of State Cultural Policy in the Current Conditions

On November 16—17, 2022, the Annual Meeting of the Heads of Federal and Central Regional Libraries of Russia was held at the National Library of Russia (St. Petersburg). The organizers of the meeting are the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the National Library of Russia and the Russian State Library. About 300 specialists attended the event in full-time mode from 76 regions of the Russian Federation, including the Donetsk Peopleʼs Republic and the Luhansk Peopleʼs Republic. During the two days of work, the participants presented 35 reports. The 2022 main topic is “Managing Changes in the Implementation of the ‘Strategy for the Development of Librarianship in the Russian Federation for the Period up to 2030ʼ”. The participants relied in their speeches on the “Fundamentals of State Policy for the Preservation and Strengthening of Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values”, approved by the No. 809 Executive Order of the President of the Russian Federation of November 9, 2022. The event became the discussion site of the following issues: the library and the formation of socially responsible individual; the formation of strategies and programs for the development of libraries; the central library of the subject of the Russian Federation as the object of modernization; the formation and preservation of library collections. Among the presented draft documents developed as part of the implementation of the “Strategy for the Development of Librarianship in the Russian Federation for the Period up to 2030” are “Quality standard for the modernization of a public municipal library”, “Unified concept of scientific and methodological support for libraries” and “Indicative regulations on the organization of research activities in libraries in Russia”. Special attention is paid to the issues of interaction with the Donetsk Republican Universal Scientific Library named after N.K. Krupskaya and Lugansk Republican Universal Scientific Library named after M. Gorky. There were summed up the results of the All-Russian competition “Librarian of the Year — 2022” and the All-Russian competition “Library Analytics”. Within the framework of the meeting, the exhibition “Library Context — 2022” was held. The Meeting of the Board of the Russian Library Association took place as a parallel event.

Morphological and Mechanical Properties of Book Cellulose-Based Paper (XXth Century) Treated with Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles

Paper aging and protection processes play an essential function in the preservation of library collections and archives. In this study, some physical-mechanical properties of paper samples from XXth century books (private collections), such as pH acidity, tensile strength, and modulus of elasticity, as well as optical properties, such as absolute change in yellowness, were examined before and after treating them with hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (HAp). Accelerated light aging was also evaluated and discussed. The treatment with HAp nanoparticles increased the paper’s pH to slightly alkaline values (approximately pH 8). Washing and treating the paper improved its mechanical properties compared to untreated paper; the tear length increased by 35% and the modulus of elasticity increased by 56%. That the treated and aged samples are more elastic than the original samples demonstrates that HAp nanoparticles consolidated the cellulose fibers. Additionally, particle morphology, size, composition and size distribution were assessed via image analysis using scanning electron microscopy (SEM-EDX), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and the ImageJ processing program.

To Lead Science and Understand People: To the 70th Birth Anniversary of Vladimir R. Firsov

The article analyses contribution of V.R. Firsov to the development of librarianship and library science. V.R. Firsov formed and continues to develop the new direction in library science — regulatory support for the activities of libraries; he is one of the main creators of the existing regulatory framework for the development of libraries in Russia. V.R. Firsov took an active part in the development of the most important legislative acts related to the library sphere: Federal Law of December 29, 1994 No. 78-FZ “On Librarianship”, the Concept of Part II of the “Model Library Code of the CIS Countries”, the Model Law “On Public Library”.Under the leadership of V.R. Firsov, the Russian Library Association (RLA) adopted many legal documents, including “Priorities for the Development of the Russian Library Association for 2011—2015”, “Code of Professional Ethics of the Russian Librarian”, “All-Russian Program for Preservation of Library Collections. The Second Stage: 2011—2020”, “Model Standard for Public Library Activity”, “Model Standard for the Activity of Special Library for the Blind of the Subjects of the Russian Federation”, “Guidelines for Public Libraries of Russia on Services for Young Adults”, etc.V.R. Firsov is the main developer and author-compiler of documents defining the status and development of the National Library of Russia (NLR): the Charter of the National Library of Russia, the Strategy for the Development of the National Library of Russia for the period up to 2020, the Concept for the Development of the National Library of Russia for 2018—2025. Thanks to his efforts, the role of the NLR as scientific and methodological centre of Russian libraries and modern scientific institution has increased; there have been created conditions for the development of the NLR as institution of additional professional education.V.R. Firsov is the author of more than 400 scientific publications (monographs, reference books, articles in the leading professional periodicals); a number of his collections on international acts in the field of librarianship, cultural policy in Europe and reading problems have been published. He took part in the creation of the “Library Encyclopaedia” (2007). V.R. Firsov is rightfully one of the leading scientists and organisers of library science, who has significant impact on the development of librarianship and library science in Russia and the CIS countries in the late 20th — early 21st century.

National heritage protection programs

The conservation and preservation of library collections are conducive to the preservation of world cultural heritage. The goal is to develop a program or project that protects library and archival collections according to their condition, character, and age. It should be noted that the scope of the work will be different for different types of documents, such as books, graphics, archival collections, or manuscript codes with colorful illuminations. Other efforts must be made in cases of urgent intervention for large numbers of sources. Thanks to adequate funding, comprehensive protection and preservation of selected library collections are aspects of the cultural heritage protection program in Poland. Procurement funds will equip conservation workshops with suitable tools, materials, and reagents to carry out conservation work. They will also provide training activities for the personnel who specialize in the day-to-day protection and conservation of collections. There is also the possibility of establishing international cooperation, which will be described further in this text.

Contribution of the Federal Libraries of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation to the Continuing Professional Education of Library Staff

Economic and socio-cultural changes occurring in the life of Russian society make high demands to the professional competence of employees. The problem of improving, supporting and developing the system of additional vocational education (retraining and advanced training of library staff) is among the priority directions of State policy in librarianship in Russia. In the conditions of libraries modernization, the changes affecting the types of library activity are inevitable. In this regard, of particular importance are not only the development of new forms of customer service, acquisition, organization and preservation of library collections, the technology of maintaining library catalogue system and card files on traditional and machine-readable media, but also work aimed at skill improvement of specialists and strategy development of personnel potential. The activity of the Federal Libraries of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation in promotion and development of additional professional education of library personnel through qualification upgrading courses and other forms of continuing education is considered.

Conservation of library collections

Limitations in the field of preservation of library collections have resulted in the destruction of many important documents, including rare books and manuscripts that, until recently, have not been sufficiently addressed. Although scientific approaches to document preservation have been developed, successful application has been met with substantial constraints in practical application. The Scientific Library of Tomsk State University is one of Russia’s major libraries, storing approximately 3.8 million items including manuscripts and rare books. However, there have been significant challenges in preserving the library collection and remediating damaged documents. Knowing that this ‘book treasure trove of Siberia’ was at risk of continuing degradation and in some cases complete loss due to various sources of decomposition, Russian authorities have increased emphasis on preservation, including additional funding. With this increased focus, researchers have revisited the approach to preservation and conservation including improved monitoring of storage facilities and collections, and deployment of better practices of preservation and restoration. In addition, the team rolled out a process to create electronic versions of the library collection to reduce physical access, thereby minimizing further damage. The purpose of this article is to describe the practical application to conservation, using the Scientific Library of Tomsk State University as a case study to demonstrate the successful outcome of an enhanced approach. While environmental conditions at the library were specific to a single location, the approach is believed to be applicable with similar efficacy to conservation efforts more broadly. However, additional funding, for which there is currently insufficient budget related to this specific study, will be necessary to fully complete these enhanced practices.

The Russian Federation Ministry of Culture Board Meeting

The board meeting on “The draft document Main directions of the library activity development on the preservation of library collections in the Russian Federation for 2011-2020 and Main directions of the all-Russian information and library network LIBNET development for 2011-2020”.

A review of biological deterioration of library materials and possible control strategies in the tropics

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review the current state of research on the various biological agents that could cause deterioration of paper materials and possible intervention strategies against these biotic agents in the tropics.Design/methodology/approachRecent literature in the tropics is reviewed to gain insight into the problems that confront libraries in the tropics as regards the biological deterioration of library materials.FindingsThe paper identifies moulds as the most important biodeteriorating agents of library materials. In addition to destroying, disfiguring and staining books, the moulds have been linked to numerous adverse human health effects that fall into three categories: allergic, toxic and infectious. The other biological agents include bacteria, insects and rodents. The important insects in tropical environment are cockroaches and termites. The warm humid tropical conditions and dirty environment trigger/promote biodeterioration processes and make book deterioration to be more pronounced in the tropics than in the temperate regions.Research limitations/implicationsPhysical visits to the libraries were not carried out and the conclusions reached were based on evidence from scientific literature on the subject in the tropics.Practical implicationsA very useful source of information on how to curb the menace of biological agents against the destruction of library materials in the tropics. These include training programmes for library staff on conservation and preservation of library collections, the creation of awareness on the issue among library users, the adoption of good house keeping practices and modification of storage environment to make them unsuitable for the biodeteriogens. It is recommended that libraries and archives in tropical countries should have preservation guidelines and integrated pest management teams and should also cooperate with scientists in relevant disciplines to be able to find lasting solutions to the problem of biodeterioration of library materials.Originality/valueThis paper looks into the neglected area of biological deterioration of papers which is the main information carrier in libraries. It provides very useful and practical suggestions that libraries in the tropics could adopt to tackle the menace of biological agents.

Achieving a Preservation Environment with Data Logging Technology and Microclimates

With digital monitoring devices easy to use, inexpensive, and accurate, even the smallest library can afford to identify and address environmental problems using a microclimate approach. This article describes the capability of data loggers and related software, and provides guidance for their selection and use. It further explains how to interpret the data to arrive at affordable solutions for the most pressing environmental problems by treating a library building not as a monolith but as a number of microclimates. By using this approach, libraries can effect modest and inexpensive environmental changes leading to significant improvement in the preservation of library collections as well as potential health problems for staff and users.

Chapter 8. Taking Care

In order to be effective advocates for the care and long-term preservation of library collections, we must cultivate a stronger and more focused message regarding the role of preservation programs in a modern information environment. The preservation tools with which we must continue to work effectively are: environmental control, emergency preparedness and response, collections care and handling, conservation, commercial binding, and reformatting.

The Preservation Considerations in Electronic Security Systems

Preservation of library collections has not been a concern in design and implementation of security systems. However, electronic security systems affect the long term preservation of materials and damage should be as limited as possible. Electronic Security Systems are only one in a range of security measures that must be used by a library. To meet the goals of preserving the collection for future access, the security systems must relate to the types of materials and the mission of the library.

Education, Communication, and Cooperation: OCLC’s Preservation Program

Reflects on the initiatives being taken by OCLC to educate librarians about preservation of library collections. Describes the techniques whereby libraries can create bibliographic records containing preservation data. Reviews the research being carried out in the field by OCLC. Examines the issues of co‐operation and training.