Increasing preservation awareness in staff and readers
Details on http://www.library-preservation.org.uk/
Date
Wednesday 12 April
Time
10:30 to 12:30 please arrive by 10:15
Venue
Oxford University Computing Services,
13 Banbury Road, Oxford
Tutor
Edward p. Adcock
Room 303
Bodleian Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG
Tel: + 44 (0) 1865 277192
Fax: + 44 (0) 1865 277182
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Subject matter
One of the most important preservation
activities any library can be involved
in is to minimize as much as possible
the amount of damage caused by
staff and readers. This can only be
achieved by making people aware of
what the threats are to library
material and how they can contribute to
extending its 'shelf-life'. This
session will demonstrate how to raise the
profile of preservation and how to
educate staff and readers in ways which
are appropriate to the type of library
you work in.
Topics will include:
the design and production of
notices
drafting preservation guidelines
different ways of educating staff
and readers.
The following issues will be covered in
relation to increasing preservation
awareness:
handling
food and drink
self-service photocopying
houskeeping
mutilation and defacement of
library material
reading room supervision
security
inter-departmental co-operation
emergency control planning.
Don't forget there is the opportunity
in the afternoon to have a tour of the
Bodleian Library Exhibition Room, where
you will be able to ask questions
about displaying library and archive
material; and a visit to the recently
refurbished Duke Humfrey's Library.
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