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International Scientific Conference

„Protection of Cultural Heritage from Natural

and Man-made Disasters” Šibenik, May 10, 2014

Workshop 1. Protection of Written

Heritage

Agenda

T. Katić. Management and communication of written heritage:

present state, problems, solutions

M. Mučalo. Preservation and Disaster Prevention of Archival

Holdings : Practical Experiences and Future Prospects on the

Example of the Archives in Šibenik Region

K. Krnčević & A. Miše. Public Library „Juraj Šižgorić“ in the light

of preservation Šibenik's cultural heritage

Protection of Cultural Heritage from Natural and

Man-made Disaster, Workshop 1 Šibenik, May 10,

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Management and communication of

written heritage: present state,

problems, solutions

Tinka Katić, Ph.D.

The National and University Library Zagreb

tkatic@nsk

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Man-made Disaster, Workshop 1 Šibenik, May 10,

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Standpoints

written culture/oral culture

handwritten/printed culture handwritten/printed heritage

heritage collections

- heritage institutions: libraries, museums, archives

- private libraries, libraries in religious communities

a concept of total care for heritage

What to preserve?

How to preserve?

For whom to preserve?

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Natural and Man-made Disaster, Workshop 1

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Management and communication of heritage

… definition

collection level

item level

identification and recording

collection development

bibliographic control

physical protection

legal protection

Management and communication of heritage:

what to preserve?

Identification and recording

a huge number of prints

15 ct.: 200, 400, 1.000 copies

incunabula: 30.000-35.000

works; 15-20 mil. copies

16 ct.: 1.000 copies

17 ct.-1st half of 19 ct.: 2.000-

3.000 copies

heritage collections

representative collections

non-representative/unknown

collections





how to preserve?

completness of collections,

especially national

to ascertain a level of its

completness

… and bibliographic control

bibliographic tools

inventories

catalogues

national/international union

catalogue

national/international

retrospective bibliography

conditio sine qua non a proper

protection!




Collection development …


how to preserve?

Physical protection

preventive protection

to nullify or at least reduce the rate of deterioration of an

object – to prolong lifespan of heritage

curative protection

special knowledge, special skills

cost-consuming

time-consuming

precondition: a bibliographic tool – collection/item level description





how to preserve?

legal (administrative) protection

international conventions and recommendations & national

laws/acts

What is heritage? What are the types of heritage? Who is

responsible for heritage? What are the priorities for

protecting heritage? …

legal protection of national cultural goods - The Registry of

Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia:

List of protected cultural goods

List of cultural goods of national significance

List of preventively protected goods





state and problems

legislative

Library Act (1997)

Law on Protection and Preservation of Cultural Goods (1999)

heritage institutions

national

Ministry of Culture

National and University Library

regional

local

privat owners/holders





state and problems

inadequate management:

datedness of legal regulations

unappropriate identification and registration

unappropriate legal and physical preservation

lack of adequate bibliographic control





solutions

Protection and Preservation of Cultural Goods

National and University Library, 2007

Protection and Preservation of Library Heritage

National and University Library, Ministry of

Culture, 2008




Protection and Preservation of Library Heritage

… goals

to establish:

a system of information organization for management and

for access to the collections

Croatian Written Heritage

optimal conditions for storage and for longterm preservation

of written library heritage

Preventive protection of library heritage




Croatian Written Heritage … a model for

description of heritage collections




Preventive protection of library heritage …

partnership


Croatian Department for Librarianship

Department for Protection and Deposite …

university libraries; county public libraries

Ministry of Culture

Directorate for Protection of Cultural Heritage

local conservation departments (21)

owners/holders

other heritage institution





financial support


Ministry of Culture

county and local authorities

owners





subject of interest collections within religious communities

Christian communities: traditional (Chatolic Church,

Serbian Orthodox Church, Bulgarian Orthodox Church,

Macedonian Orthodox Church); Protestant Church,

Reformation Church etc.

Non-Christian communities: traditional (Muslim

Community, Jewish Community) i ostale

private collections





priorities

the most endangered collections

collections within religious communities according to

the working plan





Plan 2009-2018 Chatolic Church in Croatia

ecclesiastical administrative and territorial units

archbishops/metropolitan, bishop, parish libraries

theological seminary libraries

ecclesiastical orders

M onastery libraries

Benedictine, Cistercian, Dominican, Franciscan, Paulin, Jesuits libraries





Plan 2009-2018

Franciscan libraries

1 ordine

OFM: 5 provinces, 66 libraries

OFMConv: 1 province, 12 libraries

OFMCap: 1 province, 6 libraries

[2 ordine

OSC] 2 monasteries, 0 libraries

3 ordine

TOR: 1 province (Franjevci trećoredci glagoljaši), 11 libraries




Preventive protection of library heritage … a

pilot-project

2008

OFMConv Monastery of St. Francis, Šibenik

November, 2008

team: NUL Zagreb, UL Split, PL „Juraj Šižgorić”, Šibenik, CD

Šibenik, St. Francis Monastery

treatments: mechanical cleaning, disinfection; conservation and

consolidation of covers, wrapping in archival paper; packing &

moving to temporary stock

collections: codices (149); incunabula (121); older books (8.707);

newer material (3.000)





2009-2013 2009

OFM Monastery of St. Domnius (Duje), Kraj/Pašman

TOR Monastery of St. Paul, Školjiću/Ugljan

SOC Monastery Krupa

Parish of Lopud

Politeo Library, Starigrad/Hvar

Fisković Library, Orebić





2009-2013

2010

TOR Monastery of St. Michael, Zadar

OFM Monastery of our Lady of the Angels, Orebić

OFM Monastery of St. Spirit, Požega

2011

OFM Monastery of our Lady of the Angels, Orebić

(continuation)

OFM Monastery of our Lady of Trsat, Rijeka





2009-2013

2012

OFMConv Monastery of St. Francis, Cres

OFMCap Monastery of our Lady of Pojišan, Split

OFMCap Monastery of our Lady of Lourdes, Rijeka

TOR Monastery of St. Francis Xavier, Zagreb

TOR Monastery of St. Francis of Assisi, Krk

OFM Monastery of St. Anthony of Padua, Koprivnica

OFM Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Varaždin





2009-2013

2013

TOR Monastery of St. Francis of Assisi, Krk (continuation)

TOR Monastery of St. Anthony Herceg Novi in the

Monastery of St. Joseph, Split

TOR Monastery of St. Mary, Glavotok/Krk

TOR Monastery of St. Jerome, Martinšćica/Cres

OFMCap Monastery of our Lady of Lourdes, Rijeka

(continuation)

OFMCap Monastery of St. Joseph, Karlobag

Parish of Zagorska Sela





documentation & treatment planning

„State-of-the-art”

storage conditions

location

equipment

mycroclimate parameters

status of library material

bookbinding

text block

presence of bibliographic

tools

inventories, catalogues

Plan for Preventive Protection

safe environment for long-

term storage: optimal storage

conditions

physical protection:

conservative treatments in situ

access: bibliographic tool




Preventive protection of library heritage … damages

Mechanical damages




Preventive protection of library heritage … damages




Chemical damages

Preventive protection of library heritage … damages Pest infestation




Preventive protection of library heritage … demages Water damages





bibliographic tools Inventories




Preventive protection of library heritage … bibliographic tools

Catalogue cards




Preventive protection of library heritage … bibliographic tools …

Subject and author catalogue





final report

Introduction

Description of

conservative treatments

done

Inventories/catalogues

Recommendation

rearrangemnt and

equipping of the

library

collection

(re)organization

curative protection






Mechanical cleaning




Preventive protection of library heritage … Mechanical cleaning (moulds)






Disinfection … … and airing





conservative treatments Conservation and restauration

of flyleaf






Treatments of bookbinding






Before … … and after treatment




Preventive protection of library heritage … before and after treatment

Parish Library, Lopud, 2009





before and after treatment

OFM Pašman, 2009






OFM Orebić, 2010-2011




OFM Orebić, Museum, 2011






OFMConv Cres, 2012








OFM Varaždin, 2012






Parish Library Zagorska Sela,

2013






OFMCap Karlobag, 2013




Preventive protection of library heritage … 2014 OFMCap Monastery of St. Joseph, Karlobag

(continuation)

Parish Library, Zagorska Sela (continuation)

OFM Monastery of St. Lawrence, Šibenik




Preventive protection of library heritage … OFM Monastery of St. Lawrence, Šibenik

Program: 2014-2016

Items: 3.400

Partners:

NUL Zagreb

CSA Zagreb

SA Šibenik

CD Šibenik

Fund (Ministry of Culture):

2014: 65.000-45.000

2015: 80.000 - ?

2016: 60.000 - ?





Status of items 2014 (1st phase)

items: 1.200

treatments:

mechanical cleaning

disinfection, disinsection

neutralisation

conservation and consolidation

of covers

protective enclosures

costs:

45.000 /1.200=37 kunas per item!




Instead of Conclusion … a look back, a

look ahead …

Project on Preservation of Skradin Parish

Library: 2001-2009

realization:

NUL Zagreb

financial support:

Royal Norwegian Embassy in Zagreb

Swiss Embassy in Zagreb

fund:

860.000 kunas




Instead of Conclusion … a look back, a

look ahead …

May-October 2001

rebuild and arrangement of the building

restauration of the furniture

conservative treatments in situ

2001-2009

NUL: curative protection

164 books

50 manuscript leaves




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