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Presented at International Conference of Asian Special Libraries, Manila, 10-12 April 2013TRANSCRIPT
Reinhard Feldmann
Latest trends in Preservation and Conservation
Manila: ICoASL 10th to 12th of April 2013
Library Brothers Grimm
Library of Richard Wagner
Library of Friedrich Nietzsche
Sarajevo
Timbuktu
Mediaeval Manuscript (Illuminated prayer-book)
Mediaeval manuscript: Hoya-Missal, Illumination
Incunable (with woodcut)
Rizal: Mi ultimo adios
Preservation and conservation
Reinhard Feldmann
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
Johannes Gutenberg (1400 – 1468)
Preservation and Conservation
Preservation and Conservation (1)
Cooperation
Education
Knowledge & research
Institutional context & workflow
Financial equipment
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
Preservation and Conservation
Preservation and Conservation (2)
General remarks
Paper decay and mass neutralisation
Desaster preparedness
Individual restauration / single item treatment
Preservation and Conservation
Damage through Water
Mould after Damage through Water
Ink corrosion (paper)
Microfilms: Vinegar syndrom
Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access
Training for Audiovisual Preservation in Europe
Preservation and Conservation (2)
General remarks
Paper decay and mass neutralisation
Desaster preparedness
Individual restauration / single item treatment
Preservation and Conservation
Deacidification methods
Deacidification methods
Papersave
PapersaveSwiss
CBC:2
Bückeburg Conservation Process
„Deacidification methods“
PapersaveSwiss
„Deacidification methods“
CBCL:2 (Leipzig, Germany)
Deacidification methods
BCP Bückeburg Conservation Process
Deacidification methods
BCP – Single sheet
Deacidification methods
BCP - Books
Preservation and Conservation (2)
General remarks
Paper decay and mass neutralisation
Desaster preparedness
Individual restauration / single item treatment
Preservation and Conservation
Flood in Dresden 2002
Fire in Weimar 2004
Brandkatastrophe in Weimar 2004
Breakdown Historical Archive Cologne
Preservation and Conservation (2)
General remarks
Paper decay and mass neutralisation
Desaster preparedness
Individual restauration / single item treatment
Preservation and Conservation
„preservation and restauration“
Rizal: Noli me tangere – before restauration
„preservation and restauration“
Rizal: Noli me tangere – after restauration
„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
„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
„preservation and restauration“
Rizal: Noli me tangere – during restauration
Preservation and conservation
Reinhard Feldmann
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)