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Reinhard Feldmann
Preservation, Conservation& Data Curation
Introduction
Legaspi: Aquinas University10th to 12th of April 2014
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
Media revolution
Historical incision: „Media revolution“
Division of labor
Beginning of industrial mass production
First „mass medium“
Realisation by contemporaries
Long way to mass media
Long way to public access to knowledge
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
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
Preservation and Conservation (2)
General remarks
Paper decay and mass neutralisation
Desaster preparedness
Individual restauration / single item treatment
Preservation and Conservation
Preservation and Conservation (2)
General remarks
Paper decay and mass neutralisation
Desaster preparedness
Individual restauration / single item treatment
Preservation and Conservation
„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 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)