I have some great information everyone. If you are interested in obtaining a Masters Degree in Historic Preservation, I provided a link below to the National Council for Preservation Education, which provides a listing of all the Universities within the Unites States that offer programs in various areas of the preservation field.
http://www.uvm.eduhistpres/ncpe/chart.html#grad
Monday, April 14, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Collaborating Through Preservation
"The National Library of Australia (NLA) believes that the key to developing successful models of digital preservation lies in corporation: sharing information as well as sharing responsibility" (Berthon, 2002, p. 4). This quote was said due to the fact that Australian libraries have been archiving and preserving their digital national bibliographic databases which has laid the foundation for other libraries to follow.
One of the ways in which Australian libraries preserve and archive their resources is through a system called PANDORA. PANDORA is a selective National Collection of Australian Online Publications established by the National Library of Australia. They use this system to archive their digital resources as well as to share information with other libraries and organizations around the world. "Although most users of the PANDORA program do not utilize all the aspects it has to offer, it still provides collection managers in each of the partner agency to gather web publications and to manage access to them" (Berton, 2002, p. 4).
SOUND OFF!!!!!!!!!
What are your feelings about agencies collaborating up with other countries to develop a national database of information?
References
Berton, H. (August, 2002). Nurturing our digital memory: digital archiving and preservation at the National Library of Australia. International Preservation News, 27, 4-7.
One of the ways in which Australian libraries preserve and archive their resources is through a system called PANDORA. PANDORA is a selective National Collection of Australian Online Publications established by the National Library of Australia. They use this system to archive their digital resources as well as to share information with other libraries and organizations around the world. "Although most users of the PANDORA program do not utilize all the aspects it has to offer, it still provides collection managers in each of the partner agency to gather web publications and to manage access to them" (Berton, 2002, p. 4).
SOUND OFF!!!!!!!!!
What are your feelings about agencies collaborating up with other countries to develop a national database of information?
References
Berton, H. (August, 2002). Nurturing our digital memory: digital archiving and preservation at the National Library of Australia. International Preservation News, 27, 4-7.
Fire and Ice!!??!!
I just found another very interesting article that discussed the problems that a county records office in Utah experienced when a fire ignited in their attic causing damage to their historic courthouse record books. The fire, that happened on May 2, 2006, quickly ignited and blazed through the crawl spaces of their air conditioning vents. The fire showed no mercy and the horrific outcome was witnessed 15 minutes later when the flame burned itself out. Although no one was hurt during the fire, everyone felt that they had lost something precious to them. "It was the 300 nineteenth and twentieth century full leather spring back stationers' bindings, many covered in protective white canvas jackets, were untouched by the fire but impregnated with a layer of soot and reeked of smoke" (Silverman, 2006, p.20).
So now it was time to find a way to save their precious historic treasures. Learning from other commercial disasters firms that have dealt with fires ruining their collections, Servier County Records office knew that they had to remove the soot by adhering to the current standards of sooth removal. So they began by wiping down the books with a natural sponge. Even though the sponge removed most of the soot, there was still some soot that was trapped in the books fibers. So they tried another technique which vacuuming. With the HEPA-vacuuming they basically vacuumed all the books that still had residue left, but soon realized that this was not the most effective way to help rid the books of the soot. This is because a week later effects from the soon began to resurface again.
Then they tried dry ice blasting. "Dry ice blasting proved the most effective of the three methods and caused no detectable abrasion" (Silverman, 2006, p.24). The technique was faster than wiping down books. It only took 1 hour to blast each book with ice compared to the sponge technique that would last much longer.
Now everyone knows that things have limitations. But as of now the County Records Office feels that the technique is the best because it helped o preserve the books for more years to come.
SOUND OFF!!!!!!!!!
Do you know of any other standards that are used in preserving books and other materials?
Reference
Silverman, R. (2006). Fire and ice: a soot removal technique using dry ice blasting. International Preservation News, 39,20-24.
So now it was time to find a way to save their precious historic treasures. Learning from other commercial disasters firms that have dealt with fires ruining their collections, Servier County Records office knew that they had to remove the soot by adhering to the current standards of sooth removal. So they began by wiping down the books with a natural sponge. Even though the sponge removed most of the soot, there was still some soot that was trapped in the books fibers. So they tried another technique which vacuuming. With the HEPA-vacuuming they basically vacuumed all the books that still had residue left, but soon realized that this was not the most effective way to help rid the books of the soot. This is because a week later effects from the soon began to resurface again.
Then they tried dry ice blasting. "Dry ice blasting proved the most effective of the three methods and caused no detectable abrasion" (Silverman, 2006, p.24). The technique was faster than wiping down books. It only took 1 hour to blast each book with ice compared to the sponge technique that would last much longer.
Now everyone knows that things have limitations. But as of now the County Records Office feels that the technique is the best because it helped o preserve the books for more years to come.
SOUND OFF!!!!!!!!!
Do you know of any other standards that are used in preserving books and other materials?
Reference
Silverman, R. (2006). Fire and ice: a soot removal technique using dry ice blasting. International Preservation News, 39,20-24.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Preservation Websites
I found some interesting websites that deal with preservation of materials and websites.
Digital Preservation Coalition
Their main goal is to provide secure access on the preservation of digital resources in the UK and internationally. They want to secure a global memory and knowledge base for everyone.
www.dpconline.org
California Digital Library
The CDL's mission is to provide services that aid in the long-term retention of digital objects.
www.cdlib.org
The National Archive
The National Archive is a collection of documents that record important events in American history. It saves items that proved events occurred.
www.archives.gov
SOUND OFF!!!!!
Do you know of any other websites that offer information on preservation?
Digital Preservation Coalition
Their main goal is to provide secure access on the preservation of digital resources in the UK and internationally. They want to secure a global memory and knowledge base for everyone.
www.dpconline.org
California Digital Library
The CDL's mission is to provide services that aid in the long-term retention of digital objects.
www.cdlib.org
The National Archive
The National Archive is a collection of documents that record important events in American history. It saves items that proved events occurred.
www.archives.gov
SOUND OFF!!!!!
Do you know of any other websites that offer information on preservation?
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