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Life Cycle Collection Management
(Igitur. Utrecht Publishing & Archiving Services, 2003)
Life cycle collection management is a way of taking a long-term approach to the responsible stewardship of the collections of the British Library and is one of the library’s strategic strands. It defines the different ...
A Building as a Catalyst for Change: The New British Library Centre for Conservation
(Igitur. Utrecht Publishing & Archiving Services, 2007)
The new Centre for Conservation at the British Library (BLCC) opened in London this year. This 2600 square metre, purpose-built Centre is connected to the main British Library by a new public terrace and is adjacent tothe ...
From Talking to Doing: Digital Preservation at the British Library
(Taylor & Francis, 2000)
What are the core competencies that a national library needs to address the preservation of digital material? What skills are needed, by whom, when, to do what? Are the skills available externally, or is it better to develop ...
Review of the LIBER “Think Tank on the Future Value of the Book as Artefact and the Future Value of Digital Documentary Heritage”, National Library of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, 24-25 May 2007
(Igitur. Utrecht Publishing & Archiving Services, 2007)
How Much Does it Cost? The LIFE Project - Costing Models for Digital Curation and Preservation
(Igitur, Utrecht Publishing & Archiving Services, 2007)
Digital preservation is concerned with the long-term safekeeping of electronic resources. How can we be confident of their permanence, if we do not know the cost of preservation? The LIFE (Lifecycle Information
for ...
Addressing Cellulose Acetate Microfilm from a British Library Perspective
(Igitur, Utrecht Publishing & Archiving Services, 2005)
This paper is about cellulose acetate microfilm from the British Library perspective. It traces how acetate microfilm became an issue for the British Library and describes cellulose acetate deterioration. This is followed ...
Strategic Developments in Collection Storage of Libraries and Archives – Architectural, Technical, Political
(Igitur, Utrecht Publishing & Archiving Services, 2005)
Over the past decade there have been significant developments in the storage conditions of library and archive collections. These range from using the thermal mass of a building itself to help control the environment within ...
Public Engagement with Conservation at the British Library
(International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 2008)
The new Centre for Conservation at the British Library (BL) opened
in London in 2007. It comprises state-of-the-art book conservation
studios and sound preservation facilities, inextricably intertwined with an ambitious ...
Report on International Roundtable Meeting on Collection Security held at the British Library
(Igitur. Utrecht Publishing & Archiving Services, 2008)
Anonymised report on some of the issues raised at an international roundtable on collection security of thirteen major research libraries and national libraries from Europe and North America. Recurring themes of case studies ...