Section on Preservation and Conservation

Annual Report 1996-1997

Scope statement

The Section is concerned with the preservation of the world's documentary heritage. It provides an international forum for all types of libraries to exchange, develop and disseminate knowledge and experience dealing with theories, policies and practices for the preservation of all recorded knowledge, regardless of the storage medium. The Section maintains a close working relationship with the IFLA PAC Core Programme.

Membership

124 (July 1995)
126 (July 1996)
133 (November 1997)

Officers:

Chair/Treasurer:
Ralph W. Manning

National Library of Canada
Ottawa K1A 0N4 CANADA
Telephone: 613-943-8570
Fax 613-947-2916

E-mail: ralph.manning@nlc-bnc.ca

Secretary:
Maria Skepastianu

13 Alexandru Mihailidi Str.
552 36 Panorama
Thessaloniki, GREECE
Telephone: +3031 345 592
Fax: +3031 234 902

E-mail: mskepast@unionion.uion.edu.gr
mskepast@alpha.it.teithe.gr

Information Coordinator:
Ralph W. Manning

Meetings

August/September 1997, Copenhagen, Denmark. In addition to discussing conference and project activities for the next two conferences, the Standing Committee completed its contribution to the new IFLA Medium Term Programme. An activity of particular concern to the Section is the Programme of the 1999 Pre-Session Seminar which will deal with the preservation of the oral tradition.

Projects

The Section has no active projects currently funded by IFLA.

UNESCO Resolution on Permanent Paper: The Section played an active role in the development and promotion of a draft resolution on permanent paper. The resolution was passed by UNESCO at its General Conference in November 1997.

Publications

Skepastianu, Maria. Library disaster planning / prepared for the IFLA Section on Conservation and Preservation by Maria Skepastianu with the assistance of Jean I. Whiffin. The Hague : IFLA Section on Conservation, 1995.

Frase, Robert W. Preserving our documentary heritage : the case for permanent paper / prepared for the IFLA Section on Conservation by Robert W. Frase, with the assistance of Jean. I. Whiffin. The Hague : IFLA Section on Conservation, 1996.

IFLA. Section on Conservation. Newsletter. ISSN 1024-2414: Issue 1, December 1994; Issue 2, April 1995; Issue 3, November 1995; Issue 4, April 1996
IFLA. Section on Preservation and Conservation. Newsletter. ISSN 1028-3714.: Issue 5, January 1997; Issue 6, July 1997

Conference Programmes

Policies of national libraries for the preservation of the library heritage of a nation : nationwide preservation policies and programmes (September 3, 1997)

Svetlana Dobroussina:: Preservation strategy in Russian libraries : priorities and realization
Mirjam Foot:: Towards a national preservation policy
Jan Lyall:: National preservation programmes : "such stuff as dreams are made on"
Olga Perminova:: Preservation of documents means responsibility for the future
Marie-Lise Tsagouria:: Le rôle de la Bibliothèque nationale de France dans la conservation du patrimoine des bibliothèques françaises

Preservation of audiovisual and multimedia documents (September 4, 1997; workshop jointly sponsored by the Round Table on Audiovisual and Multimedia, the Section on Preservation and Conservation, the Section on Information Technology, the Section on Library Buildings and Equipment and the PAC Core Programme)

Isabelle Giannattasio:: Ethical issues : Restauration and transfers : selection : legal questions
Terry Kuny:: Optical and electronic documents
Dietrich Schüller:: Sound collections : Survey of collections : Damages : Technical approach : Restauration and reproduction : Accessibility
Dan Nissen:: Film and video collections : Survey of collections. Damages. Technical approach : Restauration and reproduction : Accessibility
Dietrich Schüller:: Audiovisual and multimedia documents : world cultural heritage and international programmes.

Relationships with other Bodies

The Section maintains a close working relationship with the IFLA Core Programme for Preservation and Conservation. Liaison is also maintained with other organizations involved in international preservation activities, including the European Commission on Preservation and Access.

Annual Report prepared by Ralph W. Manning, January 1998.

Latest Revision: April 29, 1999