   
Section on Preservation and Conservation
Annual Report 1998-1999
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)
139 (August 1998)
138 (August 1999)
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 1998, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Attended by 14 of 18 members of the Standing Committee. Attended by several observers. In addition to discussing conference and project activities for the next two conferences, the Standing Committee discussed its Medium Term Programme for 2000-2001.
Projects
The Section has no active projects currently funded by IFLA.
Publications
- 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
- Issue 7, June 1998
- Issue 8, November 1998
- Issue 9, June 1999
Conference Programmes
Collection Preservation Management: An Approach To Complement Item By Item Treatment: Over 80 people attended the Open Session of the Section organized by Sonja Jordan (University of Notre Dame, USA) on August 24, 1999 which took place in the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.
- The role of the joint IFLA/ICA Committee on Preservation on the preservation and conservation of library and archival materials in Africa by GABRIEL ALEGBELEYE (University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria) read by Ania Zalenskaia (IFLA PAC Core Programme)
- Matching preservation decisions with collection development policy by GALINA KISLOVSKAYA (IFLA PAC Programme, Eastern Europe and the CIS, M. I. Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow, Russian Federation)
- Collections care in Southeast Asia: conservation and the need for the creation of micro-environments by JOHN DEAN (Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA) Tactics For Preservation: The Workshop of the Section, organized by Olga Perminova, was well attended on August 26, 1999. Prior to the Workshop, a visit for members of the Standing Committee of the Section to the National Library of Thailand was organized.
- Fitness for purpose: the role of stabilization in a collections conservation program by DEBRA MCKERN (Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA)
- Macro and microenvironments at the British Library by HELEN SHENTON (British Library, London, UK)
- Conditions of storing the documents as the chief means of preserving the library holdings (As shown by the experience of the Russian state library) by OLGA PERMINOVA and TATJANA STEPANOVA (Russian State Library, Moscow, Russian Federation), presented by Olga Perminova.
- Mass disinfection of documents affected by microorganisms: one practical experience by SVETLANA DOBRUSINA and TATIANA VELIKOVA (National Library of Russia, Russian Federation), not presented but available to participants.
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.
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