   
Section on Preservation and Conservation
Medium Term Programme 1998-2001
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.
Goals, 1998-2001
- Facilitate the exchange of information and to promote other cooperative activites, particularly with the IFLA PAC Core Programme.
- To promote among library staff, library users and government an awareness of the importance of preservation in library management in order to preserve the world´s cultural heritage.
- Promote professional development in the field of preservation, particularly in the area of management skills.
- Promote "best practices" and standardization in library preservation activities.
- Facilitate the establishment of national preservation strategies and programmes.
- Monitor activities related to the digitization of library materials and to promote the concept of library preservation as a part of these activities.
- Promote long-term preservation of original electronic documents and access to them.
- Encourage the expansion of universally accessible registers of preservation reproductions and to participate in the codification of preservation information.
Action Plans, 1998-1999
- Introduce the concept and promote the methodology of collection preservation management as a strategy to complement item conservation, by holding a workshop at the Bangkok 1999 Conference. (Goals 3 and 4)
- Participate in the Official IFLA Pre-Conference in 1999 in Thailand on the topic of preservation and conservation. (All Goals)
- Promote the use of permanent paper by updating, distributing and translating the Section´s Permanent Paper Brochure. (Goals 1 and 4)
- Promote the use of permanent paper by holding an Open Session or Workshop on permanent paper at the Amsterdam 1998 Conference. (Goals 2 and 3)
- Promote the preservation of serial publications, including those in electronic form, by investigating the possibility of sponsoring, in collaboration with the IFLA PAC Core Programme, the IFLA Section on Serial Publications and the IFLA Round Table on Newspapers, a follow-up to the International Symposium on Managing the Preservation of Serial Literature in 1999, 10 years after the first Symposium. (Goals 1, 2, and 5)
- Investigate with the IFLA Section on Information Technology and other relevant sections and round tables the possibility of having an Open Session or Workshop in Amsterdam in 1998 on the preservation of electronic documents and access to them. (Goals 1, 6, and 7)
- Prepare a brochure to publicize the IFLA Section on Preservation and Conservation and have it translated into as many languages as possible, including all of the IFLA languages. (Goal 1)
- Continue to translate and promote the Disaster Planning Brochure of the IFLA Section on Preservation and Conservation. (Goals 2 and 4)
- Continue to publish the Section´s Newsletter in print and electronic form, collaborating when feasible with International Preservion News. (Goal 1)
- Investigate means of ensuring that UNIMARC takes preservation needs into account. (Goal 8)
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