The Strategic Stewardship of Cultural Resources

Name: The Strategic Stewardship of Cultural Resources | To Preserve and Protect
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To Preserve and Protect

Andrea Merril T(Autor*in)

Routledge (Verlag)

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Erschienen am 13. Mai 2013

258 Seiten

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Keep your cultural resources safe for generations to come!

Culled from papers presented at a Library of Congress symposium in October 2000, The Strategic Stewardship of Cultural Resources: To Preserve and Protect examines the challenges you face in preserving and safeguarding your library's resources. Twenty-two leading library and archival professionals address critical issues on the preservation and security of collections in cultural property institutions, including libraries, museums, and archives. The book explores the connections between physical security and the preservation of our cultural heritage.

The Strategic Stewardship of Cultural Resources identifies the risks involved in preserving cultural resources and presents effective strategies for security. The book guides you through the process of evaluating preservation and security programs, budgeting costs, determining the right amount of facilities security, meeting the challenge of preserving digital information, and coping with the negative effects of theft and vandalism.

The Strategic Stewardship of Cultural Resources focuses on four keys that are central to safeguarding your heritage assets:

physical securityprotection from theft, mutilation, damage by water, fire, etc., with strategies used by the Library of Congress and other major libraries
preservationprotection from deterioration through conservation and reformatting, using examples from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Library of Congress, and other institutions
bibliographic controlknowing what your library has
inventory controlknowing where your collections are

The Strategic Stewardship of Cultural Resources: To Preserve and Protect also examines the FBI's Art Theft Program, national and institutional requirements for preservation funding, and measuring the effect of environmental elements (temperature, humidity, etc.) on your collection. The book is an essential resource for library, archive, and museum directors, preservation officers, security professionals, curators, and archivists.

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Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
CULTURAL HERITAGE AT RISK: TODAY'S STEWARDSHIP CHALLENGE
Chapter 1. Stewardship: The Janus Factor
Chapter 2. Learning to Blush: Librarians and the Embarrassment of Experience
AS STRONG AS ITS WEAKEST LINK: DEVELOPING STRATEGIES FOR A SECURITY PROGRAM
Chapter 3. As Strong As Its Weakest Link: The Human Element
Chapter 4. Developing a Plan for Collections Security: The Library of Congress Experience
Chapter 5. Creating a Culture of Security in the University of Maryland Libraries
THE BIG PICTURE: PRESERVATION STRATEGIES IN CONTEXT
Chapter 6. Building a National Preservation Program: National Endowment for the Humanities Support for Preservation
Chapter 7. Safeguarding Heritage Assets: The Library of Congress Planning Framework for Preservation
Chapter 8. Taking Care: An Informed Approach to Library Preservation
THE SILVER LINING: COPING WITH THEFT, VANDALISM, DETERIORATION, AND BAD PRESS
Chapter 9. Picking Up the Pieces: The Lengthy Saga of a Library Theft
Chapter 10. The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Art Theft Program
Chapter 11. The Silver Lining: Recovering from the Shambles of a Disaster
BUILDING THE BUDGET: PROMOTING YOUR PROGRAM AND MEETING FUNDING DEMANDS FOR PRESERVATION AND SECURITY
Chapter 12. Funding for Preservation: The Strengths of Our Past
Chapter 13. Securing Preservation Funds: National and Institutional Requirements
Chapter 14. Strategies for Funding Preservation and Security
UNDERSTANDING SUCCESS: MEASURING EFFECTIVENESS OF PRESERVATION AND SECURITY PROGRAMS
Chapter 15. Measuring the Effectiveness of Preservation and Security Programs at the Library of Congress
Chapter 16. Measuring Environmental Quality in Preservation
ELECTRONIC INFORMATION AND DIGITIZATION: PRESERVATION AND SECURITY CHALLENGES
Chapter 17. Preservation, Security, and Digital Content
Chapter 18. The Coming Crisis in Preserving Our Digital Cultural Heritage
Chapter 19. Electronic Information and Digitization: Preservation and Security Challenges
PEOPLE, BUILDINGS, AND COLLECTIONS: INNOVATIONS IN SECURITY AND PRESERVATION
Chapter 20. Making the Library of Congress Secure: Innovation and Collaboration
Chapter 21. What Can We Afford to Lose?
Chapter 22. National Research Libraries and Protection of Cultural Resources
Conclusion
Notes
Contributors
Index
Reference Notes Included

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