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Preservation of Library, Achival and Digital Documents (Problems and Perspectives)

Author: L.S. Ramaiah G. Sujatha

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ISBN 8170005388
Year of Publication 2008
Binding HardBound
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Language English
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Human past is splendid and full of wonders. The past is known by records, archives, books, and other library
materials which constitute the Documentary Sources. There are also other things like the monuments, buildings,
art objects, and other artifacts. All these constitute the human heritage. They need conservation and preservation.
Librarians, archivists, curators, chemists, and archeologist World over are concerned with the problems of conservation
and preservation.
The documentary sources which are in the form of manuscripts, books, records, archives, films, CDs, etc are fragile
and prone to decay and deterioration. These are damaged because of weather, fire, insects, rodents, floods,
virus, and many other factors. Sometimes the documentary sources are also destroyed because of wars, holocaust,
disasters, and religious animosity, and intolerance. The examples are of the burning of the great libraries at
Alexandria and Nalanda in Egypt and India respectively and the recent destruction of Bumiyan Buddha in Afghanistan.
Preservation is a part of the conservation. Preservation is concerned with problems like the repair, dusting, fumigation,
deacidification, air-conditioning, lamination, binding, storage, etc of manuscripts, books, films, disks, and optical
materials. The principles of preservation of documentary materials in libraries, archives, and digital databases in the
light of rapid technological advances are to be reexamined and reevaluated.
The present title consists of 33 papers written by scholars, experts, and practicing librarians. They examined
different problems faced or experienced by them in their work environments and suggested solutions. The book
is useful to all types of Librarians.

Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Festschrift Committee
Prof. (Mrs.) Dorothy Isaac-A Profile
Prof. S.S. Janardana Rao- A Profile
I. DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE
1. The State of Conservation and Preservation of Documents in Public Libraries-----------A.A.N. Raju
2. Conservation of Documentary Cultural Heritage------------H.D. Singh
3. Keeping History Alive--------------Purva Graver
4. Vision of India Through our Archival Heritage----------T.V. Harinatha Babu
5. Antiquity of doordarshan Archives ----------V. Shaba
II. LIBRARY AND ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS : WHAT ARE THEY?
6. Library Documents : Origin, Development & Prevention --------------ABSV Prasada Rao
7.Records and Archives. What are they ? L.S. Ramaiah
III. PRINT MEDIA : PROBLEMS OF CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION
8. The Conservation of Documents-------------Carolyn Clark Marrow and Carole Dyal
9. National Mission For manuscripts Its Role in Conservation and Preservation of Paper Manuscripts.--------Fazluddin Ahmed & S. Yadagiri
10. A Management Perspective on Preserving A Collection-----------Alan Home
11. India : In Search of Cheaper and New Technologies for Conservation of archives, Manuscripts and Library Documents. ------------------T.V. Harinatha Babu
12.Libraries and Relevance of Preservation & Conservation --------C. Sasikala & M. Gvinda Raju
13. Preservation and Conservation of Library Materials : IT Tools and Techniques. -----Aparajita Suman
14. Need for Preservation of Library Materials -----------M. Anjaiah
15. Conservation and Preservation of Manuscripts --A Study of Osmania University Library -----------R.K. Pavan Kumar & A.S. Chakravarthy
16. Manuscripts ---Preservation & Conservation. Palupu Subba Rao
17. Preservation of Manuscripts and Books in the Public Library.--------------Ahmed Ali
IV. DIGITAL DOCUMENTS : PROBLEMS OF PRESERVATION
18. Fundamentals of Digital Preservation and Repository An overview ---------Subarna Kumar Das & Biswajit Das
19. Technical Issues and Concerns for Long term presentation and Access to Digital Documents. -----K. Nageswara Rao & V.G. Talwar
20. Long-Term Accessibility of Digital Documentary -----Bee Bee Scow & Chennupati Ramaiah
21. Digital Preservation -An over view -------------R.Ashok
22. Preservation of Digital Information Initiatives, Problems and Prospects.---------Biswajit Saha
23. Preservation of E-Resources ----------------Nishtha Anil Kumar
24. Preservation and Conservation of Audio-Visual Material in Public Libraries in Digital Environment. ----------Prof. V. Chandrasekhar Rao
25. Digitisation of Information sources and Networking in the Public Libraries.----------I. Chandraiah & A. Chaskara Reddy and P. Madhusudan
26. Conservation of Music Heritage in the Cyber Age--------------Sisir Kumar Mukherjee
27.Digitization of Documents-A Solution for preservation and Access to Data. ----------S.S. Lome & B.N. Kshirasagar
28. Challenges in the Preservation of -Electronic Information in Public Libraries-------A. Kishore & A. Kiran Kumar
29. Strategies for Digital Preservation -----------N. Varatha Rajan & Chandrasekhar
30. Archiving of Documents (Digitizing Scanning and Digital Preservation etc.)--------G. Dhansegaran
31. Need of Electronic Preservation of Archival Records and Manuscripts -An Indian Scenario---------H.S. Chopra
32. Preserving Digitally : Some Issues and concerns ---------N.K.Sreeja
33. Preservation and Archival Storage of --Print Forms --Digital Way.-------------V.V.V. Satyanarayana
34. How to save cassettes on Hard Disk Some questions and answers. -------G. Menon Ashish Jain
V. CENTRAL GOVT. SUPPORT FOR PRESERVATION
35. Scheme of Financial Assistance for Preservation of Manuscripts/ Rare Books. National Archives of India
Index


Prof. L. S. Ramaiah, formerly University Librarian, Ramesh Mohan Library, The English and Foreign Languages University,
(EFLU), Hyderabad, A.P. He is a life member of the ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS, APLA, and the Academy of Library Science and
Documentation, Hyderabad. He served on the UGC Library Panel, and a Member of the Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation.
He was an Executive Committee Member of both the ILA and IASLIC.
Prof. Ramaiah, participated in International, National, and Regional Conferences both in India and abroad. He visited the USA, UK,
Cuba, and Yemen on professional matters. He was a recipient of the Mortonson Fellowship from the University of Illinois, Urbana-
Champaign, USA. He also received Late S. M. Gangulay?s Best Librarian Award from the IASLIC. He was given Late Prof. P.
Gangadhara Rao?s, Visishta Puraskaram by the P. S. Telugu University, Hyderabad.
Prof. Ramaiah written, compiled, and edited about 28 books. The best of his bibliographical publication is The International
Bibliography of Dravidian Languages and Linguistics, in 6 Vols. Published by the T. R. Publications, Chennai.
Dr. (Mrs.) G. Sujatha is presently In-Charge University Librarian and Associate Professor of the Dr. Ambedkar Open University
, Hyderabad. She did her Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from the Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. She was awarded
the Gold Medal for her Ph.D. She was a Fulbright Scholar for one year. During this period, she visited many University Libraries and
Institutional Libraries in the USA.
Dr. (Mrs.) Sujatha is a Life Member of ILA, IASLIC, APLA, ALSD, and IDEA. She is at present president of the University Library
Teachers Association of A.P., Federation of Academic Librarians Association of A.P. and an Executive Member of the Dr. B.R.
Ambedkar Open University Teachers Association, Hyderabad. She visited number of countries and their libraries.
Dr. (Mrs.) Sujatha participated in a number of conferences and seminars and presented papers. She published several papers and
three books;. She is also presently the Chief Editor of The Pearl a new periodical in the field of Library and Information Sciences,
published from Hyderabad.

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