CONSERVATION OF ARCHIVAL AND BOOK MATERIALS

The course will provide the informations needed to acquire skills to use in the conservation on archival and book materials, for a correct materials management.

Archives and Libraries.

Meaning and definition of conservation and restoration of archival and book materials.

The preservation in Archives and Libraries.

The environmental parameters and the characteristics of the storage environments.

The prevention, maintenance, restoration.

The conservator/restorer

Focus on:

- The manuscripts

- The early printed books: prototypographers and incunabula.

• Principi dell’IFLA per la cura e il trattamento dei materiali di biblioteca, a cura di Edward P. Adcock. Ed. italiana a cura della Commissione nazionale Biblioteche e servizi nazionali. Roma, AIB 2005, pp. 80.
• Carlo Federici, La conservazione del patrimonio bibliografico in Biblioteche e biblioteconomia. Principi e questioni, Roma, Carocci, 2015, pp. 523-544.
• Carlo Federici, A, B, C. Dialogo sulla conservazione di carte vecchie e nuove. Roma, Carocci, 2005, pp. 80.
• Margaret R. Brown, Boxes for the protection of rare books: their design and construction. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, pp. 280.
• British Library, Basic preservation for archive collections, accessibile alla URL: <http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/collectioncare/publications/booklets/basic_preservation.pdf>, pp. 14.
• British Library, Understanding and caring for bookbindings, accessibile alla URL: <http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/collectioncare/publications/booklets/caring_for_bookbindings.pdf>, pp. 22.
• British Library, Cleaning books and documents, accessibile alla URL : < http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/collectioncare/publications/booklets/cleaning_books_and_documents.pdf> , pp. 16.
• British Library, Using library and archive collection, accessibile alla URL : < http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/collectioncare/publications/booklets/using_library_and_archive_collections.pdf>, pp. 10
• British Library, Damaged books, disponibile alla URL: < http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/collectioncare/publications/booklets/damaged_books.pdf> , pp. 19
• British Library, Moving library and archive collections, accessibile alla URL : <http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/collectioncare/publications/booklets/moving_library_and_archive_collections.pdf>, pp. 23.
• British Library , Library and archive storage furniture, disponibile alla URL: < http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/collectioncare/publications/booklets/library_and_archive_storage_furniture.pdf>, p.16.
• Marilena Maniaci, Archeologia del manoscritto: metodi, problemi, bibliografia recente. Roma, Viella, 2002, pp. 177.
• Piero Scapecchi, Incunabolo. Itinerario ragionato di orientamento bibliografico, Roma, AIB, 2004, pp. 92.
• Provenienze: metodologie di rilevamento, descrizione e indicizzazione per il materiale bibliografico, a cura di Katia Cestelli e Anna Gonzo, Trento, Pronvincia Autonoma di Trento; Firenze, Soprintendenza per i beni librari e archivistici; Regione Toscana, Giunta regionale 2009, p. 150.

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.