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Preservation Awareness Week
Videos and Exhibits

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Preservation Videos:

Murder in the Stacks In this entertaining presentation, Holmes and Watson explore some simple book handling techniques which can prevent damage to library books. (1987) 15 minutes.

Preservation Exhibits

Neilson Library "Our Books Are In Your Hands" Highlights common types of damage to library books and gives tips on prevention and safe handling.

How to Operate a Book An examination of book structures throughout history, the ways they work, and how best to handle them to preserve their physical integrity. (1986) 30 minutes.
Young Science Library "The Chemistry of Paper" Explores the paper-making process, and the problems of acidic paper.
Use or Abuse Explores the role of staff and patrons in maintaining library collections. Covers the structure of modern books, rebinding and repair practices, and safe care and handling. (1986) 25 minutes.
Library Preservation: Recasing This instructional video features Don Etherington, internationally known bookbinder and conservator, demonstrating simple cloth binding repair techniques. (1987) 80 minutes.
Library Binding: A Collaborative Process, A Shared Responsibility Describes the partnership between the library and the bindery in the preservation of library materials. Gives a short tour of a bindery and shows how a book is bound. (1990) 25 minutes.
Slow Fires: On the Preservation Of The Human Record Shown on PBS, this video highlights the pressing problem of acidic paper in books and other printed materials, and discusses the need to preserve films, maps, and other library collections. Narrated by Robert MacNeil. (1987) 30 minutes.
Into the Future This sequel to Slow Fires addresses urgent issues of preserving electronic media and computer data before the technology used to create them become obsolete. (1992) 30 minutes.

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