Management of Preservation Programs
Spring 2009
Sonya Issaeva & Kathy Lechuga
Letter of Commitment
As a part of the INF 392G Management of Preservation Programs course at the Kilgarlin Center, University of Texas at Austin, students are required to conduct a preservation assessment survey of a collection. The Middle Eastern Collection at the Perry Casteñeda Library was assigned to us by our instructor Dr. Maria Esteva. After meeting with the Middle Eastern Collection librarian Roberta Dougherty we decided that it would be appropriate to focus on modern and contemporary literary works housed on the sixth floor of the PCL building.
In this preservation assessment we will examine deterioration patterns of primary and secondary bindings. The binding types will be subdivided into five specific categories: original bindings, volumes rebound by a contracted Middle Eastern binder, older Library of Congress secondary bindings, high-end religious and literary set bindings, and volumes rebound earlier with false raised bands. Another binding category may be added after more careful examination of the collection. Within these sub-categories we will be looking at and documenting various aspects of damage and deterioration of paper, text block condition, and binding condition.
We will be working on site on the sixth floor of the PCL building during the course of several Saturday afternoons, gathering information for the survey and eventually conducting the survey, when our project design is complete. The preservation assessment document will be delivered on May 5th, 2009.The document will include a discussion of our observations regarding the preservation-related issues and possible needs within the collection, a summary of data gathered in the survey of volumes, our conclusions and possible recommendations.
We look forward to working with the Middle Eastern Collections material at the Perry Casteñeda Library and will maintain communication via email with the custodian of the collection, Roberta Dougherty, while working on the preservation assessment document. We would like to thank Roberta Dougherty for meeting with us on February 2nd, 2009 to answer our initial questions about the collection and for answering additional questions via email. She has provided extensive information on the types of bindings included in the Middle Eastern Collection, the overall profile of the collection and the pattern of patron use. She openly shared her preferences for what kind of information, mined by the survey, would be useful to her as the custodian of this collection. Without her input and guidance we would not be able to conduct this preservation assessment.
Sincerely,
Sonya Issaeva and Kathy Lechuga
Spring 2009
Sonya Issaeva & Kathy Lechuga
Letter of Commitment
As a part of the INF 392G Management of Preservation Programs course at the Kilgarlin Center, University of Texas at Austin, students are required to conduct a preservation assessment survey of a collection. The Middle Eastern Collection at the Perry Casteñeda Library was assigned to us by our instructor Dr. Maria Esteva. After meeting with the Middle Eastern Collection librarian Roberta Dougherty we decided that it would be appropriate to focus on modern and contemporary literary works housed on the sixth floor of the PCL building.
In this preservation assessment we will examine deterioration patterns of primary and secondary bindings. The binding types will be subdivided into five specific categories: original bindings, volumes rebound by a contracted Middle Eastern binder, older Library of Congress secondary bindings, high-end religious and literary set bindings, and volumes rebound earlier with false raised bands. Another binding category may be added after more careful examination of the collection. Within these sub-categories we will be looking at and documenting various aspects of damage and deterioration of paper, text block condition, and binding condition.
We will be working on site on the sixth floor of the PCL building during the course of several Saturday afternoons, gathering information for the survey and eventually conducting the survey, when our project design is complete. The preservation assessment document will be delivered on May 5th, 2009.The document will include a discussion of our observations regarding the preservation-related issues and possible needs within the collection, a summary of data gathered in the survey of volumes, our conclusions and possible recommendations.
We look forward to working with the Middle Eastern Collections material at the Perry Casteñeda Library and will maintain communication via email with the custodian of the collection, Roberta Dougherty, while working on the preservation assessment document. We would like to thank Roberta Dougherty for meeting with us on February 2nd, 2009 to answer our initial questions about the collection and for answering additional questions via email. She has provided extensive information on the types of bindings included in the Middle Eastern Collection, the overall profile of the collection and the pattern of patron use. She openly shared her preferences for what kind of information, mined by the survey, would be useful to her as the custodian of this collection. Without her input and guidance we would not be able to conduct this preservation assessment.
Sincerely,
Sonya Issaeva and Kathy Lechuga
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