Taking it Further
Additional Resources
This bibliography is not exhaustive, but has been prepared as a starting point to help you obtain more information on collection management, selection for preservation, and other preservation issues.
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. Definitions of Conservation. http://www.conservation-us.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=471 .
Banks, Paul. "Preservation, Library Collections, and the Concept of Cultural Property," in Libraries and Scholarly Communication in the United States: The Historical Dimension, edited by Phyllis Dain and John Y. Cole. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1990, pp. 89-110.
Boles, Frank. Selecting and Appraising Archives and Manuscripts. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005.
Child, Margaret. "Preservation Assessment and Planning," in Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets/1Planning_and_Prioritizing/02PreservationAssessment.php .
Cloonan, Michele V. "W(h)ither Preservation?" Library Quarterly 71 (April 2001): 231-42.
"Collections Policies and Preservation," in Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets/1Planning_and_Prioritizing/05CollectionsPolicies.php.
National Park Service. "What Makes a Book Rare?" Conserv O Gram 19/1, July 1993. http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/19-01.pdf
Darling, Pamela W., and Sherelyn Ogden. "From Problems Perceived to Programs in Practice: The Preservation of Library Resources in the U.S.A., 1956-1980." Library Resources and Technical Services 25 (January/March 1981): 9-29.
Harris, Carolyn, "Selection for Preservation," in Preservation: Issues and Planning, edited by Paul N. Banks and Roberta Pilette. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000.
National Archives and Records Administration. Intrinsic Value in Archival Material. Staff Information Paper 21 (1982), revised 1999. http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/archives-resources/archival-material-intrinsic-value.html.
"The Needs Assessment Survey," in Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual. Andover, MA: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999. http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets/1Planning_and_Prioritizing/03NeedAssessmentSurvey.php.
O'Toole, James M. "On the Idea of Permanence," American Archivist 52 (Winter 1989): 10-25.
Pearce-Moses, Richard. A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology. http://www.archivists.org/glossary/.
Schellenberg, T.R. "The Appraisal of Modern Public Records," in A Modern Archives Reader: Basic Readings on Archival Theory and Practice. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Service, 1984.
Smith, Abby. The Future of the Past: Preservation in American Research Libraries. Washington, DC: Council on Library and Information Resources, 1999. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub82abst.html.
Smith, Abby. Why Digitize? Washington, DC: Council on Library and Information Resources, February 1999. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub80.html.
Task Forces on Archival Selection. The Preservation of Archival Materials: A Report of the Task Forces on Archival Selection. Washington, DC: Council on Library and Information Resources, April, 1993. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub36.html.
