Dear colleague, 1 I suggest you contact the Library Officers of the following Institutions for help and advice in this matter: 1. Ms. J. Sahoo, Asst. Librarian, State Museum, Bhuvaneswar, Orissa ( She has published a paper on preservation of library records) 2. National Archives, Janpath, New Delhi 3. National Library, Kolkatta 3. Saraswathi Mahal Library, Thanjavur (This Library is preserving old manuscripts and palm leaves of several Centuries old 4 Other Manuscripts/Archives Library in India 5. British Library/Library of Congress (as a last resort) 2. You may also consult books on Preservation of Library Books/Library Records and Library Binding. You may also conduct a search on Find Articles.com; Bnet.com; Library Science Abstracts etc.) for sources of information. 3. Your problem is not serious and can be solved easily with little effort. Perhaps, you can check out for a service provider in Coimbatore who can undertake fumigation, lamination/adhesion and other preservative measures for your old library accession register. With best wishes M N Seetharaman (formerly, Head, Information Centre, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore -------------------------------------------------- From: "Dr.D.P Prathap" <sbilibrary@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 1:22 PM To: <lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Preservation of documents
Dear Colleagues
I request info on the following:
There is a register (like our accession register) of the year 1872. It contains about 100 pages. It is in a bad shape now. I would like to how to preserve the register, for future use.
Sincerely shanmuganathan, T. Technical Officer (Library) Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore-7
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