Presented at International Conference of Asian Special Libraries, Manila, 10-12 April 2013

1. Latest trends in Preservation
and Conservation
Manila: ICoASL
10th to 12th of April 2013
Reinhard Feldmann

2. Library Brothers Grimm

3. Library of Richard Wagner

4. Library of Friedrich Nietzsche

5. Sarajevo

6. Timbuktu

7. Mediaeval Manuscript (Illuminated prayer-book)

8. Mediaeval manuscript: Hoya-Missal, Illumination

9. Incunable (with woodcut)

10. Rizal: Mi ultimo adios

11. Preservation and conservation
Preservation and Conservation
 Bearer of information
 Clay > papyrus > Paper > Microfilm > E-paper
 Medium of writing or printing
 Stylus > Ink > Laser
 Binding and appearance
 „Book“ > Tablet
Reinhard Feldmann

12. Johannes Gutenberg (1400 – 1468)

13. Preservation and Conservation
Preservation and Conservation (1)
 Cooperation
 Education
 Knowledge & research
 Institutional context & workflow
 Financial equipment

14. Preservation and Conservation
Ten aspects of conservation:
 “Damage-Survey“
 “Passive conservation“: climate und storage
 Conservatory measures: book care and “boxing“
 Restoration ethics and philosophy
 Individual restoration / Original conservation
 Mass deacidification (and prevention: paper!)
 Paper splitting
 Microfilming and Digitalization
 Emergency management / Emergency precautions
 Organisation and finance

15. Preservation and Conservation
Preservation and Conservation (2)
 General remarks
 Paper decay and mass neutralisation
 Desaster preparedness
 Individual restauration / single item
treatment

16. Damage through Water

17. Mould after Damage through Water

18. Ink corrosion (paper)

19. Microfilms: Vinegar syndrom

20. Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access

21. Training for Audiovisual Preservation in Europe

22. Preservation and Conservation
Preservation and Conservation (2)
 General remarks
 Paper decay and mass neutralisation
 Desaster preparedness
 Individual restauration / single item
treatment

23. Deacidification methods
Deacidification methods
 Papersave
 PapersaveSwiss
 CBC:2
 Bückeburg Conservation Process

24. „Deacidification methods“
PapersaveSwiss

26. „Deacidification methods“
CBCL:2 (Leipzig, Germany)

27. Deacidification methods
BCP Bückeburg Conservation Process

28. Deacidification methods
BCP – Single sheet

29. Deacidification methods
BCP - Books

30. Preservation and Conservation
Preservation and Conservation (2)
 General remarks
 Paper decay and mass neutralisation
 Desaster preparedness
 Individual restauration / single item
treatment

31. Flood in Dresden 2002

32. Fire in Weimar 2004
Brandkatastrophe in Weimar 2004

33. Breakdown Historical Archive Cologne

34. Preservation and Conservation
Preservation and Conservation (2)
 General remarks
 Paper decay and mass neutralisation
 Desaster preparedness
 Individual restauration / single item
treatment

35. „preservation and restauration“
Rizal: Noli me tangere – before restauration

36. „preservation and restauration“
Rizal: Noli me tangere – after restauration

37. „preservation and restauration“
Basic considerations
1. Books are cultural assets
2. Securing text and “intrinsic value“
3. Restoration begins with dicussion
4. Full restoration or „minimal intervention“?
5. Originality & Historical traces
6. Concluding age and history

38. „preservation and restauration“
Demands towards the restorer
1. Use existing material, replacement only due
to technical, not to aesthetic reasons
2. Reversability
3. Restauration method must be justified
4. Documentation of restauration and methods
5. No loss of information

39. „preservation and restauration“
Rizal: Noli me tangere – during restauration

40. Preservation and conservation
Conclusion:
„The cultural tradition contained in libraries,
archives and museums is a spitritual home for
the nation. We need it, even and in particular
as we look forwards and pursue our path into
the future.“
Federal President of Germany Horst Köhler
(Reopening Weimar Library 2007)
Reinhard Feldmann