Collection Management with a Focus on Preservation

 Post by Oakes, Cory

Gregory, Vicki L.. Collection Development and Management for 21st Century Library Collections : An Introduction, American Library Association, 2019. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/sjsu/detail.action?docID=5850106. 

While the entire textbook by Gregory, "Collection Development and Management for 21st Century Library Collections" gives some solid foundational information for someone new to the subject, I found Chapter 11: Preservation the most interesting. 

Special collections within libraries, or on their own, require a different approach to maintain and manage. This chapter gives basics to be considered on preservation of books and other physical information items, how these can be reproduced in various forms that include putting items on microfilm, what sort of contingencies should be put in place in case of a disaster for physical as well as digital resources, and some discussion on what makes a digital item "preserved" or "preservable."

While I am interested in learning more about preservation and restoration of physical texts and information items, this textbook chapter only provides the briefest overview, and I would encourage anyone else interested in these things to seek out more in-depth information unless just a simple overview is needed.