Special collections and protection of historical collections 2700-P2ZSOZH-PSB
The subject concerns two issues of bibliology (library), namely the issue of library special collections and protection of library collections (with an emphasis on special collections and historical).
The section on special collection includes several major issues, including:
- Definition of library special collections and to discuss the types of special collections at the examples of selected major research libraries (including the Warsaw University Library, the National Library);
- Issues of collecting special collections;
- Development of special collections, catalog publishing and information using digital tools (bibliographies, catalogs);
- Storage conditions sets special requirements due to the nature of the material and the diversity of materials belonging to the library special collections;
- Sharing special collections, especially taking into account the limitations in sharing arising from the specific characteristics of the objects included in the special collections (both for their protection and hardware requirements);
- Use of special collections to promote the library and its resources, particularly with the use of digital technologies;
- Special collections in digital libraries.
Part concerning the protection of collections embrace such issues as:
- Damaging agents library collections: physical, chemical, biological, man as a factor in the destruction of the harvest;
- To prevent destruction of collections by creating the appropriate conditions for storage and sharing;
- Conservation procedures, labs protection and conservation of collections;
- Problems of acid paper and mass de-acidification;
- Digital technologies help protect the valuable library collections.
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Learning outcomes
Students will gain knowledge about the library special collections, will be able to make them stand out and identify, assign specific materials for the right kind of harvest. They will also have knowledge of a particular process, the special collections of the process of acquiring them to the library after sharing. They will also know, for example, selected printed and available online directories and bibliographies of special collections.
Learners inherit the knowledge of protection issues in the collection, especially the library special collections and historical character, will gain the basic skills to the identification and prevention of threats to collections.
They will have ordered detailed knowledge in the field of bibliology and informatologii, basic knowledge of the place and importance of the issues in question in the area of humanities and knowledge on the links Bibliology and informatologii with other disciplines on the example discussed topics.
Assessment criteria
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Practical placement
none
Bibliography
Literature will be presented on a regular basis in the classroom. Will apply to both the creation of a collection of historical, which eventually gave birth to the library special collections, as well as current issues of development and the protection and preservation of collections. To read will also include directories and guides for special collections of individual libraries (introductions, rules of development).
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