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The preservation and protection of library collections : a practical guide to microbiological controls /
Preservation involves a complex of activities including climate, air-quality, and surface control, as well as microbiological control, which is a key part of preserving and protecting library collections. The Preservation and Protection of Library Collections examines microbiological control for pre...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, England :
Chandos Publishing,
2014.
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| Colección: | Chandos information professional series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; The Preservation and Protection of Library Collections: A practical guide to microbiological controls; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; About the author; 1 Introduction; Introductory remarks; Who and how they may benefit from this book; The nature of library collections; The climate and its impact on microbiological conditions of the library collection; Biological factors; Overview of the book; How to use this book; 2 Short mould review; Statistics of moulds isolated at the National Library of Poland.
- Fungi from the National Library in experiments for my MSc thesis in BiologyDaily work with fungi in the National Library at the present day; A final comment on the presented quick methods of identification of the genera of moulds; Conclusions; 3 Methods of microbiological control of the air; Introduction; Methods; Fungi; Evaluation of the microbiological condition of the room
- interpretation of the results; Counteractions; Conclusions; 4 Methods of microbiological control of objects; Evaluation and qualifying of objects for sampling; Sampling spots selection; Sampling
- general.
- Impress sampling with sterile pieces of Whatman filtration paperSampling with swabs: transferring material from swabs to dishes with medium further work; Conclusions and results
- classes of objects returned for regular activity; Disinfection of individual objects on the grounds of sampling results; Conclusions; 5 Methods of disinfection; The idea of disinfection; Disinfecting methods in Poland and other countries; Practical use of PCMC; Fungicidal efficiency of disinfection with PCMC in experiment; Disinfection with radiation; Practical use of ethylene oxide; Conclusions.
- 6 Methods of microbiological control and evaluation of the collectionsWhy I adapted the Stanford method selection approach; Selection of the objects; Objects evaluations, conclusions, recommendations and further action; Conclusions; 7 Experiment on moulds and papers with application in conservation and preservation; Introduction to a sample experiment; Defining procedure of experiment; The experiment; Results and conclusions; Discussion; The efficiency of the researched methods in practice and literature; Conclusions; 8 Disaster response; General consideration.
- Case Study of Iconographic Collections
- generalCase Study of the Iconographic Collections
- microbiological evaluation of air and objects; Case study of the Iconographic Collections
- analysis of the possibilities of disinfection of the collections of the Department of Iconographic Collections in an additional disinfection chamber; Case Study of the Iconographic Collections
- microbiological evaluation of large-sized objects ofthe Department of Iconographic Collections; Case Study of the Iconographic Collections
- final comments; Conclusions; 9 Overall conclusions; 10 Appendices.