The Strategic Stewardship of Cultural Resources: To Preserve and Protect

by Congress; Library Of

• ISBN13: 9780789020901
• ISBN10: 0789020904
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Keep your cultural resources safe for generations to come! Culled from papers presented at a Library of Congress symposium in October 2000, The Strategic Stewardship of Cultural Resources: To Preserve and Protect examines the challenges you face in preserving and safeguarding your library's resources. Twenty-two leading library and archival professionals address critical issues on the preservation and security of collections in cultural property institutions, including libraries, museums, and archives. The book explores the connections between physical security and the preservation of our cultural heritage. The Strategic Stewardship of Cultural Resources identifies the risks involved in preserving cultural resources and presents effective strategies for security. The book guides you through the process of evaluating preservation and security programs, budgeting costs, determining the right amount of facilities security, meeting the challenge of preserving digital information, and coping with the negative effects of theft and vandalism. The Strategic Stewardship of Cultural Resources focuses on four keys that are central to safeguarding your heritage assets: physical security--protection from theft, mutilation, damage by water, fire, etc., with strategies used by the Library of Congress and other major libraries preservation--protection from deterioration through conservation and reformatting, using examples from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Library of Congress, and other institutions bibliographic control--knowing what your library has inventory control--knowing where your collections are The Strategic Stewardship of Cultural Resources: To Preserve and Protect also examines the FBI's Art Theft Program, national and institutional requirements for preservation funding, and measuring the effect of environmental elements (temperature, humidity, etc.) on your collection. The book is an essential resource for library, archive, and museum directors, preservation officers, security professionals, curators, and archivists.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xv
Sul H. Lee
Preface	xvii
James H. Billington
Acknowledgments	xix
Introduction	1	(6)
Winston Tabb
CULTURAL HERITAGE AT RISK: TODAY'S STEWARDSHIP CHALLENGE
Stewardship: The Janus Factor	7	(12)
Nancy M. Cline
Learning to Blush: Librarians and the Embarrassment of Experience	19	(10)
Werner Gundersheimer
AS STRONG AS ITS WEAKEST LINK: DEVELOPING STRATEGIES FOR A SECURITY PROGRAM
As Strong as its Weakest Link: The Human Element	29	(10)
Laurie Sowd
Developing a Plan for Collections Security: The Library of Congress Experience	39	(10)
Steven J. Herman
Creating a Culture of Security in the University of Maryland Libraries	49	(10)
Charles B. Lowry
THE BIG PICTURE: PRESERVATION STRATEGIES IN CONTEXT
Building a National Preservation Program: National Endowment for the Humanities Support for Preservation	59	(8)
Jeffrey M. Field
Safeguarding Heritage Assets: The Library of Congress Planning Framework for Preservation	67	(6)
Doris A. Hamburg
Taking Care: An Informed Approach to Library Preservation	73	(12)
Jan Merrill-Oldham
THE SILVER LINING: COPING WITH THEFT, VANDALISM, DETERIORATION, AND BAD PRESS
Picking Up the Pieces: The Lengthy Saga of a Library Theft	85	(10)
Jean W. Ashton
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Art Theft Program	95	(6)
Lynne Chaffinch
The Silver Lining: Recovering from the Shambles of a Disaster	101	(8)
Camila A. Alire
BUILDING THE BUDGET: PROMOTING YOUR PROGRAM AND MEETING FUNDING DEMANDS FOR PRESERVATION AND SECURITY
Funding for Preservation: The Strengths of Our Past	109	(8)
Nancy E. Gwinn
Securing Preservation Funds: National and Institutional Requirements	117	(6)
Deanna B. Marcum
Strategies for Funding Preservation and Security	123	(6)
James G. Neal
UNDERSTANDING SUCCESS: MEASURING EFFECTIVENESS OF PRESERVATION AND SECURITY PROGRAMS
Measuring the Effectiveness of Preservation and Security Programs at the Library of Congress	129	(6)
Francis M. Ponti
Measuring Environmental Quality in Preservation	135	(6)
James M. Reilly
ELECTRONIC INFORMATION AND DIGITIZATION: PRESERVATION AND SECURITY CHALLENGES
Preservation, Security, and Digital Content	141	(8)
Carl Fleischhauer
The Coming Crisis in Preserving Our Digital Cultural Heritage	149	(14)
Clifford A. Lynch
Electronic Information and Digitization: Preservation and Security Challenges	163	(6)
Maxwell L. Anderson
PEOPLE, BUILDINGS, AND COLLECTIONS: INNOVATIONS IN SECURITY AND PRESERVATION
Making the Library of Congress Secure: Innovation and Collaboration	169	(6)
Kenneth E. Lopez
What Can We Afford to Lose?	175	(8)
Abby Smith
National Research Libraries and Protection of Cultural Resources	183	(10)
James F. Williams, II
Conclusion	193	(10)
Winston Tabb
Mark Roosa
Notes	203	(10)
Contributors	213	(10)
Index	223