Conservation and_preservation of archival materials and manuscrip
1. Workshop on Conservation and preservation of archival materials and manuscripts 24th & 25th august 2010 Mumbai University Report by Anjali Londhe
2. Conservation and preservation of archival materials and manuscripts Day1 -.24th august 2010 1.Manuscript Preservation Concept –Dr.Sushma Paudwal,SNDT univeristy Librarian,Mumbai 2.Microfilming as a method of preservation – Dr.Vivekanand Gopal,curator, saraswati mahal Library 3.Factors leading to manuscript deterioration –Ms.Amruta Natu –Bhandarkar Oriental research Centre Day 2-25th August 2010 1.Preservation of archival Records-Dr.Arun Divekar 2.Descriptive cataloguing of manuscripts-Sampada jadhav 3.Digitization of manuscripts as a preservation technique-Dr.Vivek patkar.
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18. De lamination of Plastics is possible but its costly and technology is unavailable in India Manuscript preservation cost depends on size of the book it can be 6000-12000 It is mainly per folio Cost Digitization Vs Microform Both have its advantages & disadvantages
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22. Purpose 1. Making Copy of original in different medium 2. Digitization for discovery -scanning &OCR for keyword search creating an index of terms for displaying the corresponding pages 3. Digitization for delivery- Print on demand 4. For reading-Pleasant format, numbered pages, navigation to individual pages or chapters.
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24. Advantages of digital material 1 . Storage Economy 2 . Simultaneous Multiple Accessiblity 3 . Wider Dissemination 4 . Hyper linking to the related material 5 . Scaled up Security 6 . Archival Facilitation 7 . Full text search facility
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28. Conclusion workshop was concluded by Mr.B.V.Naik, ex hod of history department Mr Naik shared his experience with librarians and his affiliations with raja ram mohan roy library foundation. According to him, librarian should be always ready to help the users in finding out the information & they should use new technologies to help the users.
