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Reinhard Feldmann
Preservation, Conservation
& Data Curation
Introduction
Legaspi: Aquinas University
10th to 12th of April 2014

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Preservation and conservation
Reinhard Feldmann
Preservation and Conservation
ƒ Bearer of information
ƒ Clay > papyrus > Paper > Microfilm > E-paper
ƒ Medium of writing or printing
ƒ Stylus > Ink > Laser
ƒ Binding and appearance
ƒ „Book“ > Tablet

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Mediaeval Manuscript (Illuminated prayer-book)

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Mediaeval manuscript: Hoya-Missal, Illumination

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Incunable (with woodcut)

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Block-book from Mongolia

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Chinese papermaking

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German and European papermaking

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Chinese clay letters (around 1050)

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Rizal: Mi ultimo adios

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Preservation and Conservation
Preservation and Conservation (1)
ƒ Cooperation
ƒ Education
ƒ Knowledge & research
ƒ Institutional context & workflow
ƒ Financial equipment

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Preservation and Conservation (2)
ƒ General remarks
ƒ Paper decay and mass neutralisation
ƒ Desaster preparedness
ƒ Individual restauration / single item
treatment
Preservation and Conservation

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Damage through Water

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Mould after Damage through Water

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Ink corrosion (paper)

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Microfilms: Vinegar syndrom

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Preservation and Conservation (2)
ƒ General remarks
ƒ Paper decay and mass neutralisation
ƒ Desaster preparedness
ƒ Individual restauration / single item
treatment
Preservation and Conservation

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Deacidification methods
Deacidification methods
ƒ Papersave
ƒ PapersaveSwiss
ƒ CBC:2
ƒ Bückeburg Conservation Process

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„Deacidification methods“
PapersaveSwiss

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„Deacidification methods“
CBCL:2 (Leipzig, Germany)

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Deacidification methods
BCP – Single sheet

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Preservation and Conservation (2)
ƒ General remarks
ƒ Paper decay and mass neutralisation
ƒ Desaster preparedness
ƒ Individual restauration / single item
treatment
Preservation and Conservation

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Flood in Dresden 2002

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Fire in Weimar 2004
Brandkatastrophe in Weimar 2004

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Breakdown Historical Archive Cologne

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„preservation and restauration“
Basic considerations
1. Books are cultural assets
2. Securing text and “intrinsic value“
3. Restoration begins with dicussion
4. Full restoration or „minimal intervention“?
5. Originality & Historical traces
6. Concluding age and history

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„preservation and restauration“
Demands towards the restorer
1. Use existing material, replacement only due
to technical, not to aesthetic reasons
2. Reversability
3. Restauration method must be justified
4. Documentation of restauration and methods
5. No loss of information