Document Type
Article
Date
1-1972
Keywords
Conservation, Rare books, Syracuse University Library
Language
English
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Description/Abstract
My month in Chicago changed all this considerably by increasing my knowledge of book and non-book materials. There we discussed the nature of these materials, criteria for excellence both singly and in combination with each other, and approaches to restoration and prevention of further deterioration. Book conservation is a relatively recent development in the larger field of conservation, but the problem of deterioration is as old as the earliest papyrus. As it applies to materials of our own time, it is related to the three major physical elements of the book: its paper, its cover and its structure.
Recommended Citation
Rainey, Susan, "The Conservation of Books: Prescription for Collectors" (1972). The Courier. 17.
https://surface.syr.edu/libassoc/17
Source
local input
Additional Information
The Courier, v.9, n.2, 1972 p. 48-58