Lecture delivered by

At the end of the course, students will be able to manage records and to apply principles of conservation and preservation of documents both printed and non-printed.

Course Content: (Main topics, Sub topics)

Record Management: Current Records, Semi-current and inactive records management;   Archives management: Preservation and Conservation: Book repair and binding; Concept of preservation and conservation of library materials from printed to digital formats, Restoration of Archival and Library materials, Preservation Programme: Enemies of Archival and Library Materials: Human, Biological, Chemical and Disasters such as Floods, Fire; Restoration Techniques: Tissue, Repair, Lamination, Encapsulation, De-acidification, Fumigation, Sublimation; Reprography: History of Reprography, Reprography Techniques, Equipment, Material; Computer Scanning; National Achieves as a centre for primary Sources with Special reference to Sri Lanka.

Teaching /Learning Activities: 

Lectures/ Tutorials/ Presentations/ Practical sessions/ Creative activities

Assessment Strategy:

Continuous Assessment

50%

Final Assessment

50%

Details:

Quizzes 10%, Assignment 20%, Attendance

Individual Assignment

Class Test 10%

Quiz

Theory

60%

Practical

NA

Other
 (specify)

NA

60

Recommended Reading:

• Cook, M. (1986), The Management of Information from Achieves, Gower, Farnham.

• Feather, J. (1996), Preservation and the Management of Library Collections, 2^nd ed., Library Association Publishing, London.  

• Jenkinson, H. (1966), A Manual of Achieves Administration, 2^nd ed., Oxford, London. 

• Kraft, N. E. (2008), The Changing Book: Transitions in Design, Production, and Preservation, Haworth Information Press, New York.

• Prapati, C. L. (2005), Conservation of Documents: Problems and Solutions: Policy Perspectives, 1^st ed., Mittal Publications, New Delhi.

• Ramaiah, L. S & Sujatha, G. (2008), Preservation of Library, Archival and Digital Documents: Problems and Perspectives, Ess Ess Publications, New Delhi.

• Schellen, B. T. R. (1964), Modern Archives Principles and Techniques, University of Chicago press, Chicago.

• Swartzburg, S. G. (1995), Preserving Library Materials: A Manual, Scarecrow Press, Metuchen.