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CONSERVATIONRESEARCH

ATTHE BRITISHLIBRARY

HELEN SHENTON

Head of Collection Care, British Library

AHRC CCLRC Conference 28 November 2006

Tate Modern, London

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CONSERVATION RESEARCH

BRITISH LIBRARY

BL Centre for Conservation opening spring 2007

LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVESScale and characteristics

APPLIED CONSERVATION RESEARCH

Earliest New Testament to web sites

UNANSWERED QUESTIONS & OPPORTUNITIES

DNA, Robots

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BRITISH LIBRARY

PORTICOEUSTON ROAD

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BRITISH LIBRARY

ENTRANCE HALL

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BRITISH LIBRARY

KINGS LIBRARYTOWER

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BRITISH LIBRARY EXHIBITION GALLERIES

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BRITISH LIBRARY

HUMANITIESREADING ROOM

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THE DIAMOND SUTRA

The earliest dated printed book

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2. CHARACTERISTICS OF LIBRARIES &ARCHIVES

SCALE OF COLLECTIONS

12,000 libraries in UK 2,362 archives in UK

TYPE OF COLLECTIONS traditional

largely organic

paper, parchment, papyrus, leather

electronic

increasingly digital

risk of total loss

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From INDUSTRIAL AGE

To INFORMATION AGE

Now

from PEOPLE OF THE BOOK

to PEOPLE OF THE SCREENNew York Times Magazine, May 2006

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3. BRITISH LIBRARY CONSERVATION RESEARCH

BL CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION OPENING 2007

Book conservation and sound studios

Public access

behind the scene tours visitor display

demonstrations, workshops

Training and development

internships

Foundation Degree

Applied Conservation Research

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SITE OF THE NEW CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION

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BL CONSERVATION RESEARCH

DISTRIBUTED

Bloomsbury campusNational and international institutions

COLLABORATIVELink to INFOSAVE, SurveNIR, PaperTreat

Network including industry eg papermaking

AHRC Academic Analogue status

APPLIED

Adaptive

Applied Conservation Research Framework for UKLibraries and Archives

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APPLIED CONSERVATION RESEARCH 2004FRAMEWORK FOR UK LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES

Life cycle prediction, natural ageing

Effects of storage environment

Non-destructive damage assessment

www.bl.uk/about/collectioncare/pdf/futurelife.pdf

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BL-LED MELLON-FUNDED PROJECTS 2006-9

PROJECT 1

The Condition of Identical Books in Different Nationally-Significant Libraries

2006-2008

BL and five copyright libraries

PROJECT 2

The Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds by Books

& Paper2007-2009

BL, five copyright libraries, national archives

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CODEX SINAITICUS

The earliest New Testament

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CODEX SINAITICUSScribal Features - MuSiS System

Multi Spectral Imaging

System

Enables viewing in userdefinable bands between

370nm and 1550nm

Useful for examiningover-writings, erasures

and substitutions of text

Distinguishing different inks

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CODEX SINAITICUSScribal Features - MuSiS System

Multi Spectral Imaging

System

Enables viewing in userdefinable bands between

370nm and 1550nm

Useful for examiningover-writings, erasures

and substitutions of text

Distinguishing different inks

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E-PRESERVATION AND E-RESEARCH

Founding member Digital Preservation

Coalition

Digital Object Management Programme

EU-funded PLANETS

JISC-funded LIFE

Microsoft TC45

UK Web archiving consortium

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WEB ARCHIVING

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CAPM PROJECTJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, BALTIMORE

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THANK YOU

helen.shenton@bl.uk

barry.knight@bl.uk

velson.horie@bl.uk