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wun UH 3 9999 06588 423 9 ——s M3/B16 PUBLIC chap BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESERVATION PLANNING PROGRAM FINAL REPORT | J ~;BG OOVSERTN,MT EONRNTE DAOPCC UUHBM LEN iTSr eRsAiReYn MAR 25 tgp July -15,.1991 SRAMayE Scot Cornwall Katherine Dibble Mary Beth Dunhouse Rose Moorachian Glenn Stout ARL/OMS Consultants Robert DeCandido Jutta Reed-Scott "ade na iihe Vaal pak ® 43 p eRex4S 2i M Saayd O- ryi aay G RAev e£s .5 w ta Tyrbneli enhg: ea e ©w)yF in * CONTENTS BC ROOUTaCl O F1O! ctaretoge stats ted f. cWekitibade ens ohbtegs 00s Tedets Coiteld ofetls oCotaterete pe ov Bee ASSES 5. 00k oe GUTS ols teks: ceteRe tote eS GEEe Ae LSTA were tdee oo ateian chee & pe 3 menar y role Task TOrCce F1INGingS | c's". ste nt e ties wis c's = st 6 6 exe as The Boston Public Library Preservation Program ...... oS) MTECGl come nay i telay sls otal disislbie: ofa tenets ats siarsodere eel sisi ets aré la ls eres jovson tle Pm Lit ona loSettengrvet eek. .bitsOeIl eveeh. s408 .3. par 3 Appendix STRATADS . ot Re ee tolgovubosiae ile 2 IN SROG an ‘itiee Lacon a «bag : A ; ‘ INTRODUCTION The Boston Public Library began the Association of Research Libraries Preservation Self-Study in April 1990. The goal of the study was to evaluate existing preservation activities within the library and to make specific recommendations leading to an increase in the role of preservation the library environment. A Study Team of core staff members was created to coordinate these activities. In consultation with Library Administration a "charge" was developed which specified that the Study Team was "to examine the entire scope of preservation activities in the BPL and provide short and long-term goals for Library Administration. These goals will be implemented through the adoption of system-wide policies that in turn will enable the Library to secure funding for preservation efforts. As part of its investigation, the Study Team will be considering all issues relating to preservation." To accomplish this charge, five Task Forces, each chaired by a Study Team member, were created. The five Task Forces concentrated their research on five different areas of preservation activity within the Library; Organization of Preservation, Physical Condition of Library Materials, Environmental Conditions, Disaster Planning, and Staff and User Education. The Task Forces began their work in October of 1990 and completed in February of 1991. The Boston Public Library occupies a unique position in the library world, and one that complicates the role of preservation activities within the institution. The Library serves as a community library for the City of Boston, as Library of Last Recourse for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as headquarters library of the Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library System, and as the public research library for the New England region. For each of these roles the Library has unique, and sometimes competing needs. What is most desirable for the Library as a research library, for instance, may not be in harmony with the needs of the Library as a community library. This leads to a natural tension resulting in competition for resources and funding, and to difficulty in creating coherent institutional policies. These problems are exacerbated by the economic difficulties of both the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In an era in which the Library's role is expanding, financial support is shrinking. The effect of this situation upon preservation activities within the Library is enormous. In each of its multiple roles the Library emphasizes preservation to varying degrees, and with varying levels of success. Ideally, the Library should strive to create an integrated, comprehensive preservation program that exists in agreement with existing reality. 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Public service justifies the existence of the Library, and all such services at the Boston Public Library, encompassing reference, information, and program needs at the local, state and regional levels, begin with the collection. To continue to provide service, the preservation of the collection must be insured. aifpd poxett?p ettj,se sleonso lvaalrgyieseisotmg eszto ? {l,ed eatia nplo tsouds Jkaan aS msseadtt % eis eft? eeiTEPeGE OOLVA ea oiides |. tieags noisoel f Ee ot Este sateod aly 26 28 soivires signa fia po wu loaiot eol arT'otriggi w baasi pe,dc ol,vaoime yveolr nl [sn oekopdaesr petbeyzs pent age j, ut[ enogm to noktsviszetg #2 eotvras ebivesrg of ennk betuant od