The Preservation Bibliography - DVD and Video's

• Slow Fires DVD at Amazon.com - This award-winning documentary tells the unforgettable story of the deterioration and destruction of our world s intellectual heritage and the global crisis in preserving library materials. Sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources. Millions of pages of paper in books, photographs, drawings and maps are disintegrating and turning to dust. This remarkable film provides a comprehensive assessment of the worldwide situation, demonstrates methods of restoration and preservation and suggests ways to prevent new documents from facing ultimate destruction. ASIN: B000V5Q3LY
  

• A film based on the work in the National Library of Florence resulting from the floods on 4 November 1966. Book conservators begin to restore the many books damaged by the devastating flood in Florence, Italy in 1966. Peter Waters covers a book in leather. Christopher Clarkson makes a velum binding. - http://data.scl.utah.edu/fmi/xsl/stream/details.xsl?-recid=354&a::v=2i24474i2i#

• Tools for book repair - Great video except for the type of book repair tape used. Make sure it is clear book adhesive tape, not the rubber based type in the video. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-4ZlCkHwmE

• Mending a Book With Book Repair Tape - Amigos Library Services - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYC7mWsLow0

• Hinge Tightening Instructions - Amigos Library Services - http://www.youtube.com/user/AmigosLibraryServ#p/a/u/1/p3pCh2o0krk

• How to Make Book Weights - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Keh2hOvrB9U

• How to Tip in a Missing Page - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD457Dr1jx0&
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• The DEMCOinc Library Collection Care - http://www.youtube.com/user/DEMCOinc#p/c/9876A71BE2C6220C

• Care and Handling commercial - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t3u9C6ROPA

• Preservation Faux Pas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfegfUyoxQc&feature=related

User Awareness Resources

The folks at Lyrasis have compiled a great bibliography of resources for planning and implementing staff education and user awareness programs.

Additional resources available to help you educate your staff and users include:

PowerPoint Slides:

Handling Books in General Collections (Library of Congress; updated by Oberlin College Library)

Adopt-the-Stacks Stacks Maintenance Project (University of Virginia Library)

Preserving Columbia's Library Material (Columbia University: Janet Gertz)

Promotional Materials:

How to Treat a Book (R.L. Shep; accessed via Minnesota State University-Mankato Library Services)

Library Preservation at Harvard

Preservation Bookmarks (ALA ALCTS)

Videos:

A few of these are light-hearted in nature, but they still convey a good message to users.

Book Care. Part 1 (University of Florida's Preservation Dept.)

Book Care, Part 2 (University of Florida's Preservation Dept.)

Bugs vs Books with Techno (University of Florida's Preservation Dept.)

The FUNdamentals of Book Care in 5 Easy Lessons (George Mason University Libraries)

Materials Handling "Commercial" (Middlebury College's Preservation & Processing)

The Mistreatment of Books (source unknown)

Murder in the Stacks (Columbia University Libraries Preservation Committee)

Preservation Faux Pas (source unknown)

Other:

Care and Handling of Books (Yale University Library
Preservation Department [pdf])

Care and Handling of Library Books (Northwestern University Library Preservation Department)

Preservation Training for Student Assistants (University of Washington Libraries)

Proper Care and Handling of Books and Paper Materials (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Book Repair and Pamphlet Binding Unit)