The Preservation Management Handbook: A 21st-century Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Museums

The Preservation Management Handbook: A 21st-century Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Museums
ISBN-10
1538109026
ISBN-13
9781538109021
Category
Archival materials
Pages
390
Language
English
Published
2020
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Authors
Martha R. Mahard, Douglas Ross Harvey

Description

"Museum curators, museum professionals, archivists and librarians from small local history museums to world-famous art and natural history collections, must deploy their specialized knowledge to prioritize the needs of their collections. This revised volume has a wide range of topic-specific expertise that comprises both an enduring text for preservation students as well as an essential one-stop reference for cultural heritage professionals where resources are limited and professional help is not always at hand"--

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