Taste the Handbook!

~ alison-cullingford

Get a free taste of the Special Collections Handbook in its latest form. Facet Publishing have made Chapter 2 on Emergency Planning available via open access so everyone can see what the book has to offer.

Keeping collections safe from fire, flood, and the other “enemies of books” has been the essential task of librarians since libraries were created.  However, as this extensively revised chapter shows, new technologies are transforming this aspect of librarianship …

Follow the link on this Facet blog post to read the chapter.

Bin for catching water leaks
The ‘leak bin’.  An essential tool for your emergency planning!  We have a fleet of them scattered around the Library to catch water wherever it should not be.

 

 

 

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Published by alison-cullingford

Writer and heritage professional with particular interest in the management of special collections, rare books and archives. Author of the Special Collections Handbook.

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