[PADG:2155] Re: Preservation Survey Data Query

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"The Yale Survey:  A Large-Scale Study of Book Deterioration in the 
Yale University Library," by Gay Walker, Jane Greenfield, John Fox, 
and Jeffrey S. Simonoff.  College and Research Libraries 46: 111-132, 
Mar. 85.  Pp. 111-132.

It is not just a test of how brittle or acidic the paper in books 
was.  It has a good broad scope.

If you want to really read up on this topic, you can come on down to 
my house in Austin, Texas, and sit in my library and read, then 
photocopy tables and stuff--but I don't lend books out to individuals 
(except maybe through Interlibrary Loan).

Ellen McCrady, Editor



Hello All,

I am a library science graduate student at Simmons College working 
on an Independent Study at Boston College in the field of 
preservation. I am working with the preservation librarian to 
conduct a general condition survey to be used as an 
administrative/strategic planning tool; a tool to determine where 
repair and preservation needs will be in the future.  This is not an 
item-by-item condition survey, though that type of survey may be 
conducted after this general survey based on the results of this 
work.

We are using wireless technology in the stacks to enter the data 
into an HTML form. This form sends the data to a Microsoft Access 
database where it can be manipulated and studied.

Has anyone out there conducted this type of survey?  If so, what 
kind of data did you collect?  What data do you wish that you had 
collected or would have been useful later (this is the 'if you had 
it all to do over again, what would you do differently' question). 
How were you able to use the data?

If anyone has actual results, including methodology, that you would 
be willing to send, that would be excellent.  You can contact me 
directly or post it to the list.

Any and all input would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Jill Jeffrey Lincoln


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