PARADIGM SHIFT IN PRESERVATION PROCESS

Presentation by Dr. Sarika Sawant, Asst. Professor,

SHPT School of Library Science,

At

National Seminar on

Empowering Academic Libraries in Knowledge Society 

21st 22nd December, 2011

University of Mumbai

PRESERVATION, BY DEFINITION, IS:

 "activities associated with maintaining library and archival materials for use either in their original physical form or in some other usable way."

A SHIFT, WHICH HAS TAKEN FROM THREE PERSPECTIVES

1. Preservation of Intellectual Content Reformatting

REFORMATTING HAS FOLLOWING ADVANTAGES:

It ensure longer life of the contents, knowledge/ information;

Allows free access to the users without damaging original document;

Saves physical space of the library resource sharing becomes easier

2. PRESERVATION AND ACCESS

The Transformation of Preservation AND Access

Preservation OR Access

Preservation AND Access

Preservation IS Access

Preservation OF Access

3. PRESERVATION RESPONSIBILITY

In the world of paper, the preservation has been the clear responsibility of library

A library that provides network access to digital resources it neither owns nor controls, no longer has any need to concern itself about the storage and care of the medium in which the information is stored.

Yet, no real answer at all

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