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The course focuses on the physical management of the information carriers, mainly their conservation and preservation. It discusses briefly the history, production technology, properties, decay mechanisms and the conservation and preservation strategies of:
- Paper
- Parchment
- Leather
- Inks
- Audio records, magnetic tapes, films, photographs
- Digital objects
The students will be able to understand the preservation needs of an information organization, implement preservation strategies for the safekeeping and protection of its material and compile a preservation master-plan. They will also be able to manage -from the non-technical perspective- the conservation activities and integrate them to the preservation master-plan.