Thousand years ago human beings started expressing their ideas in different languages in Oriental countries. Albeit they started fro the clay-tablets yet were conscious of preserving their writings. Millions of manuscripts, rare documents of ancient, medieval as well as modern times need proper preservation, conservation and restoration. The book covers different aspects such as ‘Loss of human knowledge’; ‘Origin of writing in Oriental countries’; ‘Origin of writing and writing materials of India’; ‘Palm leaf, Birch bark, Parchment, Cloth paintings etc’; ‘Origin of paper and paper making in India’; ‘Inks, adhesives’; ‘Advent of printing technology’; ‘Care and preservation’; ‘Conservation treatment’; ‘Conservation and human foes’ ‘Electronic Technology and digitization of rare documents’. The book will be useful to all types of libraries, manuscript libraries and archives.
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Preservation, Conservation, Restoration and Digitisation of Library Materials
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1st ed.
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8185359180
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252p., References; Bibliography; 23cm.
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