Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Rare books are collections that have high value and must be preserved, the potential for damage to rare collections is quite high due to the age factor, most of which are very old, therefore it is necessary to carry out good maintenance and preservation. The purpose of this study was to determine damage prevention and preservation of rare book collections at the Gadjah Mada University Library. This research is a qualitative research. The samples taken in this study were UGM Library Librarians. As for data collection techniques through observation, interviews, and documentation. Then finally, in the data analysis, the writer uses three stages, namely data collection, data reduction, and finally data presentation. The results of this study note that the factors causing damage to rare book collections are from biological factors such as fungi and insects, then from physical factors consisting of lighting, dust, temperature and humidity of the room, from human factors such as book storage techniques, book transfers, negligence readers when using rare books that are hundreds or even tens of years old, and most recently due to natural disasters such as fires and floods. Then regarding the conservation actions carried out by the UGM Library for rare book collections including: 1) making a special box to store ancient manuscripts that cannot be repaired. 2) lamination of ancient book collections. 3) digitizing ancient manuscripts. 4) carry out transliteration or language translation on ancient books with Javanese writing.
Author: Etika Purnama
Institution: Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Fatah Palembang
Language: English
Subfield: Conservation
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4394991127