THE ROLE OF THE CONSERVATION UNIT WITHIN SHEFFIELD CITY LIBRARIES

Abstract

In 1983 the Conservation Unit for Sheffield City Libraries was created within the Archives Section (Sheffield Record office), employing the first qualified (sole) conservator in archive and library material (the Conservator obtained the Society of Archivists Certificate in Archive Conservation). Similar to the position in other institutes, the post of Conservator was a direct development from the position of Document Repairer whose sole objective was to “repair” those books, documents and manuscripts which were damaged.

Citation

JANUSZONOK, T. (1987), "THE ROLE OF THE CONSERVATION UNIT WITHIN SHEFFIELD CITY LIBRARIES", Library Review, Vol. 36 No. 3, pp. 186-190. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012844