Module 2: Maintaining The Depository Collection

Preservation: Practice Questions

Complete this sentence. The maintenance accorded to depository materials:
is not really important
must be equal to that given commercially purchased publications
 must be better than that given to other library materials
must be equal to that given rare manuscripts

Proper care of microfiche includes:
Holding fiche by edges
Using acid-free ink for stamping
Removing paper clips and rubber bands before filing
All of the above

For further thought:

 Why do you think that non-paper formats of depository materials need to be treated with such care? 

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