Module 2: Maintaining The Depository Collection

Preservation and Storage

Replacement Copies and Preservation Efforts:
 
  • Continuously evaluate worn documents for replacement or withdrawal
  • Place fragile materials in phase boxes to prevent further deterioration and damage to surrounding materials

Practice Question:

Depository posters should be:
Stored flat
 Displayed whenever possible
Loaned to other institutions for display
 All of the above
 None of the above

For further thought:

 GPO holds depository libraries to high standards in the care of documents. Why?  

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