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Completed Projects

Review of Preservation Management Training in the UK and abroad (for Traditional Materials)

This six-month project (September 1999 - February 2000) was funded by the Library and Information Commission under its "Preservation of and access to the recorded heritage" programme. The National Preservation Office (NPO) played a key role in the project and was represented on the Advisory panel. The project identified and reviewed current preservation management training for traditional materials in libraries and archives in the UK and abroad. This was achieved by contact with a wide range of organisations in different sectors in the UK and overseas and by searching of appropriate web sites and printed sources. Deliverables included a database of trainers and training materials (now with the NPO), and a report which provided a full literature review of preservation management training in the UK, including a draft list of skills for preservation managers.

The authors of the Review conclude that training in the area of preservation is still principally about awareness rather than management. They make recommendations to move training forward which involve the NPO, the Library Association and Resource: the Council for Museums, Libraries and Archives, and propose a second phase of the review to build on the draft skills list.

Publications

Matthews, G. Preservation Management Training in Libraries. In: S.Thebridge, ed. Training for Preservation Management: the next step. Proceedings of the National Preservation Office Annual Seminar held on 26th October 1999 at the British Library. London: National Preservation Office.

Thebridge, S., Matthews, G. Review of Current Preservation management Training in the UK and Abroad. Library and Information Commission Research Report 48. London: Library and Information Commission, 2000. ISBN 1902394240

Thebridge, S. ed. Training for Preservation Management: the next step. Proceedings of the National Preservation Office Annual Seminar, held on 26th October 1999 at the British Library. London: National Preservation Office, 2000. ISBN 0712347003

Thebridge, S., Matthews, G. Preservation Management: a training issue for information professionals. Personnel, Training and Education, 17(3), Dec 2000, 2-9.

Thebridge, S., Matthews, G. Review of Preservation Management Training. The NPO Journal, (7), October 2000, 4.

Thebridge, S (2000) 'Research methodology in a review of preservation management training.' Library and Information Research News, 24 (78), pp 13-16

Matthews, G and Thebridge, S (2001)
Preservation management training and education: developing a sector-wide approach, New Library World, 102 (1170/1171), pp 443-451 [identical content to following entry]

Matthews, G and Thebridge, S (2002)
Preservation management training and education: developing a sector-wide approach in Continuity, culture, competition - the future of library and information studies education? Proceedings of the 4th British-Nordic Conference on Library and Information Studies, 21-23 March 2001, Dublin, Ireland. Edited by Linda Ashcroft. Emerald, MCB UP ISBN 086176-655-5 pp 255-263. [identical content to preceding entry]

Project Team:
Stella Thebridge
Dr Graham Matthews