How to set up a national preservation program Metamorfoze: an example Hans Jansen Project manager Metamorfoze Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands / Metamorfoze

Table of content: n 1. Principles and objectives n 2. Program n 3. Results n 4. Next steps Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands / Metamorfoze

World-wide document production (billions) ‘Collectie Nederland’ 100,000,000 vols. Depository function 35,000,000 vols Foreign ,500,000 vols After ,700,000 vols Before ,000 vols Manuscr. > M2. sheets Books 580,000 t. Periodicals 262,000 v. Newspapers 5000 m DUTCH heritage 5,500,000 vols

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Nationale bibliotheek van Nederland I: COLLECTIONSII: MATERIALS Literary collections 150 Cultural historical collections 130 Internationally valuable collections 23 A. Manuscripts - ego-documents - literary-historical - business documents B. Newspapers - national daily newspapers - regional/local dailies - non-daily newspapers C. Books D. Periodicals REVIEW TWO FLOWS

Selection: the choices: n 1. Dutch origin n 2. Published/produced n 3. One copy Treatment: the choices: n 1. Microfilming n 2. Deacidification Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands / Metamorfoze

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Convincing the government: n 1. Matter of national interest n 2. Commit civil-servants n 3. High investments n 4. Lobby n 5. Be competitive n 6. Persevere Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands / Metamorfoze

Convincing the government: n 1. Matter of national interest n 2. Commit civil-servants n 3. High investments n 4. Lobby n 5. Be competitive n 6. Persevere Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands / Metamorfoze

Four programme components: n 1. Literary collections (mss.) n 2. Printed books ( ) n 3. Research n 4. Newspapers Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands / Metamorfoze

National Preservation Office: n 1. Preservation consultancy n 2. Initiate project proposals n 3. Publicity n 4. Microfilming facilities n 5. Quality control Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands / Metamorfoze

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National Preservation Office: n 1. Preservation consultancy n 2. Initiate project proposals n 3. Publicity n 4. Microfilming facilities n 5. Quality control Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands / Metamorfoze

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Four programme components: n 1. Literary collections (mss.) n 2. Printed books ( ) n 3. Research n 4. Newspapers Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands / Metamorfoze

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Research: n Cultural-historical collections n Internationally valuable collections n Periodicals n Deacidification n Pace of paper decay n Digitization Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands / Metamorfoze

Research: n Cultural-historical collections n Internationally valuable collections n Periodicals n Deacidification n Pace of paper decay n Digitization Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands / Metamorfoze

Comparison of preservation costs Preservation of the originalMigrationSFr. Open stacks (25 yrs)35Microfilm 100 Closed stacks (25 yrs)12Reprint + cl. st. 130 Closed st. + de-acid. (25 yrs)35Scan + index 416 Closed st. + de-acid + binding35Full text 3200 Open st. + paper-stabilisation 1000 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands / Metamorfoze

Dutch material (Mƒ) Literary collections154 collections 111 Cultural collections161 collections 268 International valuable 10 collections 18 Manuscripts1 million pages 10 Books titles 62 Periodicals vol. 34 Newspapers5.500 titles 25 Total 528 n Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands / Metamorfoze

All Dutch material up to now (Mƒ) Literary collections223 collections 162 Cultural collections161 collections 268 International valuable 10 collections 18 Manuscripts2 million pages 13 Special collections titles 79 Books titles 139 Periodicals vol. 162 Newspapers5.500 titles 24 Total 865 n Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands / Metamorfoze

Metamorfoze ?: n Literary, cultural and internationally valuable collections n Periodicals & newspapers n Dutch book production n Microfilming and de-acidification n Digitization Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands / Metamorfoze

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