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Title

Slow fires [videorecording] / Terry Sanders for the American Film Foundation.

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : The Foundation, 1987.

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Details

Additional Authors

Sanders, Terry.

Description

1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

"Slow fires" refer to such disasters as flood, fire, and the acidic agents in paper which are consuming the world's historical records. As materials crumble, librarians and archivists face a crisis which threatens to destroy documentation of the human chronicle. Daniel Boorstin, Chief Librarian at the Library of Congress, and Vartan Gregorian, President of the New York Public Library, discuss the ramifications of this widespread deterioration. Barbara Tuchman and James Michener detail the relevance of historical writings to their own work. Conservationists trace the problem to nineteenth century paper production methods and cite the need for accelerated microfilming projects and the increased use of alkaline or ph-balanced paper by publishers. From an international preservation conference in Vienna, the setting moves to research libraries in the United States, to the flood-ravaged National Library in Florence, Italy, and on to document conservation centers, paper mills and other sites where preservation has become a central activity. (An abridged version also available)

Subjects

• Books > Conservation and restoration
• Libraries

Note

• Sponsored by the Council on Library Resources, Library of Congress.

Credits (note)

• Director, Terry Sanders; narrator, Robert McNeil.

Title

Slow fires [videorecording] / Terry Sanders for the American Film Foundation.

Imprint

Santa Monica, CA : The Foundation, 1987.

Credits

Director, Terry Sanders; narrator, Robert McNeil.

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Added Author

Sanders, Terry.

Branch Call Number

VTH 681 S