North Carolina State University Libraries, Preservation Department Records 1968, 1982-1992, 1996

In 1982 a Preservation Committee was established within the North Carolina State University's libraries. The Committee had a last meeting on 25 October 1988, wrote a report addressing concerns, and subsequently disbanded. A new structure, the Preservation Department, emerged shortly thereafter with subcommittees such as Preservation Education and Disaster Planning. The Preservation Department's stated mission is to maintain and preserve collections and the information they contain in viable and accessible formats.

This collection contains the records from the North Carolina State University Libraries' preservation activities from 1968 and 1982 to 1992. The major issues addressed were mold, stolen pages/materials, water damage, disaster planning, the preservation of the school newspaper, The Technician, and acid-free paper printing. The collection includes memos, letters, meeting minutes and agendas, handwritten notes, supplemental information, pamphlets and other miscellaneous materials including a list from 1968 of stolen and missing materials.

Materials are arranged by the following categories: Preservation Committee supplemental literature and reference guides, Preservation Committee internal documents (including meeting minutes, agendas, and letters), Preservation Education Subcommittee internal documents, Disaster Planning Subcommittee internal documents, and the Libraries' Technical Services and Collection Management Subcommittee internal documents.

The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.

The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.

This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.

[Identification of item], North Carolina State University Libraries, Preservation Department Records, UA 012.024, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Transferred from the North Carolina State University Libraries' Preservation Department.

Processed by Carolyn Chesarino, 2009 September.