Preservation and restoration : the politics of the « Bibliothèque de France »

The « Bibliothèque de France » will have to lend more and faster than the National library was used to do. Consequently it has to take very much care of the preservation. The innovation in this matter will consist of the systematic nature of every maintenance unit operation.The moving will begin with this. In the future place of Tolbiac, the best conditions of temperature, hygrometry and security will be respected. The documents will be duplicated on a very large scale and, every year, they will be examinated to be directed to ten or so « processing lines ». These operations need to train all the staff.
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