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The enormous task of preserving the world's heritage in the face of war, natural disaster, vandalism, neglect, and technical obsolescence. The monuments--movable, immovable, tangible, and intangible--of the world's shared cultural heritage are at risk. War, terrorism, natural disaster, vandalism, and neglect make the work of preservation a greater challenge than it has been since World War II. In The Monumental Challenge of Preservation Michele Cloonan makes the case that, at this critical juncture, we must consider preservation in the broadest possible contexts. Preservation requires the efforts of an increasing number of stakeholders. In order to explore the cultural, political, technological, economic, and ethical dimensions of preservation, Cloonan examines particular monuments and their preservation dilemmas. The massive Bamiyan Buddhas, blown up by the Taliban in 2001, are still the subject of debates over how, or whether, to preserve what remains, and the U.S. National Park Service has undertaken the complex task of preserving the symbolic and often ephemeral objects that visitors leave at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial--to take just two of the many examples described in the book. Cloonan also considers the ongoing genocide and cultural genocide in Syria; the challenges of preserving our digital heritage; the dynamic between original and copy; efforts to preserve the papers and architectural fragments of the architect Louis Sullivan; and the possibility of sustainable preservation. In the end, Cloonan suggests, we are what we preserve--and don't preserve. Every day we make preservation decisions, individually and collectively, that have longer-term ramifications than we might expect.
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"While the infrastruc¬tures in which preservation programs exist are rapidly changing, one thing remains constant-because archivists are stewards of cultural heritage, their role is to ensure that today's records will be acces¬sible in the future. Advancing Preservation for Archives and Manuscripts aims to advance archivists' knowledge and understanding of what it means to preserve our heritage. Divided into three parts, the book covers preservation frameworks, the nuts and bolts of implementing and managing a preservation program, and the ethical and moral implications of preservation practices. Holding both the history of archival preservation and the current digital preservation landscape in mind, Michèle V. Cloonan and Elizabeth Joffrion have developed holistic principles and context for archival preservation that incorporates analog and digital approaches. They consider how "More Product, Less Process" can inform preservation strategies, examine sustainable practices that are sensitive to the impact of human activity on the environment, offer effective programmatic approaches to risk management, advocate for inclusive and community-focused preservation, and highlight the similari¬ties and differences in preservation practices among libraries, archives, and museums. Whether you're new to the profession or experienced in preservation management, readers will find a valuable framework for thinking about how preservation is practiced today and how it may be carried out in the future to better steward their collections and serve their communities"--
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