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The document outlines a course on Library Education System focusing on Collection Management, including the acquisition of books and non-books materials, and preservation techniques. It covers types of materials, collection development policies, and the importance of preservation and conservation in libraries. Learning outcomes include understanding collection policies, acquisition principles, and developing preservation systems.

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Week 3

The document outlines a course on Library Education System focusing on Collection Management, including the acquisition of books and non-books materials, and preservation techniques. It covers types of materials, collection development policies, and the importance of preservation and conservation in libraries. Learning outcomes include understanding collection policies, acquisition principles, and developing preservation systems.

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University of Global Peace

2023-2024 Academic Year


Preliminary Course, First Semester

Course Topic: An Introduction to Library Education System


Class 3: Collection Management: Acquisition of books and non-
books Materials and Preservation and Conservation of Library
Materials

Date: Tuesday, (1st July, 2024); Time: 8:00-10:30 p.m.


Lecturer: Ven.Kavinda ( [email protected])
Phone: 09253936963 1
1. Acquisition of books and non-books Materials:
Types of Materials
2. Collection Development policy
3. Preservation and Conservation of Library Materials

Learning outcomes
1. To understand Collection (acquisition) policy in library
2. To know the basic principles of Acquisition of books
and non-books Materials
3. To develop Preservation and Conservation system in
library 2
1. Acquisition of books and non-books Materials:
Types of Materials
A library collection is an assemblage of physical information sources
combined with virtual access to selected and organized information
sources.

Types of Materials:

• Books, e-books
• Periodicals / regular publications: journals, e-journals,
• magazines, newspapers, census, reports, etc.
• Microfilms, slides
• Audiovisual recordings: cassette tapes, CD, DVDs, etc
• Unpublished materials: Theses, manuscripts,
• research papers, letters, minutes, photographs, etc. 3
2. Collection Development policy
• Start, Teamwork - Heads of Collections, Librarians
• Workshops / Drafts - basing on and inline with academic
research and teaching; subject priorities
• Inline with national and international governing
bodies / institutions in the fields
• Subjects
• Languages

• Budget plan
• order / purchase
• Donations (free Website: eBooks, organisations)
• Limitation. 4
3. Preservation and Conservation of Library Materials
• Preservation and conservation (PAC) are commonly used
interchangeably. Preservation means regular maintenance of library
material, whereas Conservation means the remedial treatment and
restoration of the already damaged material.
Causes of Deterioration : according to R.S. Singh
• -Physical agents : light, moisture, heat and particles
• -Chemical agents : acidity, gaseous pollutants
• -Biological agents : bacteria, fungi, insects, rodents
• -Accidental agents : flood, fire, etc.
• Internal Cause : Paper-based materials, Ink
• External Cause : Light
• Temperature and Relative Humidity (RH)
• Biological and Animal Factor
• Air Pollutants 5
• Human Cause
• အၿမွီးႏွစ္ခြေကာင္။(Silverfish)၊ၾကမ္းပိုး (Book worn)၊
ၿခ(Termites)၊ ပိုးဟပ္ (Cockroach)၊

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