Report from the IFLA Brazil PAC Centre – A view on the conservation and restoration of the National Library collection
A report from the Center of Technical Processes and Preservation Coordination of Preservation, Biblioteca Nacional The Coordination of Preservation is made up by the Conservation and Binding Center and the Restoration Laboratory, each respectively carrying out the conservation, restoration, binding and the packing of books and documents with different degrees of deterioration. Those items that show a high degree of deterioration for which conservation techniques are not sufficient to structurally restore them are sent for restoration. All the books and documents that make up the immense collection of the National Library, from journals and general books to those belonging to special...