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Konzervačná veda v Slovenskom národnom archíve
Conservation Science in the Slovak National Archives

Author(s): Alena Maková
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Archiving
Published by: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Filozofická fakulta
Keywords: conservation science; conservation research; mass deacidification; tracing paper; photographs;

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyzes the role of conservation science in Slovak archives by examining its relationship to archival science and highlighting the wide application of current conservation science by means of research into conservation technologies, data storage devices and media, microbiological processes and the processes of deterioration with age. The latest research in the Slovak National Archives focuses on tracing paper and photographs and underscores the importance of implementing conservation science and its practice in everyday archival work.

  • Issue Year: 2/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 21-32
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Slovak