Preservation of Documents – digitization and microfilming of collections at the All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature Cover Image

Сохранность документов – оцифровка и микрофильмирование на примере фондов ВГБИЛ
Preservation of Documents – digitization and microfilming of collections at the All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature

Author(s): Rosa Salnikova
Subject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
Published by: Национална библиотека »Св. св. Кирил и Методий«
Keywords: The All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature – Moscow; digitization; microfilming; preservation of documents;

Summary/Abstract: The All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature holds unique collections of more than 4,5 million items in over 140 languages covering a wide ranging humanitarian profile. The serials collection, journals and newspapers amount to 1,5–2 million items. The question of periodicals storage, more specifically of newspaper collections storage, has been a topical issue. The author describes basic stages in the process of microfilming, choice of documents to be microfilmed, compiling technical documentation, production of microfilms.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 15-18
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Russian