POTENTIALITY AND PERSPECTIVES OF DRAFTING A STANDARD FOR LITHUANIAN BOOK MONUMENTS
Theory and history of the documentary heritage
NIJOLĖ BLIŪDŽIUVIENĖ
Published 2011-01-01
https://doi.org/10.15388/kn.v56i0.1514
7-17.pdf (Lithuanian)

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BLIŪDŽIUVIENĖ, N. (2011). POTENTIALITY AND PERSPECTIVES OF DRAFTING A STANDARD FOR LITHUANIAN BOOK MONUMENTS. Knygotyra, 56, 7-17. https://doi.org/10.15388/kn.v56i0.1514

Abstract

Each individual library or other institution pos­sessing bibliographical or typographical rarities, old books, outstanding books within the Litu­anica collection, iconographic or cartographic documents or other valuable printed materials in their holdings make their own decisions on selection of these materials for conservation and restoration, as well as take the responsibil­ity of preparing methodical recommendations for preservation, cataloguing and use of old publications and archival documents. Lithuania has a long-standing concept of the old or rare (antiquarian) book, and identification criteria as well as preservation requirements for such a book have been established. However, there is no generally accepted method of the protection and registration of printed heritage objects.
Therefore, it could be assumed that adop­tion of a national standard for Lithuanian book monuments would enable to generalize the ex­isting practice and to institute the concept of a book monument which is not covered by legal acts and official terminological sources. It must be underlined that the concept of the book monument is limited to objects with the status of state protection and registration.
The standard for Lithuanian book monu­ments would include general provisions on objects of printed heritage at every level to be designated as book monuments, identifica­tion and selection criteria, categories of book monuments, also requirements for their state registration, preservation and use. The standard would provide the background for drafting a list of Lithuanian book monuments, which could constitute part of the State Register of Cultural Objects.
Drafting the standard for Lithuanian book monuments should be guided by legal acts regu­lating the activities of libraries, museums and archives as well as by the Law on Protection of Moveable Cultural Objects; advantages of a close cooperation with book researchers, res­toration professionals and government officials should be also taken into consideration.
The Technical Committee LST/TC 47 “In­formation and Documentation” and LST/TC 81 “Conservation of Cultural Property“ of the Lithuanian Standards Board could serve as a foundation for general requirements and rules concerning Lithuanian book monuments to be adopted as a national standard. This, in its turn, would facilitate assignment of the state registra­tion and protection status to the most valuable printed and manuscript heritage objects.

7-17.pdf (Lithuanian)

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