Analysis of the IFLA survey on

preservation standards, guidelines, and

best practises (2016)
CONTENTS
1 Background ........................................................................................................................................... 2
2 Analysis of survey participation ............................................................................................................ 3
2.1 All responses (partial and completed – extracted from part 1 of the survey) ............................. 3
2.1.1 Response count .............................................................................................................. 3
2.1.2 Response timeline .......................................................................................................... 3
2.1.3 Type / Domain of institution / organisation .................................................................. 4
2.1.4 Response count (complete responses) .......................................................................... 5
2.1.5 Type / Domain of institution / organisation .................................................................. 6
2.1.6 Geographical spread ...................................................................................................... 7
3 Analysis of part 2-4 of the survey ......................................................................................................... 8
3.1 Part 2: Your physical/analogue collections ................................................................................... 8
3.2 Part 3: Your digital collections .................................................................................................... 11
3.3 Part 4: Preparedness and Policy ................................................................................................. 14
3.3.1 Preservation strategies for analogue/physical materials ............................................ 14
3.3.2 Digitisation strategies .................................................................................................. 16
3.3.3 Digital preservation strategies ..................................................................................... 19
3.3.4 Disaster risk preparedness plans ................................................................................. 21
3.3.5 Staff training and capacity building resources ............................................................. 23
4 Recommendations/ Conclusions ........................................................................................................ 25
5 Annex 1 – the survey text ................................................................................................................... 26

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1 BACKGROUND
To identify and develop standards, guidelines and best practices for the collection and preservation of
content in its diverse form (as stated in the IFLA Key Initiative 3.2.1), it was decided to conduct an
extensive survey in the library sector to establish currently used standards, guidelines and best practices
for material in any format. To achieve this, a small group was set up and creates the survey, which was
launched just before WLIC 2016.
The members of this group were chosen with the GB Advisory Group for Strategic Direction 3, based on
their expertise in the field. They were:
• Marco de Niet – DEN Netherlands
• Douwe Drijfhout – National Library of South Africa/Director of the IFLA PAC Centre South
Africa
• Rachel Hosker – University of Edinburgh Archives
• Jan Richards – IFLA Committee on Standards
• Alenka Kavcic – IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section
• Genevieve Clavel – Swiss National Library/Member of the IFLA Governing Board working
group on KI 3.2.1
• Raissa Teodori – Senate Library, Italy/ Member of the IFLA Governing Board, main
representative for SD3
• Christine Wellems - State Parliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg/ Member of
the IFLA Governing Board working group on KI 3.2.1

The survey ran from the 3rd of August 2016 to the 17th of October 2016. During this time, extensive
communication around the survey took place on IFLA’s social media channels, the mailing lists as well as
the IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections blog. These efforts have paid off and a total of 79 completed
surveys were received as well as over 400 partial surveys. The responses covered all IFLA’s official regions.

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2 ANALYSIS OF SURVEY PARTICIPATION

2.1 ALL RESPONSES (PARTIAL AND COMPLETED – EXTRACTED FROM PART 1 OF THE SURVEY)
2.1.1 Response count
Completed means all pages of the survey were completed.

Partial means some pages of the survey were completed.

Disqualified means pages, to a complete or partial extent, were filled with invalid data (such as only an
“a” or other symbols). Presumably this is because someone wanted to see the content of the whole
survey (it consisted of four pages, and each page had to be completed before moving on to the next
one).

Count Percent

Complete 82 18.6

Partial 354 80.5

Disqualified 4 0.9

Total 440

2.1.2 Response timeline

This timeline shows when the responses were received. This will later be compared with the efforts to
promote the survey in IFLA’s communication channels (e.g. e-mail, twitter, facebook).

(The late response recorded in mid-November is due to a manual submission of a response through IFLA
HQ, as the respondent originally sent an e-mail with their submission in a pdf format. The survey closed
on 17 October.)

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2.1.3 Type / Domain of institution / organisation

Other - Write In
(Required)
11%

Special library National library/

15% State library
34%

Public library
9%

Higher education
library
31%

Value Percent Count

National library/ State library 34.6% 104

Higher education library 30.9% 93

Public library 9.0% 27

Special library 14.6% 44

Other 11.0% 33

Total 301

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2.1.4 Response count (complete responses)
Count Percent

Complete 79 100

Partial 0 0

Disqualified 0 0

Total 79

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2.1.5 Type / Domain of institution / organisation

Other - Write In
(Required)
2%

Special library
18%

Public library
5%
National library/
State library
51%
Higher education
library
24%

Value Percent Count

National library/ State library 50.6% 40

Higher education library 24.1% 19

Public library 5.1% 4

Special library 17.7% 14

Other 2.5% 2

Total 79

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2.1.6 Geographical spread
The geographical spread of the survey responses was good and all of IFLA’s regions are represented in
the responses.

The survey was distributed in English only. This does not seem to have caused a significant drop in
specific regions from partial to completed responses.

2.1.6.1 All responses

2.1.6.2 Completed responses

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3 ANALYSIS OF PART 2-4 OF THE SURVEY
The analysis is based on completed responses only (n=79). The responses are reviewed as a whole and
separated into the either different library types or types of materials.

3.1 PART 2: YOUR PHYSICAL/ANALOGUE COLLECTIONS

In this part, we asked for standards, best practices and guidelines used for the preservation and
conservation of analogue collections types. The following standards, best practises, and guidelines were
received.

Audio

● IASA-TC04

Bookbinding

● Guidelines for the conservation of leather and parchment bookbindings. KB.

https://www.kb.nl/en/organisation/research-expertise/preservation/guidelines-for-the-
conservation-of-leather-and-parchment-bookbindings

Classification

● AACR2 DDC
● ISO 2709 Information and documentation -- Format for information exchange
(https://www.iso.org/standard/41319.html)
● MARC

Codes of Ethics

● Conservation treatment and preventive conservation AICCM – Australian Institute for

Conservation of Cultural materials - Code of Ethics Collection Storage
● ECCO Code of Ethics

Collection care

● IFLA Principles for the Care and Handling of Library Material

● IFLA, 2005: "First, do not harm. A register of Standards, Codes and Practice Guidelines,
Recommendations and Similar Works relating to Preservation and Conservation in Libraries and
Archives"
● Institute of Conservation professional standards
● ISO 16245:2009 Boxes, file covers and other enclosures, made from cellulosic materials,
for storage of paper and parchment documents
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=45988 - North America, Japan
● BS PD 5454:2016 - Europe, North America, Asia, Australia
● Recommendations from Northeast Document Conservation Centre.
https://www.nedcc.org/
● PAS 197 2009 (Code of practice for cultural collections management)

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 ● DISA Guidelines for Best Practice No 2 (http://www.ais.up.ac.za/toolbox/disa.pdf)
● Benchmarks in Collection Care, Collections
Trust http://collectionstrust.org.uk/resource/benchmarks-in-collections-care-2-0/
● Basic preservation for library and archive collections. British Library. 2013.
https://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/collectioncare/publications/booklets/basic_preservati
on.pdf
● Collections Conservation Manual for the Collections Care Section is the standard
protocol for treatment for the General and Reference Collections at the Library of Congress.
http://www.loc.gov/preservation/care/ccs_manual.html
● Dry cleaning: brush dust off (Japanese)
http://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/aboutus/preservation/manual_cleaning.html
Dry cleaning: dust off with granules of eraser (Japanese) http://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/about
● Libraries collection protection
regulations: http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=382842

Conservation Policies

● Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária Conservation Policy:

https://www.embrapa.br/seb/normas-e-manuais
● AIC Preservation risk assessment

Environment

● ANSI/NISO Z39.79-2001 (R2011)

● ASHRAE (2011)
http://ecoinfo.cnrs.fr/IMG/pdf/ashrae_2011_thermal_guidelines_data_center.pdf
● BS EN 15757:2010 - Conservation of cultural property. Specifications for temperature
and relative humidity to limit climate-induced mechanical damage in organic hygroscopic
materials (http://shop.bsigroup.com/ProductDetail?pid=000000000030173518)
● ISO 11799:2015 Document storage requirements for archive and library materials
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=63810
● NISO-TR01-1995
● PAS 198:2012 Specification for managing environmental conditions for cultural
collections. British Standard Institution.
http://shop.bsigroup.com/ProductDetail/?pid=000000000030219669
● National State Standard Р 8.586-2001 "Means of measuring the characteristics of
natural and artificial light to ensure the preservation of museum exhibits. Methods of
verification " http://www.standartov.ru/Pages_gost/6570.htm
● «Guide for inventory and storage of museum values which are in public museums in the
USSR" (М., 1984. 151 p.) http://www.alppp.ru/law/obrazovanie--nauka--
kultura/kultura/2/prikaz-minkultury-sssr-ot-17-07-1985--290.pdf

Library binding

● ANSI/NISO Z39.78-2000 (R2010)

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 ● ISO 14416:2003 Requirements for binding of books, periodicals, serials and other
paper documents for archive and library use - methods and materials
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=36235

Microfilm

● ISO TC 171

Paper

● ISO 11108 :1996

● ISO 9706:1994 Paper for documents - requirements for permanence
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=17562
● National State Standard 7.50-2002 CONSERVATION OF DOCUMENTS. General
requirements http://snipov.net/c_4698_snip_102555.html
● National State Standard 7.48-2002. CONSERVATION OF DOCUMENTS. Terms and
Definitions http://files.stroyinf.ru/data1/10/10382/

Photographs

● ISO 18916 PAT test for storage materials for photographic material
● ISO 18934:2011 - Imaging materials -- Multiple media archives -- Storage environment
(https://www.iso.org/standard/55518.html)

Storage

● NARA 1571 (2002) https://www.archives.gov/files/foia/directives/nara1571.pdf

● RA-FS 2013-04 National Archives recommendations for storage
● SS-EN 15946 Methods for packing and transport

National Library Plans

● Estonia: Action plan for collection development and preservation 2015-2018

https://www.nlib.ee/public/documents/RRdocs/kogude_tegevuskava-3.pdf
● Lithuania: The Strategy for the Digitization of the Lithuanian Cultural Heritage, Digital
● Content Preservation and Access and its Implementation Framework:
http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter2/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=260975&p_query=

Related projects

A national paper preservation project with international pickup

Metamorfoze is the Netherlands' national programme for the preservation of paper heritage. The
programme started in 1997. The Metamorfoze programme is situated in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek
(National Library of the Netherlands). https://www.metamorfoze.nl/english

Metemorfoze standards have been picked up by Cambridge University and Getty Research Institute.

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3.2 PART 3: YOUR DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
In this part, we asked for standards, best practices and guidelines uses for the preservation and
conservation for digitised collections. The following standards, best practises, and guidelines were
received.

Digitisation, most popular

● FADGI Federal Agency Digitization Guidelines Initiative:

http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/guidelines/digitize-technical.html
● Library of Congress Resources. http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/, specifically:

● Digital formats: a work in progress

(http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/intro/intro.shtml)
● CLIR National Recording Preservation Plan
http://www.loc.gov/programs/static/national-recording-preservation-
plan/publications-and-reports/documents/NRPPLANCLIRpdfpub156.pdf

Digitisation, general

● Estàndards de digitalització : requeriments mínims recurs en format PDF [677 KB]

Barcelona : Biblioteca de Catalunya : Consorci de Biblioteques Universitàries de Catalunya
(CBUC) : Col·legi Oficial de Bibliotecaris-Documentalistes de Catalunya, 2013.
● A Checklist for Museum Collections Management Policy. Maija Ekosaari; Sari Jantunen;
Leena Paaskoski. Helsinki: 2014. http://www.nba.fi/fi/File/2404/museum-collections-
management-policy.pdf
● From Theory to Action: “Good Enough” Digital Preservation Solutions for Under-
Resourced Cultural Heritage Institutions. A Digital POWRR White Paper for the Institute of
Museum and Library Services. Jaime Schumacher; Lynne M. Thomas; Drew VandeCreek. IMLS:
2014.http://powrr-wiki.lib.niu.edu/images/a/a5/FromTheoryToAction_POWRR_WhitePaper.pdf
● CODE OF ETHICS AND CODE OF PRACTICE. Australian Institute for Conservation of Cultural
Material. 2002. Link.

Legal deposit related

● Catalunya: The Reial Decret 635/2015 of 10 juliol, regulating the legal deposit of online
publications (https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2015-8338)

ISO standards used for digital collections

● ISO 11799:2015
Information and documentation -- Document storage requirements for archive and
library materials
● ISO 14721:2012 (OAIS)
Space data and information transfer systems -- Open archival information system (OAIS)
-- Reference model
● ISO 15489:2016
Information and documentation -- Records management
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 ● ISO 16363:2012 (TRAC)
Space data and information transfer systems -- Audit and certification of trustworthy
digital repositories (from TRAC:
https://www.crl.edu/sites/default/files/d6/attachments/pages/trac_0.pdf)
● ISO 20652:2006 (PAIMAS) Space data and information transfer systems -- Producer-
archive interface -- Methodology abstract standard

We also asked for standards, guidelines and best practises around born digital content:

Born digital

● You've Got to Walk Before You Can Run: First Steps for Managing Born-Digital Content
Received on Physical Media by Ricky Erway, OCLC Research
(http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/publications/library/2012/2012-06.pdf)

Related projects

On developing a practice for born digital on physical media material:

● 117 Stanford UniLIb: Born Digital Forensics Lab is still in the formative stage and under
active development: https://library.stanford.edu/research/digitization-services/labs/born-
digital-forensics-lab

We received some storage of digital material information:

Storage

● Description of British Library long term repository:

http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org/wp-
content/uploads/sites/7/downloads/2014/06/APARSEN-REP-D23_1-01-1_0_incURN.pdf

We also asked what standards, guidelines, and best practises are used for digital and analogue media
collections.

We received the following answers:

Audio

● BWF
● Wav/Wave
● IASA-TC 04: Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digital Audio Objects
http://www.iasa-web.org/tc04/audio-preservation

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Audiovisual

● IASA-TC 05: Handling and Storage of Audio and Video Carriers http://www.iasa-
web.org/handling-storage-tc05
● Guggenheim preservation model:
○ High definition video: https://www.guggenheim.org/wp-
content/uploads/2015/11/guggenheim-time-based-media-preservation-model-for-high-
definition-video-2012.pdf
○ Analog Standard Definition Video: https://www.guggenheim.org/wp-
content/uploads/2015/11/guggenheim-time-based-media-preservation-model-for-
analog-standard-definition-video-2012.pdf
○ Digital Standard Definition Video: https://www.guggenheim.org/wp-
content/uploads/2015/11/guggenheim-time-based-media-preservation-model-for-
digital-standard-definition-video-2012.pdf
● IFLA Guidelines for Audiovisual and Multimedia Materials in Library IFLA - Audiovisual and
multimedia
National Library of Australia and National Film & Sound Archive recommendations
Image

● JPEG; JPEG2000 2
● TIFF
● 300 DPI colour
● National Library Australia Image Capture Standard (http://www.nla.gov.au/standards/image-
capture)
● Digital practice: guidelines for digitising images in NSW public libraries
(http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/public-library-services/content/digital-practice-guidelines-public-
libraries)
● Metamorfoze Preservation Imaging Guidelines:
https://www.metamorfoze.nl/english/digitization
Metadata

● Dublin Core
● METS; METS-based format; METS ALTO
● MODS
● PREMIS; BC XML model based on PREMIS
● Metadata Standards Framework / Metadata Implementation Schema of the National Library of
New Zealand (July 2003)
● Data and metadata: formats and implementation choices at the BnF
http://www.bnf.fr/en/professionals/digital_preservation_data_metadata_bnf.html
● German National Library: Technical metadata set for born digital objects:
https://wiki.dnb.de/download/attachments/31524273/Kernset-techMd_v1.1.pdf

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3.3 PART 4: PREPAREDNESS AND POLICY
In this section the survey explored the different strategies and policies in place to ensure the best possible
preservation and conservation of library collections.

3.3.1 Preservation strategies for analogue/physical materials

Does your institution have a preservation strategy for physical/analogue collections?

No
35%

Yes
65%

Value Percent Count

Yes 65.4% 51

No 34.6% 27

Total 78

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By library type

National Libraries

● Australia: part of the Library's Corporate Plan: https://www.nla.gov.au/corporate-

documents/corporate-plan-2016-2020
● Brazil: http://www.bn.br/en/heritage-conservation
● Estonia: Action plan for collection development and preservation 2015-2018
https://www.nlib.ee/public/documents/RRdocs/kogude_tegevuskava-3.pdf
● Estonia: Collection Development Policy for Estonian Web Archive
https://www.nlib.ee/valikupohimotted/
● Finland: Preservation Policy www.doria.fi/handle/10024/88786
● France: Conservation Charter: http://www.bnf.fr/documents/charte_conservation.pdf
● France: Preservation Policy Summary:
http://www.bnf.fr/en/professionals/digital_preservation.html
● Lithuania: Strategy for the Digitization of the Lithuanian Cultural Heritage, Digital Content
Preservation and Access
http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter2/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=260975&p_query=
● Malaysia: Pelan Strategik PNM (2014-2018) (Malay Language)
http://www.pnm.gov.my/index.php/pages/view/150
● Malaysia: Dasar Pemuliharaan Sumber Perpustakaan (Malay Language)
http://tinyurl.com/kqt4pjb
● Netherlands: Collection care plan: https://www.kb.nl/organisatie/organisatie-en-
beleid/collectiebehoudsplan-2010-2013
● Russia: Strategy for preservation of the collections http://www.nbchr.ru/PDF/bibl6.pdf
● Russia: National Programme for preservation of library collections of the Russian Federation:
http://mcbs.ru/files/conserv_napr.pdf
● Scotland: National Library of Scotland Moving Image Preservation Strategy:
http://www.nls.uk/media/1094682/2013-moving-image-preservation-strategy-scottish-screen-
archive.pdf

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 ● Spain: Plan de Preservación y Acceso al Documento 2011-2015:
http://www.bne.es/webdocs/LaBNE/plan_preservacion_acceso_20150225_Resumen.pdf
● USA: http://www.loc.gov/preservation/
Other

● Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária: https://www.embrapa.br/seb/normas-e-manuais

● Biblioteca de Catalunya: http://www.bnc.cat/Professionals/Preservacio-i-conservacio
● Milner Library, Illinois State University: http://library.illinoisstate.edu/library-
information/about/departments/preservation/
● National Diet Library: Preservation of the National Diet Library's Collections
http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/iflapac/collectioncare_scheme.html
● Smithsonian Libraries: Directive 600:
https://www.si.edu/content/pdf/about/sd/SD600andAppendix.pdf
● Stanford University Libraries: http://library.stanford.edu/department/preservation-department

3.3.2 Digitisation strategies

Does your institution have a written digitisation strategy, endorsed by the management of your
organisation?

No
47%
Yes
53%

Value Percent Count

Yes 52.6% 41

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 No 47.4% 37

Total 78

By library type

National libraries

• Australia: National Library's Collection Digitisation Policy (http://www.nla.gov.au/policy-and-

planning/collection-digitisation-policy)
• Brazil:
http://objdigital.bn.br/objdigital2/acervo_digital/div_obrasgerais/drg1431511/drg1431511.pdf
• Canada: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/Pages/national-heritage-digitization-
strategy.aspx
• Czechia: Digital documents registration and treatment process monitoring:
http://www.registrdigitalizace.cz/rdcz/?language=en
• Estonia: Strategy of National Library of Estonia includes a perspective to digitize all Estonian
publications: https://www.nlib.ee/public/documents/RRdocs/Strateegia_2014-2018.pdf
• Estonia: Yearly digitization strategy is described in the Annual Reproduction Programme:
http://www.nlib.ee/index.php?id=11813
• Finland: Digitisation policy: www.doria.fi/handle/10024/88786
• France: Global digital strategy: http://www.bnf.fr/documents/bnf_schema_numerique.pdf
• Germany: Data Policy of the National Library: http://d-nb.info/1027296343/34
• Germany: Digitisation Strategy of the German National Library 2014–2016:
http://www.dnb.de/EN/Service/DigitaleDienste/Digitalisierung/digitalisierung
• Malaysia: Garis Panduan Pendigitalan Koleksi Perpustakaan (Malay Language)
http://tinyurl.com/psdfpaz
• Malaysia: Dasar Pendigitalan Koleksi Perpustakaan (Malay Language)
http://tinyurl.com/kqsc826

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 • Netherlands: https://www.kb.nl/organisatie/onderzoek-expertise/digitaliseringsprojecten-in-de-
kb/beleid-documentatie-en-techniek-van-digitalisering/beleid-digitalisering
• Peru: http://www.bnp.gob.pe/documents/transparencia/2016/rdn-032-2016-bnp.pdf
• Poland: The digitization strategy is based on the Chapter 4 of "Digitalization of library materials",
the publication of the National Library of Poland
http://www.bn.org.pl/download/document/1342175805.pdf
• Spain: http://www.bne.es/webdocs/Catalogos/ProcesoDigitalizacionBNE.pdf
• Spain: http://www.bne.webdocs/LaBNE/Lineas digitalización 2015-2016.pdf
• Spain: http://www.bne.es/webdocs/LaBNE/Transparencia/Institucional/Actuaciones 2016.pdf
• Switzerland:
http://www.nb.admin.ch/themen/02074/02076/index.html?lang=en&download=NHzLpZeg7t,ln
p6I0NTU042l2Z6ln1ad1IZn4Z2qZpnO2Yuq2Z6gpJCDfHt6g2ym162epYbg2c_JjKbNoKSn6A--

Other institutions

• Tokyo Institute of Technology: http://www.math.titech.ac.jp/page_17.html

• State Library of Queensland, Australia: http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/about-
us/corporate/policies/digitisation-policy
• National Diet Library: Basic Plan for Digitization of National Diet Library's Collections 2016–2020
(Japanese) http://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/aboutus/digitization/digitization_plan2016.pdf
• Smithsonian Libraries: Smithsonian Directive 609:
https://www.si.edu/content/pdf/about/sd/SD609.pdf
• Stanford University Libraries: Our strategy for digitization is best articulated on our Digitization
Services pages: https://library.stanford.edu/research/digitization-services/services

A further 19 libraries stated that they do have a digitisation strategy but that this is not publicly
available.

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3.3.3 Digital preservation strategies
Does your institution have a digital preservation strategy?

Yes
44%

No
56%

Value Percent Count

Yes 43.6% 34

No 56.4% 44

Total 78

By library type

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National Libraries

• Bibliothèque nationale de France

http://www.bnf.fr/fr/professionnels/spar_systeme_preservation_numerique.html
• National Library of Brazil
http://objdigital.bn.br/objdigital2/acervo_digital/div_obrasgerais/drg1431511/drg1431511.pdf
• Bibliothèque nationale de France http://www.bnf.fr/documents/charte_conservation_en.pdf
http://www.bnf.fr/fr/professionnels/spar_systeme_preservation_numerique/a.spar_presentati
on.html
• The National Library of Finland http://www.kdk.fi/en
• National Library of Australia, Digital Preservation Policy http://www.nla.gov.au/policy-and-
planning/digital-preservation-policy Digital Preservation Strategic Plan 2015 – 2019 –
[INTERNAL ACCESS ONLY - AVAILABLE ON REQUEST] http://ourweb.nla.gov.au/cgi-bin/trim-
ws/trim/trim.cgi/get?id=R15/49297
• German National Library Preservation Policy: http://d-nb.info/1074162331/34, Preservation
Strategy:
https://wiki.dnb.de/download/attachments/31524273/Erhaltungsplanung.pdf?version=1&modi
ficationDate=1404310948000&api=v2
• National Diet Library, Basic Plan for Long-Term Preservation of Digital Materials at the National
Diet Library (Japanese)
http://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/aboutus/dlib/preservation/pdf/basicplan2016.pdf
• National Library of Poland (Polish) http://www.bn.org.pl/download/document/1342175805.pdf
• National Library of Estonia Digital preservation strategy for Estonian Digital Archive DIGAR
https://www.nlib.ee/public/documents/RRdocs/Digari_arengukava_veebi.pdf
• National Library of Malaysia Dasar Pendigitalan Koleksi Perpustakaan (Malay Language)
http://tinyurl.com/kqsc826 and Garis Panduan Pendigitalan Koleksi Perpustakaan (Malay
Language) http://tinyurl.com/psdfpaz
• National Library of Spain http://www.bne.es/webdocs/Catalogos/ProcesoDigitalizacionBNE.pdf
http://www.bne.es/webdocs/Catalogos/LaBNE/Transparencia/Institucional/Actuaciones
2016.pdf
• British Library
http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/collectioncare/digitalpreservation/strategy/BL_DigitalP
reservationStrategy_2013-16-external.pdf.
• National Library of the Czech Republic http://www.registrdigitalizace.cz/rdcz/?language=en

Other institutions:

• Stanford University Libraries, Stanford Digital Repository Overview:

https://library.stanford.edu/research/stanford-digital-repository/sdr-overview
• Northwestern University Libraries http://www.library.northwestern.edu/
• Biblioteca de Catalunya, has no preservation strategy document published and publicly
available. For more information about digital preservation solutions:
http://www.recercat.cat/handle/2072/97251

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 • State Library of Queensland, Australia http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/about-
us/corporate/policies/digital-preservation-policy
• CERDOTOLA https://alora.cerdotola.com/

Related projects

● Project under development in Oxbridge

Polonsky Programme see: http://www.dpoc.ac.uk/

A further 9 libraries mentioned that they do have a digital preservation strategies but that these are not
publicly available.

3.3.4 Disaster risk preparedness plans

Does your institution have a disaster risk preparedness plan?

No
41%

Yes
59%

Value Percent Count

Yes 59.0% 46

No 41.0% 32

Total 78

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By library type

National Libraries:

• Bibliothèque nationale de France

http://www.bnf.fr/fr/professionnels/plan_urgence/s.plan_urgence_intro.html
• National Library of South Africa
http://www.nlsa.ac.za/downloads/NLSA_DISASTER_RECOVERY_PLAN_2010.pdf
• Swiss National Library
http://www.nb.admin.ch/nb_professionnel/erhalten/00702/index.html?lang=en&download=N
HzLpZeg7t,lnp6I0NTU042l2Z6ln1ad1IZn4Z2qZpnO2Yuq2Z6gpJCEdIF5gmym162epYbg2c_JjKbNoK
Sn6A--
• National Library of Brazil
http://objdigital.bn.br/acervo_digital/div_obrasgerais/drg_plano_risco_eng/drg_plano_risco_en
g.pdf
• National Library of Australia https://www.nla.gov.au/policy-and-planning/collection-disaster-
plan
• National Diet Library, National Diet Library Disaster Preparedness Guideline
http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/iflapac/preparedness_gl.html

Other institutions:

• Smithsonian Libraries http://www.archives.gov/preservation/emergency-prep/disaster-prep-

procedures.html
• Institute of Museum and Library Services www.archives.gov/preservation/records-
emergency/federal.html https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/27066
• Research Library of Tomsk State University https://tinyurl.com/jf64gsn
• State Library of Queensland, Australia Counter disaster plan (DOC 1.3 MB
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/preserving-collections/salvage_damaged_collections)

A further 34 libraries mentioned they had a disaster risk preparedness plans but that this was not publicly
available.

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3.3.5 Staff training and capacity building resources
What resources (documents, training materials etc.) do you use for staff training and capacity building?

National Libraries
• Bibliothèque nationale de France, Training in conservation :
http://www.bnf.fr/fr/professionnels/conservation_formation/s.conservation_stages.html?first_
Art=non, Training for emergency plan :
http://www.bnf.fr/fr/professionnels/plan_urgence/s.plan_urgence_formation.html?first_Art=n
on
• National Library of South Africa Training manual based on information obtained from NEDCC
https://www.nedcc.org/
National Library of Brazil http://www.bn.br/en/production/documents
• The National Library of Scotland
http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/collectioncare/publications/booklets/
• Belize National Library Service and Information System/National Heritage Library
http://www.connectingtocollections.org/archives/
• Bibliothèque nationale de France
http://www.bnf.fr/en/professionals/preservation_training/s.preservation_training_courses.htm
l?first_Art=non
• National library of Thailand http://164.115.27.97/digital/items/browse?collection=3
• The Federal State Budget Institution "the National Library of Russia" 1. Velikova, T.D., Mamaeva
N.Yu., Trepova E.S. Dedusting and Mass Disinfection of Documents at the National Library of
Russia//Revista Romana de Conservare si Restaurare a Cartii, National Library of Romania,
Bucharest. 2011, N.4.P.11-16. http://www.bibnat.ro/dyn-
doc/publicatii/Revista%20Romana%20de%20Conservare%20si%20Restaurare%20a%20Cartii_20
11_cover_2.pdf S.Dobrusina, T.Velikova. Mass disinfection of documents affected by
Microorganisms: one practical experience//65th IFLA Council and General conference, August
20-28 1999.Bangkok, 1999. http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/preservation-and-
conservation/newsletters/s19-newsletter-2000-0 2. Dobroussina S.A., Velikova T.D. Biocidal
evaluation on efficacy of document treatment// La Conservation: Une Science en évolution.
Bilans et Perspectives/Actes des Troisièmes Journées Internationales d'études de l'ARSAG. Paris
– 21AU 25AVRIL 1997. P. 339. 3. Mamaeva N.Yu, Velikova T.D. Monitoring of emergency
situations in the regional
• National Library of the Philippines Consolidated Guidelines based from the following sources :
Guidelines for Preservation, Conservation, and Restoration of Local History and Local
Genealogical Materials http://www.ala.org/rusa/resources/guidelines/guidelinespreservation;
Workshops by the Society of Filipino Archivits; Trainings/lectures sponsored by the Federal
Republic of Germany through the German Embassy Manila and local training and seminars in
archiving, preservation and conservation in libraries
• Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/preservation/outreach/

Other institutions:
• University of South Africa,
http://www.national.archives.gov.za/ http://www.nlsa.ac.za/index.php?option=com_content&
view=article&id=97&Itemid=224
http://brochure.unisa.ac.za/slp/showprev.aspx?d=l_2_714_94&f=p_72419 http://www.unisa.a

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 c.za/contents/faculties/humanities/docs/CAIC_2016_revised.pdf
Northwestern University Libraries http://www.library.northwestern.edu/
• The Urban Unit http://uu.urbanunit.gov.pk/UU-Publications
Milner Library, Illinois State University, analog preservation AIC: http://www.conservation-
us.org/ Canadian Conservation Institute: http://canada.pch.gc.ca/eng/1454704828075
Preservation Self-Assessment Tool Format ID: https://psap.library.illinois.edu/format-id-guide
Image Permanence Institute (IPI): https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/ Digital
preservation, have presented to faculty and staff on DPOE-related modules (DPOE) Digital
Preservation Outreach & Education
Research Library of Tomsk State University 1. Реставрация и стабилизация листовых
документов и графических произведений http://dpo.tsu.ru/program.php?n=2254 2.
Сохранение документов в библиотеках http://dpo.tsu.ru/program.php?n=2213
• National Diet Library IFLA Disaster Preparedness and Planning: a Brief Manual
http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/pac/ipi/ipi6-en.pdf Recommendations for cleaning and
restoring damaged photos and albums
http://www.fujifilm.com/support/photo_cleaning/ Small-scale water damage manual
(Japanese) http://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/aboutus/preservation/pdf/manual_flood.pdf Drying wet
materials http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/iflapac/pdf/Drying_wet_materials.pdf Cleaning mold-
damaged materials http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/iflapac/pdf/Cleaning_mold-
damaged_materials.pdf

A further 31 libraries stated that they conduct staff training through conferences, regular internal
meetings, international and national exchange and use of international or regional materials (such as IFLA
PAC publications) available.

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4 RECOMMENDATIONS/ CONCLUSIONS
The survey was a very useful resource to gain an overview of currently used standards, guidelines, and
best practises in preservation globally. It allowed IFLA to source a vast amount of resources and IFLA will
make these available online.

Next to the results outlined above, we also received requests from several respondents, for IFLA
resources around the topics of the survey as these libraries currently have no digitised materials and
need help and advice in starting the process.

Based on the results received in the survey, we would like to make the following recommendations to
take this work further:

● IFLA HQ to make the resources listed under each section of the survey available, as a
webpage(s) on the IFLA PAC website
● The Professional Committee to work with the Professional Units on the survey results
and identify gaps in standards, guidelines, and best practises
● The Professional Committee to work with the Professional Units on ways of addressing
the identified gaps

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5 ANNEX 1 – THE SURVEY TEXT
Part 1: General information (Note: This information will not be published)

1. Name of institution / organisation *

2. Type / Domain of institution / organisation - Specify the primary heading you would assign to your
institution. *
3. Country in which your institution is located *
4. Website of your institution (Provide the address of your institution’s main website that is
accessible for the general public) *
5. Your full name *
6. Your job title
7. Your e-mail address *
8. Total number of paid staff working in the preservation and conservation centre of the institution

[The number of *full time equivalents* should represent the total staff employed by your
institution, including permanent and temporary staff, but excluding contractors and volunteers.

Part-time staff needs to be added up to represent a full working week.]

Part 2: Your physical/analogue collections

In this part we are interested in all standards/best practices and guidelines you use for the preservation
and conservation of your collections types (see also ENUMERATE Framework page 38 - Chapter 5.2
Classification of Heritage Materials).

These can be international or national standards/best practices and guidelines you base your own
standards/best practices and guidelines on or in house standards/best practices and guidelines.

We would like to ask you to list all standards/best practices and guidelines you use and indicate which
collection types they are used for. Please provide links to the standards/best practices and guidelines. *

If you have in house standards/best practices and guidelines not accessible online, please upload these if
possible.

Part 3: Your digital collections

1. What preservation and conservation standards/best practices and guidelines do you use for your
digitised collections? Please provide links/webpages which list these. *
2. What preservation and conservation standards/best practices and guidelines do you use for your
born digital collections? Please provide links/webpages which list these. *
3. What preservation and conservation standards/best practices and guidelines do you use for your
digital or physical media collections? Please provide links/webpages which list these. *

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Part 4: Preparedness and Policy

1. Does your institution have a preservation strategy for physical/analogue collections? *

a. Please provide links/webpages which list your preservation strategy for
physical/analogue collections
2. Does your institution have a written digitisation strategy, endorsed by the management of your
organisation? *
a. Please provide links/webpages which list your written digitisation strategy.
3. Does your institution have a digital preservation strategy? *
a. Please provide links/webpages to your digital preservation strategy.
4. Does your institution have a disaster risk preparedness plan? *
a. Please provide links/webpages to your institutions disaster plan.
5. What resources (documents, training materials etc.) do you use for staff training and capacity
building?
a. Please provide links/webpages which list these.

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