PROTECTION PROBLEMS OF RARE BOOKS IN ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES AND BASIC RECOMMENDATIONS

Abstract

Rare books could be made other than paper; leather, textile, adhesive and sometimes they can contain many different types of materials such as metal or wood. Organic materials used in their construction can be easily and quickly deteriorated due to reasons such as humidity, temperature, environmental conditions. Within the responsibilities, archive and library staff should have adequate equipment and be able to intervene in many areas such as disasters; fire, earthquake, flood, insects and rodents, improper using, air pollution, lighting, selection of cabinets and shelves, cleaning, presenting rare books to the researcher