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Conservation
The permanent preservation and current usability of the written cultural heritage is one of the core tasks of the Wissenschaftliche Stadtbibliothek Mainz.
Prevention, conservation, restoration
Paper is patient—but its patience is not infinite. Like the human body, paper, leather, parchment, and other materials used in books age over time. Depending on their composition, they are more or less sensitive to environmental influences. To slow down these aging processes, we implement measures across the three levels of collection preservation: preventively, we adhere to standards for storage and packaging, monitor the climate in the storage facility, and work on contingency planning; conservatorially, we protect the collections, for example, through cleaning or packaging. Finally, we repair mechanical damage in our in-house bookbinding workshop or have special individual items restored more extensively—in the municipal restoration workshop at the Gutenberg Museum or, within the limits of our financial resources, by external conservators.
The Scientific City Library is a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Advisory Board on “Collection Preservation.”
Cleaning a soiled book as part of an emergency drill
The Mainz University Library is a co-founder of the Mainz Emergency Network. Other participating institutions include:
Archive of the Mainz Carnival Museum
Archives of Südwestdeutscher Rundfunk Mainz (SWR)
Archives and Library of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Parliament
Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum of Mainz
Cathedral and Diocesan Archives of the Diocese of Mainz
Gutenberg Museum, Mainz
Leibniz Center for Archaeology (LEIZA)
Mainz State Museum
Martinus Library – Scholarly Diocesan Library at the Episcopal Seminary in Mainz
Mainz Natural History Museum
Mainz City Archives
German Cabaret Archive Foundation, Mainz
The network is open to additional institutions. The participating institutions have committed to mutual support in emergencies through an agreement covering personnel, materials, infrastructure, and expertise. In addition to the annual meeting, joint emergency drills and workshops are conducted.
