The Preservation and Collection Management Section manages contracts for the following activities:
Library Binding
Binding preparation
Production of Service Copy Microfilm
Microfilm inspection
Microfilming brittle serials and monographs
Consolidated Storage for Audiovisual/Microfilm Holdings
Preparing volumes for microfilming
Shelving the collection
The statements of work in NLM contracts are detailed descriptions of the tasks to be performed. Preservation and collection management staff in other libraries may find them to be helpful when drafting their own procedures or contract specifications.
Last updated: 23 December 2003
First published: 01 October 1986
Permanence level: Permanence Not Guaranteed