Simulating the effect of preservation options : are archives more complex than rockets?

Duran-Casablancas, Cristina (author), Grau-Bové, Josep (author), Strlič, Matija (author)

The effect of preservation measures cannot be easily assessed in real time. Therefore, models are used to assist archives and libraries with decision-mak-ing, for example regarding storage strategies and the effect of different environ-mental conditions on the preservation of collections. Thanks to the major contribu-tions made in the last decade we believe that we are embarking on a new phase in modelling where preservation is approached as a complex system. If so, we need to acknowledge that the global behaviour of a system is not the simple sum of the behaviour of its parts. Unexpected outcomes are common, for example, the same preservation measure might have a different impact when applied in different ar-chives. This paper discusses how the concepts of complexity provide the basis for the models currently developed, e. g. the importance of capturing the heterogeneity of collections and inclusion of time-dependent measures. The challenges encoun-tered by this approach are also addressed, for instance when other functions with-in the archives (e. g. providing access to the collections) are included in the model.

• Language: English
• Keywords: collection preservation, complex systems, heritage modeling, collection heterogenity
• Work type: Other
• Typology: 1.16 - Independent Scientific Component Part or a Chapter in a Monograph
• Organization: FKKT - Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 137-155
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-166780
• UDC: 7.025
• DOI: 10.1515/9783111386713-009
• COBISS.SI-ID: 222818819
• Publication date in RUL: 24.01.2025

DURAN-CASABLANCAS, Cristina, GRAU-BOVÉ, Josep and STRLIČ, Matija, 2024, Simulating the effect of preservation options : are archives more complex than rockets? In : Preservation in perspective [online]. Berlin. p. 137–155. P. 137–155. [Accessed 17 April 2025]. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=166780

Record is a part of a monograph

• Title: Preservation in perspective : international strategies for the preservation of written cultural heritage
• Place of publishing: Berlin
• Publisher: De Gruyter Saur
• ISBN: 978-3-11-138671-3
• COBISS.SI-ID: 222803971

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• License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: ohranjanje zbirk, kompleksni sistemi, modeliranje dediščine, heterogenost zbirk

Projects

• Funder: Other - Other funder or multiple funders
• Name: Programme Metamorfoze