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Academic programs for library and archive preservation, relatively new, are based on advanced degree programs in art and archeology conservation. Such programs can be valuable in combining a scientific with a managerial approach to preservation. Courses may cover general preservation management issues including disaster-response planning, care of collections, building design, environmental control, reformatting, needs assessment, grant writing, and long-term planning. Clearly, such programs are most useful to preservation administrators, as classroom work is designed to build theoretical knowledge rather than technical skills. A major disadvantage is that very few such programs exist. Moreover, they tend to be lengthy, especially if extended from programs in library science.
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