n.activities that support long-term, preventive care of archival resourcesConway 1990, 206Archival preservation management, when most effective, requires that planning precede implementation, and that prevention activities have priority over renewal activities.Stielow 1992, 332Instead, he suggests the need for study and reliance on standards, as well as the adoption of a process-oriented view for preservation management to deal with rapid technological change.SAA 1994Archives should establish systematic programs of preservation management that are integrated with every other archival function through a coordinated set of activities designed to maintain records for use, either in their original form or in some other usable manner. Such programs should give priority to activities that mitigate the deterioration of materials or information and that encompass groups of material (environmental controls, storage management, disaster preparedness, staff and user education, holdings maintenance, security, and reformatting) over activities that redress damage such as item level conservation treatment.Walters 1996, 337The first step should address adapting modern appraisal theories for use in preservation management. Archivists still need to further examine modern appraisal theories and the ideas within them that identify and illuminate the archival value in records. Archivists need to base their selection-for-preservation decisions on broader perspectives than just the holdings of their own archival repository.Walters 1998, 159Today preservation management as a component of management in libraries and archives involves planning and implementing policies and procedures that either prevent further deterioration or restore accessibility to the research materials.Wellheiser and Scott 2002, xvOur observation is that today’s approaches to disaster planning, preparedness and recovery reflect advancements that have occurred in the field of preservation overall, where “big picture” preservation management strategies have supplanted the previous emphasis on single item conservation.Rekrut 2003, 159While lacking glamour, the process of disaster planning is fundamental to effective preservation management, and the development of a disaster plan is just one of many preservation strategies which will be informed by this process.Ritzenthaler 2010, 2Preservation administration or preservation management is a professional specialty that is supported by technical literature, training opportunities, and an ever-growing body of theory, knowledge, and practice.Zhang 2012, 189As one archivist involved in the study commented, people have to look for solutions to preservation management problems first, and all other problems come after and are, therefore, secondary.Roe 2017, 249Disaster planning and prevention are also noted as preservation management concerns.
