This is an announcement to invite you to the CSEAS Colloquium for July 2015.

Date & Time: 23 July (Thursday) 2015, 16:00-17:30

Place: Middle-sized Meeting Room (No. 332), 3rd Floor, Inamori Foundation Building, Kyoto University

Title: The preservation of microfilm materials in Japan and some suggestions for the Social Sciences Library in Vietnam

Speaker: The preservation of microfilm materials in Japan and some suggestions for the Social Sciences Library in Vietnam

Abstract:
The Social Sciences Library is one of the largest libraries in Vietnam. The library currently holds many rare writings. There is a large collection of Southeast Asia and Oriental Studies books and papers created around the end of the 19th and early 20th century. Currently the microfilm collections are at risk of being damaged or completely lost due to several factors: the harsh humid climate of Vietnam; no reasonable method of preservation; lack of experience in preservation by the library staff.
Meanwhile, the Japanese libraries and companies have had the experience of preserving Microfilm documents for a long time now. It has a lot of technical and processing experience to prevent deterioration of microfilm. This experience and technique can be applied in The Social Sciences Library in Vietnam. This research will provide basic information about the document types of Microfilms, giving an overview on the current use of and experience in document preservation of Microfilms in Japan. Situation analysis of Microfilm repository of The Social Sciences Library (Vietnam), from the number, type, content, and technical environment preservation perspective, then propose some suggestions to resolve the situation and prevent degradation of materials in the Library’s current Microfilm collection.

Nguyen Van Thinh is a librarian at The Social Sciences Library in Vietnam, who received MA degree of Chinese language from Northwest University (Xi’an City, China). His research purpose in Japan focus on Sino Nom documents, microfilming and digitizing of old materials for conservation, preservation.

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