Course detail
Restoration of Books - summer
FaVU-REKP-LAcad. year: 2010/2011
The subject is devoted to essential issues connected with book conservation. (lectures illustrated onauthentic material).
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
3
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students will obtain essential knowledge on book conservation.
Prerequisites
subjects: Paper Conservation, Lectures on Books, Lactures on Paper.
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations..
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Test from lectures and basic bibliography.
Course curriculum
1. The book as an historical artifact.
2/ Book archaelogy.
3. The history of bokbinding (the development of binding structures from constructional and fucntional points of view.
4. Approaches to book conservation (ethical aspects).
5. The development of book conservation.
6. Analysis and reseach of book deposits. Selecting the appropriate conservation method.
7. Basic conservation methods.
8. Special conservation methods.
9. Documentation and conservation report.
10. Excrusion in two archives.
11. Excursion in two libraries.
2/ Book archaelogy.
3. The history of bokbinding (the development of binding structures from constructional and fucntional points of view.
4. Approaches to book conservation (ethical aspects).
5. The development of book conservation.
6. Analysis and reseach of book deposits. Selecting the appropriate conservation method.
7. Basic conservation methods.
8. Special conservation methods.
9. Documentation and conservation report.
10. Excrusion in two archives.
11. Excursion in two libraries.
Work placements
Not applicable.
Aims
Studetns will lear about book conservation.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Attendance of lectures is optional.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
- compulsory prerequisite
Lectures on Paper and Book - winter - compulsory prerequisite
Lectures on Paper and Book - summer - compulsory prerequisite
Restoration of Paper - summer
Basic literature
Ďurovič, Michal a kol.: Restaurování a konzervování archiválií a knih, nakl.Paseka, Praha 2002
Ďurovič, Michal a kol.: Restaurování a konzervování archiválií a knih, nakl.Paseka, Praha 2002
Ďurovič, Michal a kol.: Restaurování a konzervování archiválií a knih, nakl.Paseka, Praha 2002
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Classification of course in study plans