Preservation and restoration of special collections from USP bibliographical holdings. Phase II: Titles from the 16th and 17th centuries

• Grant number: 98/08251-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Infrastructure Program - Libraries
• Start date: April 01, 1999
• End date: July 31, 2001
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Information Science
• Principal Investigator: Gian Carlo Gasperini
• Grantee: Gian Carlo Gasperini
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This is the second step concerning the project of preservation / restoration of USP special collections as a whole, assembled in chronological order of publication. The goal is to proceed on restoration of additional 200 titles from the 16th and 17th centuries. This project is part of the ongoing activities of USP/SIBi modernization in order to improve services to users from the academic community. (AU)