The paper of Preservation and Conservation of Library Materials  is coded as  MLIE-101. It is part of the Master of Library and Information Science course and is under the much reputed distant education course of Indira Gandhi National Open University. Preservation and Conservation of Library Materials  is one of the elective papers.

Paper pattern:

The paper pattern of the Preservation and Conservation of Library Materials is a subjective based. The paper has five questions and it is compulsory to attempt all the five questions. All the questions are elaborative, essay type questions and one need to support the questions with suitable diagrams and examples where ever one can. The papers have internal options in the questions and one can answer accordingly. All the questions have equal distribution of marks and that is 20 each. The paper is based in the language English and one needs to be descriptive and explanatory in answering the questions.

Maximum marks and time allotted:

The maximum marks that can be obtained in the Preservation and Conservation of Library Materials Papers coded as MLIE-101 from the Indira Gandhi National Open University is 100 marks as there are five questions each having 20 marks. The time allotted to the paper is 3 hours only.

Frequently asked questions:

The paper on Indira Gandhi National Open University in the subject of Preservation and Conservation of Library Materials Papers coded as MLIE-101 have a lot of questions asked over the years. Some of the important questions that are encountered in the paper are discussion of the inherent characteristics of the palm leaf manuscripts, micro organisms, its definition and how they affect the library materials, different type of disasters in the library information centre etc.

Books:

• Basic Paper Treatments for Printed Book Materials: By Peter Verheyen
• Conservation treatment of. Material in original format