Mass Deacidification of Library Collections in the Czech Republic
Review of the National Center for Digitization, Tome 41 (2022), p. 1
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Authors provide detailed information about the process of preparing books for mass
deacidification of library collections in the National Library of the Czech Republic, as well as in other
institutions of the Czech Republic. We present the basic principles of deacidification and the requirements
for the ideal method of mass deacidification of books. This includes the selection of mass deacidification
technology, the preparation of books for deacidification, the methods of testing the quality of
deacidification, checking after deacidification, etc. The article is supplemented by a clear diagram of the
workflow used for the implementation of massdeacidification of library collections and a list of literature
on the topic.