The Processing of Book-Related Works in the Collections in the Book Culture Department of the National Museum Library

Pages	75–91
DOI	10.37520/amnpsc.2023.026
Keywords	book – book culture – book and magazine illustrations – book artist – acquisitions – digitisation – pre-press preparation – database system
Type of Article	Miscellanea
Citation	KARFUSOVÁ, Veronika. The Processing of Book-Related Works in the Collections in the Book Culture Department of the National Museum Library. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae – Historia litterarum. Prague: National Museum, 2023, 68(3-4), 75–91. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/amnpsc.2023.026. ISSN 2570-6861 (Print), 2570-687X (Online). Also available from: https://www.nm.cz/en/periodicals/acta-musei-nationalis-pragae-historia-litterarum/68-3-4/the-processing-of-book-related-works-in-the-collections-in-the-book-culture-department-of-the-national-museum-library

Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae – Historia litterarum | 2023/68/3-4

The article deals with the collection of illustrations in the Book Culture Department of the National Museum Library and its professional processing. The text describes the handling of new acquisitions, their sorting, and the processing of original book and magazine illustrations and their subsequent digitisation. The second part of the article provides specific examples of the literary estates of various book artists which have been acquired for the collections of the Book Culture Department. The article concludes with a summary of the most effective ways of handling new acquisitions.

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