Preservation in the Documentary Field: Media Stability and Information Integrity

Abstract

This article tackles the identification of the main concepts used in the conservation of materials in which man records information, which have been built and defined throughout history, until its consolidation in the 20th century, with a scientific and multidisciplinary approach, supported agreements that have resulted in founding documents such as the Athens and Restauro letters. The subsequent development of conservation has allowed its strengthening from a deterioration prevention approach, which seeks to give stability to the physical structure of the materials and facilitate the integrity of the information contained in the documents.