Preservation activities are directed toward the elimination of deficiencies and major cost replacement of existing facilities Preservation is not meant to include work that will increase the level of service by the addition of traffic lanes
the prevention or delay of deterioration of and damage to archival and library material through appropriate environmental controls and/or treatment; preservation is a broader term than conservation
There is a legal requirement that most superannuation benefits must be retained in a superannuation fund until the member reaches preservation age and retires Preserved amounts may be released in exceptional circumstances, including compassionate grounds, invalidity and severe financial hardship The age at which members can otherwise access preserved benefits depends on when they were born {include age table}
(1) Adequate protection, care, and maintenance of archives and manuscripts (2) Specific measures, individual and collective, undertaken for the repair, maintenance, restoration, or protection of documents (3) A basic responsibility of an archival repository
{i} protection, act of safeguarding, conservation, act of saving from damage or harm
Activities associated with maintaining library, archival, or museum materials for use, either in their original physical form or in some other format
A management philosophy or goal that seeks to protects indigenous ecosystem structure, function, and integrity from human impacts Management activities are generally excluded from "preserved" forests
an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
the activity of protecting something from loss or danger a process that saves organic substances from decay the condition of being (well or ill) preserved
The activities associated with maintaining library or archival collection materials for use, either in the original form or in some other usable way *
The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill
a requirement to retain superannuation benefits within the superannuation environment until a specified condition has been met Under current laws most benefits are compulsorily preserved until a person has retired or reached a certain age (between 55 and 60)
The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc
(As it relates to scanning) Digitizing an original photograph, document, or three-dimensional object is only a method of preservation if the digital file becomes the access tool and the original is no longer available for use Although high resolution scanning (i e , scan at the highest resolution possible appropriate to the type of media you are scanning) is recommended for all materials in order to achieve the highest quality possible and to ensure that information held in the original is not lost in the scan However, the digital file, as of yet, should not serve as a replacement of the original for preservation purposes