3. acquire a belief that through proper training, practice of five or six basic book conservation applications can turn around the problem. 4. appropriate a willingness to build book conservation measures into small library operations. That's a big concern too. Ours is a disposable society. Another item noted was that only large libraries such as research and academic libraries have books of a quality to merit such pampering.
Book conservation is like any other kind of conservation.
This definition provides us with a caveat upon which to build. Many book components are made from natural resources - trees. These resources, although renewable, are disappearing not only in the tropical rain forests but also in the US, faster than they can be replaced. Great strides are being made to recycle paper and cardboard. There may be a day when books can be made entirely from recycled materials.