Requests of Modern Archives in Serbia and Training of Experts in the Field of Presentation of the Cultural Heritage

Abstract

Archives, being significant institutions for protection and promotion of written cultural heritage should have programs for permanent training of employees dealing with preservation of cultural heritage in educational and cultural institutions as well as workshops and seminars that would prepare experts for education of pupils, students and elderly people. Appropriate methodology of education of professional staff is necessary in order to apply certain conservation treatments. Many problems appear when the professional training of staff who are supposed to work with sensitive archival material is in question. In order to create a proper preservation system within the archives network of Serbia, adequate education is necessary as well as training of professional staff. Concept of preventive and curative preservation should rely on appropriate interdisciplinary approach to the problem. Modern educative programs for conservation of written cultural heritage that could satisfy requests and problems of preservation are not available in Serbia. Without application of natural and humanitarian sciences, it is not possible to attain measurable results in the field of conservation whether it is matter of preventive preservation or curative conservation.