Conservation activities

The Silesian Library provides the following services in the field of preservation of library and archive collections:

  • conservation and preservation work on paper documents, including mechanical cleaning, straightening, pressing, gluing and filling in paper losses, reinforcing,
  • bookbinding repairs of books glued and sewn into impositions,
  • expert assessment of the state of preservation of paper documents,
  • disinfection in a fumigation chamber,
  • microbiological purity tests.

Price list of fees and services provided by the Silesian Library

Information is provided by:
Security, Conservation and Archivization Department
plac Rady Europy 1, 40-021 Katowice
tel.: (+48) 32 208 38 62
e-mail: konserwacja@bs.katowice.pl
Monday-Friday from 8.00 am to 3.00 pm


  • Online Exhibitions

    These are virtual thematic collections presenting selected stationary exhibitions or presenting library collections, including documents and objects. The collections are constantly supplemented with presentations, multimedia shows and photocasts.

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