Introduction to the Seminar 1. National Seminar on Conservation of Manuscripts and Documents - An Introduction O.P.Agrawal3 II. Key Note Paper 1.Problems and Prospects of Conservation of Manuscripts and Documents in ArchivesDr.S.N.Sinha 7 General Problems 1.Problems of Conservation of Manuscripts in Indian Libraries Subhas C Biswas 15 2. Manuscript collection at Bharal Kala Bhavan and their conservation Gunned Singh and S. R. Pmjapatti19 3. Conservation Problems and Practices In Haryana State Archives I. J. Kapil 22 4. Survey of Manuscripts and Archives in Vidarbha Region Chandrashekhur Gupta25 5. Manuscripts - Collections and Preservation in Bengal Balaram Mondal 35 6. Manuscripts and other Paper Materials of Lakshadwccp; A Report Tej Singh 38 7. Problems and Prospects of Conservation of Manuscripts and other Documents in Museums A.S. Bisht 42 8. Problems and Prospects of Conservation of Manuscripts in Libraries Reeta Rani Pandey45 IV - Technical Section 1. Production and Conservation of Manuscripts in Mediaeval Assam (13lh-l9th Century) R.Das Gupta 53 2. Problem ot Foxing Marks on Paper Shashi Dhawan and K. L. Garg 58 3.Conservation Problems with Birch-bark Manuscripts D.G.Suryawanshi 66 4. Recent Development in the Treatment of Water Damaged Documents C.B.Gupta 69 5. Problems of Acidity in Repaired Documents Dilip B. Naik 74 6. Role of Silica Gel in controlling humidity in the storage urea of documents Lalankumar Prasad76 7. Preservation of some rare materials on Paper at Intach Indian Conservation Institute, Lucknow D.N.Srivastva81 8. Conservation Of Lithoprints And Etchings Shri Muni Singh & Pramod Kumar Pandey 85 9. Some Suggestions for the protection of Old Manuscripts Kailash Chandra Pandey 90 10. Preventive Conservation of Archives Ashok Nigam94 V- Training 1.Training in conservation of paper Material Mamta misra 99 VI - Recommendation 105