美国国会图书馆藏书保护工作有着一个逐渐发展的历史。1800年,该馆创建于美国首都华盛顿。在建馆后的100年时间里,他们颁布过若干关于藏书保护问题的文件。例如,在约翰·R·扬1897年的年度报告中,他就极力反对收藏不能久存的纸面装廉价出版物。他还预言:现在进入图书馆的许多藏书,在若平年后就会开始破损成一堆毫无价值的废物,其结果必将威胁图书馆。 The Library of Congress collection protection has a gradual history. In 1800, the museum was founded in the capital of Washington. In the 100 years since the establishment of the museum, they issued a number of documents on the protection of books. For example, in John R. Young’s 1897 annual report, he strongly opposed the collection of inexpensive, on-demand publications on paper. He also predicted that many books now entering the library would start to break into worthless wastes after the end of the year, with the result threatening the library.