Specialists training in field of preservation of librarian and archival stocks

The article deals with the problems and perspectives of the specialists training in the field of preservation of the librarian and archival stocks in past and present. The program of further professional education «Preservation of the librarian and archival stocks» created by specialists of the Federal Document Conservation Centre attached to the National Library of Russia is represented. This program is a part of the further professional education program «Librarian Informatical Activity» in the Educational Centre of the National Library of Russia. The program of further professional education consists of three parts: «Preservation of Librarian Stocks. General Problems», «Document Permanence», «Document Conservation». The problems that are discussed during classes: state policy for library collection preservation in Russia; normative documents in the field of library collection preservation; storage condition (lighting condition, temperature and humidity condition, sanitary hygienic condition), new document conservation methods and processes; science-based conservation. The results of three year studying are shown. Training of specialists in the field of preservation of documents relevant both in Russia and abroad.