Effectiveness of Using Nanotechnology in Repair and Protecting Heritage Collections in Egyptian Academic Libraries: An Empirical Study

Abstract:
The current study aims to investigate the effectiveness of the use of nanotechnology in the maintenance and repair heritage collections in Egyptian academic libraries as an experimental study to explore the current situation, by employing modern nanotechnology to experiment with the use of nanomaterials and observe the impact of their use for the maintenance and repair heritage library holdings and collections, and the experience of using zinc oxide nanotechnology to remove mushroom stains from heritage collections represented in the pages of old books was chosen, and silver nanoions for prevention The study relied on the experimental approach and reliance on the checklist prepared by the researcher, and the researcher applied to a group of heritage books acquired in the library of the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University as a model for Egyptian academic libraries. The results of this study, which was conducted in several specialized laboratories, were tested using visual examinations and magnifiers using modern devices for experimental samples from some pages of old books, adding the aforementioned nanomaterials, photographing samples from old book pages infected with mold fungus before and after adding nanomaterials to them, and monitoring the results. The results reveal the effectiveness of the use of nanotechnology in the maintenance and repair heritage collections in Egyptian Academic Libraries.