“A stitch in time…”: Cross-institutional and interdisciplinary cooperation en route to a preservation policy (a work in progress report)

The Research Library for the History of Education is a library with an archival character, preservation and conservation issues therefore have a special significance in our work. While developing our preservation policy, cooperation with different professions and institutions has proved to be stimulating and restraining in the process. Forms of cooperative work as well as specific projects are introduced in this paper. The training and promotion of young professionals take on a central role in this context by linking theory and practice.