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The eighteenth century books from the collection of the old digital library of the Library University Seville are analyzed to locate the parts made with decorated papers, in order to classify and describe them according to the proposals of specialized literature. For this, the records included in the repository of the digital collection are recovered, the digital reproductions of the books are visualized, the parts with decorated papers are identified and described following the decorated papers classification model, previously elaborated, based on the research of Professor Carpallo Bautista. The model is made up of 6 techniques and their variants. Of the more than 6.700 records from the 18th century in the collection of the digital ancient collection, 511 include decorated papers in their bindings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The results of a questionnaire about the preservation of old collections are studied. The questionnaire has been answered by 23 Spanish university libraries. The questionnaire has been designed for this research, and reflects the essential aspects related to preservation. We have consulted principles, guidelines, standards, etc. that guide the conservation and preservation of collections. With the data obtained the preservation of the collections in the university libraries is described and compared with two reference guidelines. Improvement proposals are indicated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]