The first volume of the Guidebook of the urbaria in the Archive of the Republic of Slovenia is
being prepared. Its publication is planedfor 2005. It will include urbaria from the Urbaria Collection
as well as urbaria from the seigniorial fonds. The Urbaria Collection is comprised of 192 books and
is divided into four parts according to their size. This paper discusses the urbaria books in the
approximate size of 30 x 20 cm. Urbaria in the Collection represent the standard book-bound
archival material which is, from the material point of view, very similar to standard book material.
That is why the method and results of the urbaria inventory can be helpful when preparing similar
projects to determine the state of older book-bound material in all institutions where written heritage
is stored. Making an inventory and examining the state of the Collection material should help us
determine the degree ofconservation and accessibility, as well as the material usage conditions in the
ARS reading room. The necessary conservation works on the damaged material can also be
undertaken on the basis of this inventory.