ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


J u n e  1 9 9 7  /  421

Preservation 
N ew s

J a n e  H e d b e rg

AIC has n e w  brochures
The American Institute for 
Conservation o f Historic and 
Artistic Works (AIC) has p u b ­
lished two brochures w hich 
begin a n ew  series called 
Caring for Special Objects.
The first, Caring f o r  Your 
Home Videotape, was writ­
ten by D ebbie Hess Norris, 
with Peter Adelstein, Dierdre 
Boyle, Connie Brooks, Alan 
Lewis, Jim Lindner, and Paul 
Messier. It covers recording 
practices, handling and stor­
age procedures, environm ental conditions, di­
sasters and reformatting, and includes a resource 
list of publications and organizations. The sec­
ond, Caring fo r  Your Photographs, was written 
by D eborah Derby, with M. Susan Barger, Nora 
Kennedy, and Carol Turchan. It covers storage 
enclosures, handling, environmental conditions, 
housekeeping, disaster preparedness, and solu­
tions to com m on concerns. It also contains a 
bibliography.

Both brochures are available free-of-charge 
from AIC, 1717 K Street, NW, Suite 301, W ash­
ington, DC 20006; phone: (202) 452-9545; fax: 
(202) 452-9328; e-mail: InfoAIC@aol.com.

L C /A m e rite c h  a n n o u n c e  a w a r d e e s
The Library of Congress and Ameritech have 
a n n o u n c e d  th e te n  N ational Digital Library 
Competition winners. The $600,000 in aw ard 
money is to be used  for digitizing historically 
significant American collections and m aking 
them available on LC’s American Memory Web 
site. The w inners are Brown University, D en­
ver Public Library, Duke University, Harvard 
University, New York Public Library, North Da­
kota State University, O hio Historical Society, 
University o f Chicago, University o f North Caro­
lina, and University o f Texas at Austin. The 
winning projects are diverse in topic and for­
mat, b ut focus generally on regional history. 
For m ore information, consult the W eb site at 
h ttp ://lcw eb 2 .lo c.g o v /am m em /aw ard /.

LC m o u n ts  d ig ita l im a g e s  RFP
The National Digital Library Program (NDLP) 
at the Library of Congress has m ounted “RFP96-
18, Digital Images from Original Documents, 
Text Conversion and SGML-Encoding” on  its

W e b  s ite . T h e  2 0 6 -p a g e  
(printed) Request for a Pro­
posal (RFP) states the speci­
fications for raster-scanned 
digital im ages a n d /o r m a­
c h in e - r e a d a b le  te x ts  e n ­
coded w ith Standard G en­
eralized M arkup Language 
(SGML) w hich must be met 
by vendors u n d er contract 
to the NDLP or LC’s Ameri­
can Memory project. A con­
tract has b een  aw arded on 
the basis of this RFP and any 
c h a n g e s to th e  sp e c ific a ­

tions, w hich are m ade during execution of the 
contract, will also be rep o rted  on LC’s Web 
site. T he URL for this d o c u m e n t is h ttp :// 
lcw eb2.loc.gov/am m em /prpsal/coverpag.htm l. 
LC has a num ber of other interesting docum ents 
related to imaging on its Background Papers 
and Technical Inform ation W eb page. Among 
them  is “Recom m endation for the Evaluation 
o f Digital Images Produced from Photographic, 
Micrographic, and Various Paper Formats,” pre­
pared by the Image Permanence Institute (http: 
/ /lcw eb2.loc.gov/am m em /ftpfiles.html).

RIT o ffe rs  p h o to g ra p h s  p r o g r a m
The Rochester Institute o f Technology’s (RIT) 
Technical and Education Center of the Graphic 
Arts and Imaging, RIT’s Image Perm anence In­
stitute, and the George Eastman House are again 
offering “Preserving Photographs in a Digital 
W orld.” The w eek-long program  covers both 
traditional photograph preservation and digi­
tal imaging o f photographs. The faculty is com ­
prised of nationally know n experts James Reilly, 
G r a n t Ro m e r, F r a n z is k a  F re y , D o u g la s  
N ishim ura, D eb b ie Hess Norris, an d  David 
W ooters. The program  will be offered in Roch­
ester, August 16– 21, 1997, and next year from 
August 15– 20, 1998.

The fee is $1,195 (travel, food, and lodging 
are extra). For m ore information, contact T&E 
Center Registration, 66 Lomb Memorial Drive, 
Rochester, NY 14623-5604; phone: 1-800-724-
2536; fax: (716) 475-7000. ■

Jane Hedberg prepares this colum n fo r  the College 
Libraries Committee, Commission on Preservation and 
Access. Submissions may be made to: Jane Hedberg, 
Wellesley College;JHEDBERG@WELLESLEY.EDU.

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