ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


September 1 9 9 5 /5 7 3

Preservation 
N ew s

Ja n e  H edberg

Com m ission pu b lishes 
magnetic ta p e  guide
The Commission o n  Preser­
vation an d  Access an d  the 
National Media Laboratory 
p u b lis h e d  Magnetic Tape 
Storage a n d  Handling: A 
Guide fo r Libraries and Ar­
chives, by Jo h n  W. C. Van 
Bogart, in Ju n e 1995. The 34- 
page guide covers the rea­
sons for magnetic media d e­
generation, life expectancy, 
and prevention o f prem ature 
degradation. The appendices 
contain guidelines for care and handling, a bib­
liography, and a glossary.

Copies are available for $10.00 from the 
Commission o n  Preservation and Access, 1400 
16th Street NW, Suite 740, W ashington, DC 
20036-2217. Prepaym ent is required. Commis­
sion sponsors receive all publications free of 
charge.

PRLC presents teleconference on m ass 
deacidification
The Pittsburgh Regional Library Center (PRLC), 
the University o f Pittsburgh School o f Library 
and Information Science, and the Robert Mor­
ris College School o f Communications an d  In­
formation Systems are jointly presenting a na­
tional teleconference o n  mass deacidification. 
The conference, to b e held O ctober 26, 1995, 
will focus o n  current research and the p o ten ­
tial for mass deacidification to delay acid dete­
rioration o f p ap e r-b a sed  collections. Robert 
DeCandido o f the New York Public Library will 
moderate and participants will include Kenneth 
Harris and Chandru Shahani o f the Library of 
Congress, Sally Buchanan of the University of 
Pittsburgh School o f Library an d  Information 
Science, Sue Kellerman o f Penn State Univer­
sity, and Randall Russell o f Preservation Tech­
nologies, Inc.

The teleconference will b e accessible via 
sa tellite d o w n lin k  o n  C -b an d  o r K u -b an d  
throughout North America. The licensing fee is 
$200. Videotapes o f the conference will be avail­
able for $200, plus the cost o f duplication, ship­
ping, and handling.

For m ore inform ation o n  the conference, 
contact Susan Melnick, Preservation Services 
Manager, PRLC, 103 Yost Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA

15221; p h o n e: (412) 825- 
0600; e-mail: smm@prlc.org.

ICI offers prize for α 
plan
Inform ation Conservation, 
Inc. (ICI) is again offering 
its “prize for a plan.” A prize 
o f $3,000, $1,500, o r $750 
w orth o f ICI conservation 
services will be aw arded to 
th e th ree institutions that 
subm it th e b est plans for 
utilizing th o se services to 
conserve im portant collec­

tions in their care. Contest deadline is Novem­
b er 15, 1995.

For plan guidelines an d  an ICI price list, 
contact Jackie D abbs at (800) 444-7534. For 
m ore information, contact Harry Campbell at 
he same telep h o n e num ber o r by e-mail at 
0304.3023@compuserve.com.

A  distributes leaflet on 
photocopying an d  printing

he Australian Archives (AA) is distributing its 
helpful leaflet, Photocopying and Laser Print­
ing Processes: Their Stability and Permanence. 
It describes the processes o f xerography and 
aser printing, the toners and carriers used, the 

factors leading to image degradation, and how  
o test toner adhesion. It also in clu d es p rac ti­

cal re c o m m en d a tio n s for e x ten d in g  th e  life 
ex p e ctan c y  o f p h o to c o p ie d  o r la ser-p rin ted  
m aterials

Copies are available free o f charge from the 
ustralian Archives by gopher at aa01.aa.gov.au. 

Select Australian G overnment, The Australian 
rchives, Custody and Preservation Informa­

ion, and Photocopying and Laser Printing Pro­
esses. For m ore information o n  the leaflet con­
act Pat Jackson, Australian Archives, P.O. Box 

34, D ic k s o n  ACT, A u stralia 2602; e-m ail: 
patj@aa.gov.au. ■

ane Hedberg prepares this column fo r  the College 
ibraries Committee, Commission on Preservation 
n d  Access. Submissions may be made to: Jane 
edberg, Wellesley College Library, 106 Central St., 

Wellesley, MA 02181-8275; (617) 283-2103; fax: 
617) 283-3640; JHEDBERG@WELLESLEY.EDU. 
ubmission deadline is the 15th o f the month an d  
recedes publication by approximately six weeks.

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