ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


July/August 1996/447

Preservation
News

J a n e  H edberg

NEDCC offers 
preservatio n  
m a n a g em e n t series
The Northeast Docum ent 
Conservation Center (NEDCC) 
in Andover, Massachusetts, 
w ill offer, for the second 
time, a coordinated series o f 
five workshops in preserva­
tion management. The series 
will focus on developing and 
administering effective pres­
ervation programs in small to 
m id-sized libraries, muse­
ums, and archives. It is de­
signed to provide administrators w ho have part- 
tim e resp on sib ilities fo r p reserva tion  o f  
paper-based collections with skills training and 
preservation planning expertise. Each workshop 
will last for two or three days and the whole 
series will span almost one year. The first work­
shop covers core concepts in preservation (O c­
tober 9– 11,1996), the second covers emergency 
preparedness (December 5-6, 1996), the third 
covers collection maintenance (March 26– 28, 
1997), the fourth covers selection for preserva­
tion Øune 12– 13, 1997), and the fifth covers 
preservation administration (September 25– 26, 
1997).

The series costs $450, not including accom­
modations or travel. Participation is limited to 
20, and participants will be selected on the basis 
o f an application. Application deadline is Sep­
tember 4, 1996. For more information or an 
application, contact Steve Dalton, NEDCC, 100 
Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810; phone: 
(508) 470-1010; fax: (508) 475-6021; e-mail: 
nedcc@world.std.com.

N ISO  pu b lishes g u id elin es for p a p e r 
collections sto rag e
The National Information Standards Organiza­
tion (NISO ) has published a new technical re­
port called Environm ental Guidelines f o r  the 
Storage o f  Paper Records, written by William K. 
Wilson, the former chief o f the Paper Section 
at the National Bureau o f Standards (n ow  the 
National Institute o f Standards and Technology). 
The 40-page report provides suggestions o f 
minimum and maximum values for tempera­
ture, relative humidity, exposure to light, and 
the removal o f gaseous and particulate con­
taminants. While primarily intended for use with

paper-based collections, the 
report takes into account the 
environmental requirements 
o f the animal skins (leather, 
parchment, and vellum) and 
photographic materials that 
are often stored with paper 
materials. It also includes a 
review o f the scientific lit­
erature which led to the 
report’s conclusions.

Copies are available for 
$35.00 from  NISO, 4733 
Bethesda Ave., Suite 300, 
B eth esd a, MD 20814; 

phone: (301) 654-2512; fax: (301) 654-1721; e-
mail: nisohq@cni.org. Order number: NISO-
TROl-1995.

M ore W e b  sites o f interest
Many academic libraries’ preservation programs
now have homepages on the Web. The major­
ity are about the program’s mission, staff, ser­
vices, and projects, but several have also in­
cluded educational information for students.
The emphasis is on humor to make preserva­
tion rules seem less arbitrary.

• The University o f Oregon Library Preser­
vation and Binding Department has an FAQ,
plus the lyrics to a song on its homepage at
h ttp :/ / lib w eb .u o rego n .ed u / u o / lib h o m e/
techsrvc/preservn/homepage.htm.

• The Northwestern University Library Pres­
ervation Program has a quiz, “If w e don’t pre­
serve ‘em, w e don’t deserve ‘em!” at http://
w w w .library.nwu.edu/preservation/quiz. html.

• The University o f South Florida Tampa
Campus Library Preservation Program has two
quizzes, “Education— What Is Your Preserva
tion IQ?” at http://www.lib.usf.edu/pres/
iqtestl.html and “Are You a Book Batterer?” a
http://www.lib.usf.edu/pres/iqtest2.html.

If you have mounted general preservation
education information on a homepage, please
notify me at the address listed below. ■

Jane Hedberg p repares this column f o r  the College 
Libraries Committee, Commission on Preservation 
and Access. Submissions may be made to: Jane 
Hedberg, Wellesley College Library, 106 Central St., 
Wellesley, MA 02181; (617) 283-2103; fax: (617) 
283-3640; JHEDBERG@WELLESLEY.EDU.

 
 

 

 

 
 
 

 

 
 
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