ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


C&RL News ■ D ecem ber 2002 / 825

P r e s e r v a t i o n  N e w s Jane Hedberg

C o rn e ll d ig ita l p re s e rv a tio n  p ro g ra m
For its next training program , Digital P reser­
v a tio n  M an ag em en t: Effective Short-T erm  
Strategies for Long-Term  P roblem s, C ornell 
U niversity Library w ill u se  a tw o -p a rt a p ­
proach. P articipants will co m p lete a n  e x te n ­
sive online tutorial before attending a one-w eek 
residential w orkshop in Ithaca, N ew  York. The 
tutorial will have six sections: term s an d  co n ­
cepts, c o m p o n e n ts o f a p rogram , strategies, 
prom ising initiatives, institutional self-assess­
m ent, an d  a tem p late for creating an institu­
tional strategy. T he w o rk sh o p  will h av e five 
sections: institutional readiness and assets m an­
agem ent, pro g ram  co m p o n en ts a n d  m odels, 
formats and types, approaches and techniques, 
an d  creating an institutional fram ew ork. Both 
parts o f the program  will em phasize short-term 
risk reduction strategies while research and de­
v elo p m en t creates longer-term  solutions that 
can be incorporated into ongoing initiatives.

T he online tutorial will b e  available free to 
everyone in the spring of 2003. W orkshop reg­
istration will cost $750 (travel an d  living e x ­
p e n s e s  n o t in c lu d e d ). Five w o rk s h o p s  are 
p la n n e d , tw o  in 2003 a n d  th ree in 2004. For 
m o re in fo rm atio n , s e e  h ttp ://w w w .lib ra ry . 
Cornell. e d u /iris/research /w o rk sh o p . h tm l.

P h o to g ra p h  c o n s e rv a to r residen cy
T he G eo rg e E astm an  H o u se a n d  th e  Im age 
P erm anence Institute (IPI) in Rochester, New 
York, will offer six to  eight fellow ships to the 
M ellon A dvanced R esidency in  P h o to g ra p h  
C onservation b e g in n in g  in S ep tem b er 2003. 
The two-year fellowships consist o f lecture and 
sem inar instruction, laboratory experim ents, 
advanced treatm ent experience, and exposure 
to research tech n iq u es a n d  m ethodologies at 
E astm an H o u se, IPI, a n d  o th e r a re a  in stitu ­
tions. Both the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 
an d  the G etty G rant Program  p ro v id ed  fu n d ­
ing to sup p o rt this program .

Applications are due January 13, 2003. The 
fellow ship includes a stip en d  o f $34,479 plus 
b enefits, $1,000 for research, a n d  $2,000 for 
p ro g ra m -re la te d  trav el fo r e a c h  o f th e  tw o  
years. A pplicants m ust have a d eg ree from  a 
recognized American graduate program  in Art

Conservation or the equivalent experience, and 
a d e m o n stra te d  com m itm ent to  p h o to g ra p h  
conservation. For m ore inform ation, contact 
Grant B. Ro mer, director, A dvanced Residency 
P rogram , G eo rg e E astm an H ouse, 900 East 
A venue, R ochester, NY 14607; p h o n e: (585) 
271-3361, ext. 323; e-mail: rom er@ geh.org.

NLA's p re s e rv a tio n  copies
T he N ational Library o f A u stralia’s (NLA) 
preservation copying policy now  includes digi­
tal images. The NLA considers its copying pro­
gram s to  achieve a preservation benefit w hen 
th e  “inform ation is ad eq u ately  c ap tu red  an d  
docum ented to m eet th e access needs of most 
users; the original material is n o t dam aged in 
th e  p ro c e ss . . .; th e  original m aterial is p ro ­
tected  from further dem ands for use o r co p y ­
ing; a n d /o r the copies are able to b e  m anaged 
for long-term  accessibility.” It recognizes four 
copying methods for these purposes, preserva­
tio n  m icrofilm ing (e ith e r 35m m  roll film  o r 
microfiche), digital im aging (to p ro d u ce digi­
tal im ages o r searchable text o r both), p h o to ­
copying, and traditional photography, although 
photocopying and photography are rarely used. 
Policy on Preservation Copying o f CollectionMateri- 
als outlines the com plete policy, including the 
criteria for ch o o sin g  b e tw e e n  digitization o r 
microfilming, selection priorities, and other im­
portant issues to b e considered. This policy is 
to  b e  u s e d  in  c o n ju n c tio n  w ith  th e  NLA’s 
Digitisation Policy 2000-2004a nd Digitisation 
Standards a n d  Guidelines in Use.

T h e c o p y in g  policy is available at h tt p :/ / 
w w w .nla.gov.au/policy/m icro.htm l, the digi­
tiz a tio n  p o lic y  is av a ila b le  at h tt p :/ /w w w . 
n la.g o v .au /p o licy /d ig itisatio n .h tm l, a n d  the 
sta n d a rd s a n d  g u id e lin e s are  av ailab le at 
http ://w w w .n la.g o v .au /in itiativ es/stan d ard s. 
htm l. ■

Jane Hedberg is preservation program  o ffic e r a t Harvard 
University Library, e-mail: jane_hedberg@harvard.edu; fax: 
(617)496-8344

http://www.library
mailto:romer@geh.org
http://www.nla.gov.au/policy/micro.html
http://www
http://www.nla.gov.au/initiatives/standards
mailto:jane_hedberg@harvard.edu