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

Exhibiting photos 
The Photographic Materials Group (PMG) 
of the American Institute for Conservation 
of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) pub­
lishes and sells individual chapters of its 
Photographic Materials Conservation Cata­
log. Chapter 1, published in 2004, is Ex­
hibition Guidelines. The 71­page reference 
covers the purpose of exhibition guidelines 
for photographic materials, factors to con­
sider before exhibition, effects of exhibi­
tion, standards, guidelines, recommenda­
tions, equipment and materials, exhibition 
techniques, and traveling exhibitions and 
loans. In addition, it contains a list of stan­
dards organizations, a glossary, and a bib­
liography. 

The guidelines cost $11.25 for AIC mem­
bers or $17.50 for nonmembers, plus ship­
ping and handling. Prepayment by check 
or money order is required. For more infor­
mation or to order, contact the AIC, 1717 
K. Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 
20006; phone: (202) 452­9545; fax: (202) 
452­9328; e­mail: info@aic­faic.org; URL: aic. 
stanford.edu/library/print/publist2005.pdf. 

Emergency preparedness 
The International Federation of Library As­
sociations (IFLA) has published Preparing 
for the Worst, Planning for the Best: Pro­
tecting our Cultural Heritage from Disas­
ter, edited by Nancy Gwinn and Johanna 
Wellheiser. It contains the proceedings of 
a three­day conference held in Berlin, Ger­
many, in the summer of 2003. The confer­
ence, sponsored by the IFLA Preservation 
and Conservation Section, the IFLA Core 
Activity for Preservation and Conservation, 
and the Council on Library and Information 

Jane Hedberg is preservation program offi  cer at Harvard 
University Library, e-mail: jane_hedberg@harvard.edu; 
fax: (617) 496-8344 

Resources, Inc. (CLIR), focused on prov­
en strategies for dealing with many types 
of disasters, both natural and manmade. 
Speakers from countries that have insti­
tuted national policy planning for disaster 
response described their efforts to protect a 
variety of cultural resources. Other speak­
ers described practical experiences plan­
ning to protect individual institutions. The 
proceedings also include international case 
studies. 

The book costs EUR 78 (EUR 58 for IFLA 
members). It is available from K.G. Saur 
Verlag, P.O. Box 701620, 81316 Munich, 
Germany; phone: +49 89 76902 300; fax: 
+49 89 76902 150/250; e­mail: info@saur.de; 
URL: www.saur.de. IFLA Publications; 111. 
ISBN: 3­598­21842­7. 

Preservation education 
The Northeast Document Conservation 
Center (NEDCC) and the Simmons Graduate 
School of Library and Information Science 
(Simmons GSLIS) are partnering to develop 
a graduate­level preservation curriculum. 
Supported by an Institute of Museum and 
Library Services (IMLS) grant, the partners 
will work with the Southeastern Library 
Network (SOLINET), Amigos Library Servic­
es, the Center for Conservation of Art and 
Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), and the Online 
Computer Library Center (OCLC) to devise 
ready­to­use lesson plans, downloadable 
slides, and a textbook for a semester­long 
course. This project is intended to create 
consensus about the preservation curricu­
lum and to provide documentation, making 
it easier for library schools to include pres­
ervation among course offerings. 

For more information, contact Lori Foley, 
NEDCC, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, 
MA 01810­1494; phone: (978) 470­1010; fax: 
(978) 475­6021; e­mail: lfoley@nedcc.org; 
URL: www.nedcc.org. 

May 2005  399 C&RL News 

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