ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


C&RL News ■ February 2000 / 131

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

N ED C C  P re se rv a tio n  M anual
The Northeast D ocum ent Conservation Cen­
ter (NEDCC) has published the third edition 
o f its P r e se rv a tio n  o f  L ib r a r y  & A r c h iv a l M a ­
te r ia ls : A M a n u a l. This updated and e x ­
panded edition, w hich was made available 
on the W eb in March 1999, is now available 
in print. The 412-page, 50-leaflet manual con­
tains revised versions o f all the leaflets from 
the first and secon d  editions, plus eight new 
leaflets. The manual costs $50 (including 
shipping and handling); there is an online 
o r d e r  fo rm  a v a i l a b l e  at http:// 
w w w .nedcc.org. For m ore information, co n ­
tact Kim O ’Leary, NEDCC, 100 Brickstone 
Square, Andover, MA 01810; phone: (978) 
4 7 0 - 1 0 1 0 ; fa x : ( 9 7 8 )  4 7 5 - 6 0 2 1 ; e -m a il: 
o leary@ n ed cc.org.

N A R A  a n n u a l co n fe re n ce
The National Archives and Records Admin­
istration will hold its 15th annual preserva­
tion co n feren ce on March 28, 2000, at the 
National Archives Building in W ashington, 
D.C. The them e is “D eacidification R econ­
sidered,” and the co n feren ce will bring to ­
gether conservation scientists, conservators, 
and preservation exp erts to co n sid er the 
technical aspects o f deacidification.

Presentations include “Chemical, Archi­
tectural, and M echanical Features o f ‘Pap er’ 
and Its Deterioration,” “Mechanisms o f Wash­
ing and Mass D eacid ificatio n ,” “Chem ical 
Studies o f the Beneficial Effects o f Calcium- 
Enriched Wash Water,” “New Insights in the 
Effects o f D eacid ification Treatm ents and 
Storage Environments on the Life o f Paper- 
Based Collections,” “Saving the Written Word: 
Mass D eacidification at the Library o f Con­
gress,” “Mass Deacidification: Considerations 
for Archives,” “All in Day’s Work: Why and 
How I D eacidify,” and “Treatm ent o f Previ­
ously Deacidified Paper Artifacts.”

The cost is $75 and pre-registration is re­
q u ire d . F o r m o re in fo rm a tio n , c o n ta c t 
E le a n o r T o rain , c o n fe r e n c e  c o o rd in a to r 
(NWT), 8601 Adlephi Road, Room 2807, Col­
lege Park, MD 20740-6001; phone: (301) 713- 
6718; fax: (301) 713-6653; e-mail: preserve@

nara.gov; URL: http://www.nara.gov/arch/ 
techinfo/preserva/conferen/2000.html.

D ig ita l R e a lity  II
NELINET, Inc., the Northeast Document Con­
servation Center (NEDCC) and the Jo h n  F. 
Kennedy Library and Museum are sponsor­
ing a conference about digital com m unica­
tion and its preservation on Ju n e 5, 2000, at 
the Kennedy Library in Boston. The program 
features “The Future o f the World Wide W eb ” 
by Tim B e m ers-Lee, “The World Wide W eb 
and the Future o f Libraries” by Walt Crawford, 
“Digital Preservation” by Paul Conway, “Mi­
gration as a Preservation Strategy” by Fynnette 
Eaton, “Emulation as a Preservation Strategy” 
by J e ff Rothenberg, and a panel discussion 
about strategies for preserving digital docu­
ments moderated by Ja n  Merrill-Oldham.

For more information or to register, co n ­
tact Robert Cunningham at NELINET, Inc., 
Two Newton Executive Park, Newton, MA 
02162; phone: (800) NELINET or (617) 969- 
0 4 0 0 : fa x : ( 6 1 7 )  3 3 2 - 9 6 3 4 ; e - m a il: 
rcunningham @nelinet.net; URL: http://www. 
nelinet.net.

NYU e n v iro n m e n ta l co n tro l 
w o rk sh o p s
The New York Real Estate Institute o f New 
York University is offering three workshops 
about environmental conditions in cultural 
institutions as part o f their Building and Con­
struction Sem inar Series. The first will be 
“Conservation Environments for Museums 
and Libraries” on March 6, 2000, the second 
will be “Establishing a Conservation Environ­
ment Monitoring Program” on March 7, and 
the third will be “Fundamentals o f Conserva­
tion Environment Lighting” on March 8, 2000. 
The lecturer for all three workshops will be 
William P. Lull, president o f Garrison/Lull Inc.

( c o n t in u e d  o n  p a g e  1 4 0 )

Jane Hedberg prepares this column fo r the College Libraries 
C om m ittee, Commission on Preservation and Access. 
Submissions may be made to  Jane Hedberg, W ellesley 
College; jhedberg@wellesley.edu; fax: (781) 283-3690

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University’s Bailey Hymnal Collection. The 
gift includes 830 rare and old hymnals from a 
variety o f Christian traditions, some in German 
and Swedish. The gift also includes 257 
v olu m es o f m usic ed u ca tio n , religiou s 
reference, music history, scores and more, 
which have been divided betw een the Bailey 
c o lle c tio n  and th e g e n e ra l circu la tin g  
collection. Fettke’s classic choral work The 
M ajesty a n d  G lory o f  H is N a m e  is sung 
throughout the world. He is also the creator 
and editor o f the H y m n a l f o r  W orship a n d  
C eleb ration , o f which 3 million copies are 
used in churches today.

C rim e fic tio n  w rite r Ja m e s E llro y  has
donated his literary papers, including outlines, 
manuscripts, drafts, notes, and first editions 
o f his 16 books to the University o f South 
Carolina’s Thom as Cooper Library. Ellroy’s 
most famous book, L.A. C o n fid e n tia l, was 
published in 1990 as the final part o f his L.A. 
quartet, w hich also included T he B l a c k  
D a h lia , T he B ig  N ow here, and W hile j a z z . 
Each o f these book s w ere international 
bestsellers, and L.A. C o n fid e n t ia l was made 
into an Oscar-winning movie. Ellroy was 
also highly acclaimed for his autobiographical 
work, My D a r k  P la c es. The initial donation 
includes 40 linear feet o f materials and Ellroy 
has agreed to donate similar materials o f his 
future works.

The archive o f Frederick R. Karl, literary
biographer and critic, has been acquired by 
the University o f South Carolina. The archive 
covers the author’s biographies o f four writers, 
Jo se p h  Conrad (1 9 7 9 ), William Faulkner 
(1989), Franz Kafka (1991), and G eorge Eliot 
(1995), with a full and w ell-organized record 
o f the stages through which he researched, 
drafted, developed, and edited each project. 
The archive also includes similarly detailed 
material for Karl’s other books (his novel on 
World War II Italy, The Quest, published in 
1961, and two major critical books on m odem  
American fiction) and for a major long-term 
editorial project, the Jo sep h  Conrad letters 
( 1 9 8 3 -  ), for which he has corresponded 
with more than 2,000 Conrad collectors, 
scholars, and librarians. The archive includes 
letters from other leading biographers, such 
as Leon Edel, Jo sep h  Blotner, and Lionel 
T r illin g , as w e ll as o th e r  s ig n ific a n t

correspondents, such as Bertrand Russell 
and Jo h n  Barth.

H arrison T. M eserole, d is tin g u ish e d
professor o f English emeritus, has donated 
more than 6,000 volumes to Texas A&M 
University. The collection includes Phillis 
W h e a tle y ’s P o e m s  o n  V a r io u s  S u b je c t s  
R elig io u s a n d  M o r a l (1773), the first edition 
o f America’s first African-American poet; The 
I d le  M a n  (1 8 2 1 -1 8 2 2 ), an early American 
periodical that published the work o f William 
Cullen Bryant; Anthony W ood ’s A th e n c  
O x o n ien s es (1721), the first biographical 
dictionary associated with Oxford University; 
and a volume from Mark Tw ain’s personal 
library.

The Am on G. Carter Papers were acquired
by Texas Christian University from the Amon 
G. Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. The 
museum retained the series documenting 
museum activity, but the bulk o f the papers, 
measuring approximately 205 linear feet, are 
now located in Special Collections in the Mary 
Couts Burnett Library. In 14 record groups are 
correspondence, newspapers, scrapbooks, 
photographs and negatives, certificates, and 
memorabilia documenting the life and career 
o f Amon G. Carter (1 8 7 9 -5 5 ), whose business 
interests included aviation, publishing and 
oil, and w hose civic and philanthropic 
endeavors included establishing a foundation 
to support educational and cultural purposes, 
including the Amon G. Carter Museum. ■

(P reservation  News c o n t in u e d  f r o m  p a g e  13 1 )
The cost for each workshop is $185. For 

more information, contact The Real Estate In­
stitute, New York University, 11 West 42nd 
St., New York, NY 10036; phone: (212) 790- 
1 3 6 2 ; URL: h ttp :/ / w w w .sc p s.n y u .e d u /  
dyncon/rlst/cour_muse. html. ■

(In tern et R eview s c o n t in u e d  f r o m  p a g e  1 3 4 ) 
hours o f searching. A librarian must have had 
a hand in this!

Excellent site; obviously the product o f 
many hours o f hard work. Highly recom ­
mended.— Lisa K. Miller, P a r a d is e  Valley C om ­
m u n ity  C o lle g e  L ib r a r y , M ILLER.LISA.K@ 
a  1 .p v c .m a n c o p a .e d u  ■

http://www.scps.nyu.edu/