ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


374/C&RL News

British Lib rary 
p u b lishes p a p e r on 
electronic lib raries
The British Library has pub­
lished part o f its Tenth Brit­
ish Library Research Lecture 
(1993) as Electronic Librar­
ies and Electronic Journals.
The author, Michael Lesk, 
considers the future o f librar­
ies, education, and publish­
ing as electronic journals 
become an increasingly ac­
cepted mode o f publication.
He emphasizes a need to 
ease the transition from the current system, 
which provides intellectual control and a record 
o f scholarship, to an electronic system which 
provides improved access. He concludes with 
recommendations for components o f a low-cost, 
easy-to-use system for electronic dissemination 
o f information.

Copies are available free from the British 
Library, Publications, Research & Development 
Department, 2 Sheraton Street, London W1V 
4BH, England.

RIT to hold se m in a r on preservation  
of photographs
The Rochester Institute o f Technology (RIT) will 
hold a seminar called “Preservation o f Photo­
graphs,” August 13-18, 1994, at the George 
Eastman House in Rochester, N ew  York. The 
seminar will cover the basics o f photographic 
preservation, including identification o f photo­
graphic processes, proper handling o f black- 
and-white and color photographs, selection o f 
enclosures and housings, storage, display, and 
emergency preparedness. It is intended as an 
introductory course for anyone with curatorial 
responsibility for photographs. James Reilly and 
Douglas Nishimura o f the Image Permanence 
Institute at RIT, Grant Rom er and David 
Wooters o f the George Eastman Hours Inter­
national Museum o f Photography and Film, and 
Debbie Norris o f the Winterthur Museum Con-

Submissions f o r  this column may be made to: Jane 
Hedberg, Wellesley College Library, 106 Central St., 
Wellesley, MA 02181-8275; (617) 283-2103; 

JHEDBERG&LUCY. WELLESLEY.EDU. Submission 
deadline is the 15th o f  the month and precedes 
publication by approximately six weeks.

serva tio n  P rogram  w ill 
serve as faculty. The fee for 
the six-d a y sem inar is 
$950.00.

For m ore information 
contact: RIT/T & E Seminar 
R egistration , Frank E. 
Gannett Building, 66 Lomb 
Memorial Drive, Rochester, 
N Y  14623-5604; (800) 724­
2536.

Pro g ram s of interest 
at ALA A nn u al 
Conference in M iam i

The program “Film to File and Back Again” will 
consider the use o f film and digital technolo­
gies in hybrid systems. Don Willis, University 
Microfilms International’s director o f advanced 
technologies, will speak about the production 
o f microfilm from digital images. Meg Bellinger, 
president o f Preservation Resources (formerly 
MAPS), will speak about production o f micro­
film which can be scanned for digital storage. 
Bill Neale, First Image Management’s product 
development analyst, will speak about stan­
dards for the conversion o f microfilm to digital 
images. (ALCTS/LITA, Saturday, June 25, 9:30­
11:00 a.m.)

The program “Access to Digital Images: Find­
ing Your Way in the Labyrinth” will consider 
access to digital information. Howard Besser, 
Canadian Center for Architecture, will present 
an o v e rv ie w  o f digital im aging. Thom as 
Hickerson, Cornell University; Marilyn Lutz, 
University o f Maine; and Pamela Mason, Na­
tional Agricultural Library, will describe library 
projects which use digital technology. (LITA/ 
ALCTS/PLA, Sunday, June 26, 2:00-4:00 p.m.)

N ISO  p u b lishes revision of stan d ard s 
fo r p a p e r
The National Information Standards Organiza­
tion (NISO) has recently published Permanence 
o f  Paper f o r  Printed Publications and D o cu ­
ments in Libraries and Archives. This is a revi­
sion o f the 1984 standard for coated and un­
coated papers. It sets the criteria for pH, tear 
resistance, alkaline reserve, and lignin thresh­
old.

For more information contact: The National 
Information Standards Organization, P.O. Box 
338, Oxon Hill, MD 20750-0338. ■

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