ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


March 1 9 9 3 /1 5 5

Pll announces 1 9 9 3
p ro g ra m
The Preservation Intensive 
I n s titu te  (P I I), an  NEH- 
fu n d ed  w o rk sh o p  for ad ­
vanced education in library 
and archival preservation, 
has announced that the first 
institute will be held at the 
University of Pittsburgh from 
August 1—6, 1993. Under the 
direction of Sally Buchanan, 
it w ill c o n s is t o f th r e e  
courses. Two of the courses 
are “Preservation o f Elec­
tronic Formats” taught by Michael Spring, De­
partment of Information Science, University of 
Pittsburgh, and “Bookbinding and the Arts and 
C rafts M o v e m e n t” ta u g h t b y  M a ria n n e 
Tidcombe, author and historian of late-19th and 
early-20th-century b o o k b in d ers. The third 
course had not been announced by publica­
tion deadline for this column.

PII is a collaborative effort of the library 
school deans at the University of Pittsburgh, 
the University o f California-Los Angeles, the 
University of Texas-Austin, the University of 
North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and the University 
of Wisconsin-Madison. A second institute, un­
der the direction of Michele Cloonan, will be 
held at UCLA in 1994.

For more information contact the Preserva­
tion Intensive Institute, 650 LIS Building, Uni­
versity o f Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; 
phone: (412) 624-9447; fax: (412) 648-7001; 
Bitnet: ashst8@lis.pitt.edu.

PLMS announces institute on magnetic 
m edia
The Preservation of Library Materials Section 
(PLMS) of ALA’s Association for Library Collec­
tions & Technical Services (ALCTS) has an­
nounced it is cosponsoring “Magnetic Media 
Challenge: Preservation of Audio Tape and Vid­
eotape in Libraries and Archives,” a national 
institute to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 
21-22, 1993- The program  will provide back­
ground information on the developm ent of 
magnetic media technology, as well as prac­
tical information about care and handling, stor­
age, equipm ent selection and maintenance, 
staff and user training, and em erging tech­
nologies.

Preservation
News

Jan e H e d b e rg

This institute was devel­
oped jointly by PLMS, the 
Association of Research Li­
braries (ARL), the Society of 
American Archivists (SAA), 
an d  the S outheastern Li­
brary Network (SOLINET). 
The registration fee is $145 
for members of ALCTS; $180 
for ARL, SAA, and SOLINET 
members, and ALA mem­
bers w ho are not members 
o f ALCTS; an d  $215 for 
nonmembers of ALA.

For m ore inform ation 
contact: Yvonne McLean, ALCTS/ALA, 50 E. 
Huron St., Chicago, IL 6 0 6 ll; (800) 545-2433, 
x5032; U58294@UICVM.

PLMS publishes p re s e rv a tio n  
b ib lio g ra p h y
The PLMS Education Committee has published 
the second edition of “A Core Collection in Pres­
ervation.” This annotated bibliography covers 
basic sources of information for preservation 
planning and administration in libraries, as well 
as, archives. It was compiled by Don K. Thomp­
son, preservation librarian at the University of 
Southern California, and Joan ten Hoor, pres­
ervation librarian at the Newberry Library, and 
edited by Lisa Fox, preservation program offi­
cer at SOLINET.

Copies may be purchased for $5.00 from 
the ALA Order Department, 50 E. Huron St., 
Chicago, IL 60611. (ISBN 0-8389-7633-6)

A b b e y  Publications m oves to  Texas
Ellen McCrady’s Abbey Publications, publisher 
of the Abbey Newsletter m A  the A lkaline Paper 
Advocate, moved to Austin, Texas, in Novem­
ber 1992. The new  address and telephone num­
bers are: 7105 Geneva Dr., Austin, TX 78723; 
(512) 929-3992; fax: (512) 929-3995. ■

J a n e  Hedberg prepares this colum n f o r  the College 
Libraries Committee, Commission on Preservation 
a n d  Access. Submissions m ay be m ade via: Internet: 
JHEDBERGQLUCY. WELLESLEY.EDU; fa x : (617) 283- 
3640; phone: (6 1 7) 283-2103; or m ail to: Jane 
Hedberg, Wellesley College Library, 106 Central St., 
Wellesley, MA 02181-8275. Submission deadline is 
the 15th o f  the m onth a n d  precedes publication by 
approximately six weeks.

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