ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


ARL publishes preserv­
ation resource guides
The Association o f Research 
Libraries (ARL) has published 
s e v e n  c o m p re h e n s iv e  r e ­
source guides to the basic 
com ponents o f preservation 
programs. The guides p ro ­
vide normative inform ation 
w hich can be used to evalu­
ate existing preservation pro­
grams or provide the im pe­
tus for n ew  initiatives. The 
titles are: Options f o r  Replac­
ing a n d  Reformatting Dete­
riorated Materials-, Collections Conservation-, 
Commercial Library Binding, Collections M a in ­
tenance a n d  Im provem ent Programs-, Disaster 
Preparedness-, S ta ff Training a n d  User A w are­
ness in  Preservation Management-, and Orga­
n izin g  Preservation Activities.

Copies are available for $15 each, or $70 for 
the set o f seven, from the ARL, Publications 
Dept., D ept. #0692, W ashington, DC 20073- 
0692. O rders m ust be prepaid. For more infor­
mation, contact Gloria Haws, (202) 296-8656.

CPA distributes rep ort on
preservation issues in Archives
The Commission o n  Preservation and Access is 
distributing The Preservation o f  A rchival Mate­
rials, the eight-page report o f its Task Forces 
o n  Archival Selection. The Task Forces at­
tem pted to identify an d  consider a variety of 
issues important to the preservation o f archival 
materials and to include a variety of viewpoints 
in the report. It is intended for a diverse audi­
ence: archivists; preservation professionals; ad­
ministrators o f institutions, facilities, professional 
organizations, networks or consortia; allocators 
of governm ent o r private funding; as well as, 
users o f archival materials.

The Task Forces have also developed a d e­
cision m odel for assigning preservation priori­
ties to archival materials, w hich is being tested 
by the Research Libraries G roup, Inc. RLG will 
distribute the results of the test after it is completed.

Copies of The Preservation o f  A rchival M a­
terials are available for $5 from the Commis­
sion o n  Preservation an d  Access, 1400 16th 
Street, N.W., Suite 740, Washington, DC 20036- 
2217. O rders m ust be prepaid. (Commission 
sponsors receive copies o f all CPA publications

Preservati on
N ew s

Jane Hedberg

free-of-charge.) For m ore 
information, contact Sonny 
Koerner, (202) 939-3400.

C ulpeper Foundation 
g ra n t to CPA
The Commission o n  Preser­
vation an d  Access (CPA) re­
ceived a two-year, $175,000 
g ra n t from  the Charles E. 
Culpeper Foundation. The 
funds will be used to support 
three major CPA programs; 
com munications and publi­
cations (including the CPA 

newsletter), tw o multi-day seminars for library 
school deans on “reconceptualizing” preserva­
tion education, and the College Libraries Com­
mittee.

The College Libraries Committee has been 
involved in a num ber o f activities supporting 
preservation of smaller academic collections. 
At its m ost recent meeting, the Committee se­
lected 22 participants for the second Preserva­
tion M anagement for College Libraries Semi­
nar (to be held in July 1993) and committed 
itself to interest other organizations in sp o n ­
soring future PMCL seminars. The Committee 
has also b een  involved in the planning of Project 
IBID, a dem onstration project designed to test 
the feasibility o f storing out-of-print books in 
digital format and producing copies u p o n  d e­
mand. The Committee’s chair, Kathleen Spen­
cer, has spoken at a briefing session for m em ­
b e r s  o f C o n g ress a n d  th e ir staffs o n  th e  
im portance of the NEH Preservation Program 
for college libraries. The Com mittee’s current 
m em bers are: Willis E. Bridegam, Librarian at 
Amherst College; Barbara J. Brown, University 
Librarian at Washington & Lee University; David 
Cohen, Director of Libraries at the College of 
Charleston; Caroline M. Coughlin, Library Di­
rector at D rew  University; Michael H aeuser, 
H ead Librarian at Gustavus A dolphus College; 
a n d  K ath leen  S pencer, Library D irector at 
Franklin & Marshall College. ■

J a n e  Hedberg prepares this c olum n f o r  the College 
Libraries Committee, Commission on Preservation 
a n d  Access. Subm issions m a y  be m ade via: Internet: 
JHEDBERG@SLUCY. WELLESLEY.EDU; fa x : (617) 283- 
3640; phone-. (617) 283-2103; o r m ail to: J a n e  
Hedberg, Wellesley College Library, 1 06 Central St., 
Wellesley, MA 02181-8275.

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