ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 192 / C &R L N ews Seattle ’8 4 W hile planning your attendance at the A CRL National Conference in Seattle, you may wish to plan a few days before or after the conference to sample a little of the variety of the Pacific North­ west. L ate March or early April are early spring in this region. From the bulb fields of the Skagit V a l­ ley to the rhododendrons blooming in the lowland forest, the ever present green, blue, and brown of the landscape is accented with the brighter colors of spring. Here are a few suggestions for short trips out of Seattle in the early spring. Skiing, both downhill and cross country, is still possible at this tim e. There are resorts and ski lifts within an hour of Se­ attle, and further afield in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, and in Idaho. Sail through the San Ju an Islands, on Puget Sound, or on the inland sea between Vancouver Is­ land and the British Columbia mainland. You may charter sailboats or take a commercial cruise vessel. T he ultimate in this type of cruise is from Seattle to Alaska through the inland sea. For any of the com­ m ercial cruises, make early reservations. Go to the beach! For residents of Washington and Oregon, that means head for the Pacific Coast. At this time of year you may get to experience the exhilaration of a storm, or gentle sunny but cool days. Ocean fishing and clamming seasons are set by the individual state Fish and Gam e Depart­ m ents. T h e r e are m otels, resorts, and c a m p ­ grounds along the developed beaches of Oregon and Washington. Or bring your hiking gear and hike into the ocean part of the Olympic National Park, the last wild, undeveloped coast in the north­ west co rner of W ashington. T h ere are ch arter boats which specialize in whale w atching tours. The northern migration past the coasts of Oregon and Washington begins in early March and con­ tinues through May. Tour a Washington or Oregon winery or just stop in the tasting room and sample the northwest’s vintage wines. Rent a car and tour away from the cities to the other side of the Cascades, to the high plateaus of eastern Oregon, or to the inland empire of eastern W ashington, or to the Columbia Gorge between the states where the Columbia River overcame the mountains on its way to the sea. You may want to visit our national parks and monuments, our state parks and our mountains, both those with their peaks intact and those with­ out, such as M t. St. Helens or Crater Lake. In the early spring, most of the mountain parks are parti­ ally open, depending on weather and road condi­ tions. An extensive f e r r y system c o n n ects m an y p oin ts in w estern W ashin gton a n d British C o lu m b ia . June 1983 / 193 Explore our forests, from the drier eastern slopes through the w etter western slopes of the Cascade Mountains to the really wet rain forests of the Pa­ cific slopes of the Coast Range or the Olympic Mountains. Visit some of the other cities of the P acific North­ west. Portland, the gateway to the Columbia River Gorge and to the W illam ette Valley and Oregon wine country, is 180 miles south of Seattle. Its at­ tractions include Old Tow n, the Oregon Historical Society and W ashington Park. Vancouver, British Columbia, 160 miles north of Seattle, has a spec­ tacular setting. Visit Chinatown, the second larg­ est on the W est Coast, the University o f British C o­ lum bia Museum of Anthropology w ith its out­ standing collection of Northwest Coast Indian artifacts, and Stanley Park, a large natural park five minutes from the business district. A ferry ride across the Strait of Georgia is Victoria, B. C .’s capi­ tal, noted for its beautiful gardens and British at­ mosphere. Visit the Butchart Gardens, the Parlia­ ment Buildings and the Provincial Museum. End the afternoon with high tea at the Empress Hotel. There is a great variety of things to do in this re­ gion. For more information contact the following: Washington State D epartm ent of Commerce and Econom ic Development, Tourism Division, Gen­ eral Administration Building, Room G -3 AX-13, Olympia, WA 98504, or call toll free (800) 541- WASH; Oregon State D epartm ent of Transporta­ tion, Travel Inform ation Section, 101 Transporta­ tion B ldg., Capitol M all, Salem , O R 97310, or call (800) 547-7842; or the Ministry of Tourism, 1117 W harf S t., Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V 8W 2Z2. Be sure to visit the A C R L booth in the exhibit area at the ALA Annual Conference in Los Angeles for more information about vacationing in the Pa­ cific Northwest and the A C R L National Confer­ ence in Seattle. ■ ■ SPECIAL NOTICE: The deadline for submitting a Notice of Intention to Submit a Paper at the ACRL National Conference has been extended to July 1. Write: Sarah C. Michalak, Suzzallo Library, University of Washington, Seattle 98195. NEW NONPRINT EDITOR AT CHOICE C laire C . Dudley has been appointed assistant editor for nonprint materials at C h o ic e magazine, effective May 1. Dudley brings to this position ten years expe­ rience as an audiovisual lib ra r ia n in the ju n io r college and university environment. Her most recent experience was as media librarian at Fair- leigh Dickinson Univer­ sity, Teaneck, New Je r­ sey. In this position she was responsible for de­ velopm ent of the non­ p rin t co llectio n , selec­ C la ir e C. D u d ley tion and evaluation of materials for classroom use, reference services, and supervision of staff. She previously worked as the audiovisual librarian and as cataloger at Pierce Junior College in Philadel­ phia. She is also a freelance photographer and film ­ maker. D u d ley rec eiv ed a b a c h e lo r ’s d egree from Swarthmore College with a m ajor in English and a minor in science. She has an M LS from Drexel Uni­ versity where her focus was on college and univer­ sity libraries. C h o ic e is the principal reviewing medium for scholarly materials in the United States and is lo­ cated at 100 Riverview C enter, Middletown, Con­ necticut. ■ ■ UCSD SAVES FLOODED NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE Over 1,000 waterlogged issues of the San D iego Union and the San D ieg o T rib u n e‚ damaged in a flood at the San Diego Public Library, have been restored to near-perfect condition through a tech­ nique developed by employees of the University of C alifornia, San Diego, and the Convair Division of G eneral Dynamics. T he flood, discovered Decem ber 13, 1982, was caused by an overflow of the heating/ air condition­ ing drainage system in the library. Several inches of w ater covered the first, second, and third floors in the west end of the building. T he newspaper stor­ age room on the second floor contained the only ex­ isting copies on file of the last 15 years of the two papers. W a ter, air conditioning fluid, and dirt from the flood damaged a total of 1,236 newspa­ ers stored in the room. A fter discovering the flood, senior lib ra ria n Rhoda Kruse contacted Karin S. Ozudogru, cu ra­ or of the Slide and Photograph Division at UCSD and chair of their library preservation team. Ozu­ ogru directed the San Diego Public L ibrary to rap the damaged newspapers in butcher paper. he papers were then stored in a freezer room at a hop in San Diego. T he move from flooded library oom to cold storage was accomplished within 36 ours. This quick action on the part of the library taff ensured that paper swelling, color bleeding, nd mildew growth would be minimal. Ozudogru had determined in an earlier disaster- reparedness study that Convair possessed suitable quipment for drying soaked books. W hen notified f the recent flood she contacted Gene B utler, op- p t d w T s r h s a p e o 194 / C &R L News Credit: University of California, San Diego T op: N ew sp ap er b e fo r e drying in bon d in g press. B o tto m : R estored n ew spaper. Ju n e 1983 / 195 erations general supervisor of plastics at Convair’s Lindbergh Field plant, who agreed to help dry the newspapers as a community service. Convair’s preservation efforts were timed so as not to inter­ fere with the plant’s regular workload, on a space and time-available basis. By consulting Butler and studying the most re­ cent research, Ozudogru has devised a new way of drying water-damaged paper that retains the nec­ essary 6 % moisture content of the paper and avoids the usual high cost of the process. Convair transferred the frozen papers to its own freezer locker and put them in an autoclave for dry­ ing. Because the autoclave could process only a few papers at one time, another device with the same properties as the autoclave was sought. Butler and Mike Perry, the group leader of bonded structures at Convair, found that their bonding press could accommodate 8 0 -100 newspapers at one time. The press is usually used for bonding metal assemblies such as D C -10 components. The press is lined with a polyester blanket, ab­ sorbent paper, and the frozen newspapers. The press is closed and heated uniformly by steam to 160-170 degrees while a partial vacuum is created. Damp papers take about 8 hours to dry, but the sat­ urated ones may take up to 16 hours. The UCSD-Convair method of using heat induc­ tion to retain moisture in the paper is a significant improvement in paper preservation. Previous res­ cue efforts, most notably that of Stanford’s Meyer Library flood in 1978 (see C &R L , November 1979, pp. 539-48), had used the techniques of wrapping, freezing, and vacuum-drying, but these left the processed paper very brittle. Paper needs a mois­ ture content of 6 % to be flexible, and the previous method extracted more water than was desirable. Often the vacuum-dried books would be wetted again and re-dried by hand. The time and labor costs were large and the results unpredictable. The San Diego newspapers dried with the bond­ ing press at Convair have been returned to the pub­ lic library. T he restoration was completed on March 28. The dollar value of the papers saved is not calculable. The collection is unique and they were not insured. ■ ■ News from the fie ld ACQ UISITIO N S • S y r a c u s e U n i v e r s i t y Library, New York, has acquired personal diaries, thousands of letters and manuscripts, photography, pamphlets, and books detailing the history of the Oneida Community, one of America’s most successful utopian enclaves. The collection was given to Syracuse by the Ken­ wood Historical Committee, whose members are descendants of the O neida C om m unity (1848-1881). A bust of John Humphrey Noyes, founder of the community, is included in the col­ lection, as are business records, etchings, and steel engravings. Within the next year the collection will be put on microfilm. Until 1991 researchers who wish to use the works must be interviewed by the Kenwood Historical Committee. After that date the collection will be open to anyone with a need to consult primary sources. •The U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a , I r v i n e , L i­ brary has received the renowned Menninger Col­ lection of rare and valuable horticultural publica­ tions, as a bequest from Emma D. Menninger. This outstanding private collection, formed over many decades with a special emphasis on orchid litera­ ture, contains over 2,000 books, pamphlets, and se­ rial volumes ranging in publication date from 1752 to 1983. The prize of the collection is an unbroken run of C urtis’s B otan ical M agazine from its found­ ing in 1787 through 1982. • T he U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a , S a n D i e g o ’s Theater Arts Library has been given the profes­ sional archives of Academy Award-winning actor Charlton Heston. Among the m em orabilia in­ cluded in the gift are movie posters, still photo­ graphs, scripts, sketchbooks, scrapbooks, corre­ spondence, interviews, awards, certificates, and videotapes from the 54 films that span Heston’s 40- year acting career. Heston formally presented his collection to the library at an official ceremony at the Westwood Marquis Hotel on January 28. •The U n i v e r s i t y o f G e o r g i a Libraries Special Collection Division, Athens, has acquired one of the largest collections of private press books, pam­ phlets, and ephemera in the United States. The ba­ sis of the collection was formed over a long number of years by Elmore H. Mundell, a private printer and one-time book designer for the R .R. Donnelley Company’s Lakeside Press in Chicago. Mundell brought together materials from over 1,200 differ-