ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries June 1984 / 307 W A S H I N G T O N _______ H O T L I N E by C arol C. Henderson Deputy D ir e c to r ALA W ashington O ffic e P r e s s l e r l e t t e r to FCC Tw enty-seven S e n a to rs sig n ed a l e t t e r d e liv e r e d to F e d e ra l Communications Commission Chairman Mark Fowler May 8. The l e t t e r , i n i t i a t e d by Sen. L a rry P r e s s l e r (R-SD), asked th e FCC to c o n s id e r a l i b r a r y p r i v a t e l i n e s e r v i c e under which c a r r i e r s would f u r n i s h e n t i t i e s p ro v id in g n o n p r o f it b ib l i o g r a p h i c s e r v ic e s w ith unsw itched p o i n t - t o - p o i n t and m u ltip o in t s e r v ic e under th e term s and c o n d itio n s in e f f e c t September 30, 1983, w ith modest ann u al a d ju s tm e n ts . "We b e lie v e t h a t w ith o u t such a c l a s s of s e r v i c e , u n i v e r s a l a c c e s s to in fo rm a tio n th ro u g h l i b r a r i e s i s s e r i o u s l y je o p a r d iz e d ," s a id th e l e t t e r w hich, in a d d itio n to P r e s s l e r , was sig n ed by S ens. Boren, B oschw itz, B u rd ick , Byrd, D a n fo rth , Dixon, Domenici, E a g le to n , Evans, F o rd , H echt, K asten , L a x a lt, L ev in , M elcher, M it c h e l l , Moynihan, Nunn, P e l l , P r y o r, Randolph, S arb an es, S te n n is , Thurmond, Tower, and T r i b l e . A t o t a l of 27 s ig n a t u r e s i s c o n s id e re d very good. By way of com parison, th e Jan u ary l e t t e r from Sen. R obert Dole to th e FCC which in flu e n c e d th e FCC to modify i t s a c c e s s charge o rd e rs which in tu r n in flu e n c e d th e S enate to drop i t s te le p h o n e l e g i s l a t i o n was sig n ed by a t o t a l of 32 S e n a to r s . L e t t e r s of th an k s to P r e s s l e r and c o s ig n e rs would be a p p r o p r i a t e . LC d e a c i d i f i c a t i o n f a c i l i t y . B i l l s to a u th o r iz e th e L ib r a r y of Congress to c o n s tr u c t a mass book d e a c i d i f i c a t i o n f a c i l i t y have been .approved—by th e S enate R ules and A d m in is tra tio n Committee and th e House P u b lic B u ild in g s and Grounds Subcom m ittee. S. 2418 (S . R ep t. 98-429) and HR 5607 would a u th o r iz e $11.5 m i l l i o n f o r a b u ild in g to be c o n s tr u c te d a t F o rt D e tr ic k an army f a c i l i t y n e a r F r e d e r ic k , M aryland; th e b u ild in g would in c lu d e t e s t i n g f a c i l i t i e s as w e ll as two la r g e vacuum chambers to accomodate p a l l e t s of books to be t r e a t e d w ith d i e t h y l z in c v a p o r. The DEZ p ro c e ss was developed by LC, and w i l l n e u t r a l i z e th e a c id i n book paper and le a v e a z in c c a rb o n a te r e s id u e th e re b y ex te n d in g th e l i f e of th e m a t e r i a l s 400-600 y e a r s . The l i f e of most book paper produced s in c e about 1850 i s only 30-40 y e a r s , due to th e chem icals used i n th e s iz i n g p ro c e ss combining w ith m o istu re i n th e a i r to produce a c id s which cause th e paper to d i s i n t e g r a t e . Of th e L i b r a r y ’ s law and g e n e r a l book c o l l e c t i o n s , 3 m i l l i o n a r e beyond h e lp ; 10 m i l l i o n would b e n e f i t from DEZ tr e a tm e n t. The new f a c i l i t y would t r e a t 500,000 books p e r y e a r a t a c o s t of $3-5 each . The House subcom m ittee h e ld a b r i e f h e a rin g w ith LC w itn e s s e s b e fo re ap p ro v in g t h e b i 11 on May 8. The S en ate com m ittee devoted th e a f te rn o o n of A p r il 11 to th e problem of book p r e s e r v a t i o n , com plete w ith an LC s l i d e / t a p e p r e s e n t a t i o n . W itn esses in c lu d e d L i b r a r ia n of Congress D an iel Boorst i n and LC P r e s e r v a tio n O ffic e D ir e c to r P e te r S parks; f o r th e A s s o c ia tio n of R esearch L i b r a r i e s , C arolyn H a r r i s , P r e s e r v a tio n D epartm ent, Columbia U n iv e r s ity L i b r a r i e s , and Susan M a rtin , L ib r a r y D i r e c t o r , Johns Hopkins U n iv e r s ity ; and f o r ALA, Gary S tro n g , C a l i f o r n i a S t a t e L ib r a r y . H a r r is a ls o no ted t h a t she i s th e incoming c h a i r of RTSD’s P r e s e r v a tio n of L ib ra ry M a te r ia ls S e c tio n . NARS commemorative stam p. 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