ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


C&RL News ■ June 2001 / 637

P r e s e r v a t i o n  N e w s Jane Hedberg

New perspective on disaster 
recovery
Library disaster p lanning a n d  recovery  h a n d ­
book is a comprehensive account of the 1997 
flood that dam aged more than 500,000 vol­
umes in the Colorado State Library collec­
tions. Its emphasis on continuing library ser­
vice after a disaster distinguishes this hand­
book from many other titles in this genre. 
Edited by Camila Alire, the handbook is a 
compilation of documents, augm ented by 
advice and recommendations, produced by 
the Colorado State staff members w ho were 
involved in managing response to the disas­
ter and subsequent library operations. It cov­
ers risk management, hum an resources, col­
lection salvage, media relations, collection 
r e s to r a tio n , r e s o u r c e  s h a r in g , g ifts, 
fundraising, insurance, and offering partial 
service at temporary sites. It also addresses 
the roles played by various library depart­
ments w hen their normal operations are sus­
pended or altered significantly.

The hand b o o k  is available from Neal- 
Schuman Publishers, Inc., 100 Varick St., New 
York, NY 10013; phone: (212) 925-8650; fax: 
(800) 584-2414; e-mail: info@neal-schuman. 
com; URL: http://w w w .neal-schum an.com .

New NISO standards
The National Information Standards Organi­
zation (NISO) has published two new  stan­
dards. The first, ‘Environmental conditions 
for exhibiting library and archival materials,” 
recommends parameters for light exposure, 
relative humidity, temperature, gaseous and 
particulate contaminants, display techniques, 
and com ponents for case and support mate­
rials. The second, “Guidelines for informa­
tion about preservation products,” defines lan­
guage to be used in describing products to 
prom ote consistency and accuracy in mar­
keting.

Free PDF versions of both standards are 
available at http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/

Jane Hedberg is preservation program officer at Harvard 
University, e-mail: jane_hedberg@harvard.edu;fax: (617) 
496-8344

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Newsletter about mold
Ellen McCrady of Abbey Publications has 
begun publishing “Mold reporter,” a new s­
letter about the effects of exposure to mold 
on humans.

In a “Note from the Editor,” which ap­
peared in the premiere issue, McCrady wrote, 
“This will not be a health newsletter. . . .  It will 
cover the causes, remedies, and nature of 
mold problems, and the specialists w ho deal 
with them .”

Subscriptions cost $25 for six issues per 
year. For more information, contact: Abbey 
Publications, Inc., 7105 Geneva Drive, Aus­
tin, TX 78723; phone: (512) 929-3992; fax: 
(512) 929-3995; e-mail: abbeypub@flash.net.

Environmental control workshop
The Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET, 
Inc.) and The Society of Georgia Archivists 
(SGA) are cosponsoring “Preserving Collections 
in a Hostile Environment: Environmental Con­
trol and Monitoring” on June 28, 2001, in Ma­
con, Georgia. Michael Trinkley, director of the 
Chicora Foundation and instructor for this 
daylong w orkshop, will cover monitoring, 
identifying problems and developing strate­
gies for improving collections’ environments.

The w orkshop costs $95 for SOLINET and 
SGA members or $135 for nonmembers. The 
registration deadline is June 14. For more in­
fo rm a tio n , co n ta c t: SOLINET, 1438 W. 
Peachtree Street NW, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA, 
30309-2955, Attn: Continuing Education & 
Training; phone: (800) 999-8558; fax: (404) 
892-7879; e-m ail: c e t@ so lin e t.n e t; URL: 
http ://w ww. solinet. net/cet/reginfo. htm .

Conservation conference
The International Institute for Conservation 
of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC) will hold 
its 19th congress in Baltimore, Maryland, on 
September 1-6, 2002. IIC congresses are held

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Yale University alumnus Walter L.
Pforzheimer has donated his private collec­
tion of more than 15,000 books and 46 linear 
feet of manuscript material to Yale’s Beinecke 
Library. Pforzheimer inherited two collections 
from his father (an almost complete collec­
tion of the French playwright Molière and a 
collection of French armorial bindings, which 
included one of the bindings from the library 
of 16th-century bibliophile Jean Grolier). As 
a student, Pforzheimer began gathering ma­
terials of the Philadelphia-born novelist, short- 
story writer, and humorist Frank Stockton 
(1834-1902). Pforzheimer, a Yale Law School 
graduate, began w orking for the CIA and im­
mediately began to form a collection on the 
intelligence agency. The materials include not 
only manuscripts, official documents, and his­
torical materials, but also fiction and biogra­
phy relating to intelligence and espionage, 
ranging chronologically from the American 
Revolution to the Cold War.

The papers of Américo Paredes (1915- 
99), scholar and humanist, are now  part of 
the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Col­
lection at the University of Texas (UT) at Aus­
tin. The papers (65.5 feet) include manuscripts 
of his published and unpublished work, cor­
respondence, note cards, class notes, audio- 
and videotapes, sheet music and songbooks, 
and files of his editorial w ork for major folk­
lore journals. In 1956, Paredes received his 
doctorate in English from UT, w here he spent 
his scholarly life teaching and developing 
program s an d  centers o n  folklore o f the 
Southwest and Mexico, and for the study of 
Mexican American culture. His best-know n 
w ork With His Pistol in His H and: A Border 
B allad a n d  Its Hero (1958) was the basis for 
the 1982 film The Ballad ofGregoria Cortez.

The NASA/Johnson Space Center's ar­
chives have been acquired by the University 
of Houston, Clear Lake’s (UHCL) Neumann Li­
brary. Representatives from the two organiza­
tions signed a memorandum of understand­
ing for the transfer, which contains copies of 
correspondence, reports, and more than 1,000 
oral history interview tapes and transcripts 
documenting the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo 
programs. Johnson Space Center’s collection 
documents the history and role played by the 
center in NASA’s hum an space flight program.

Renovation at the Neumann Library are un­
derway to meet National Archives and Records 
Administration standards, which call for a se­
cure, environmentally controlled facility. UHCL 
also plans to hire an archivist to oversee the 
collection. The agreement allows for the docu­
ments to be housed at UHCL for 10 years with 
the option for a possible extension.

The archives of the Jewish Historical So­
ciety of the Upper Midwest (JHSUM) will be 
housed by the University of Minnesota Librar­
ies, Twin Cities Campus. The agreement calls 
for JHSUM to place 500 linear shelf feet of 
archives on long-term loan with the Univer­
sity Libraries. The libraries will catalog the ar­
chives and provide access for research by stu­
dents, scholars, and members o f the public. 
The archives contain institutional and organi­
zational records, family histories and genealo­
gies, photos, oral histories, videos, and maps. 
The items focus on the Jewish community in 
Minnesota, and North and South Dakota, with 
additional materials from northern Wisconsin 
and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

The University of Michigan's Special Col­
lections Library has completed cataloging its 
Shakespeare Pamphlet Collection, also known 
as the Crosby Shakespeare Collectanea. More 
than 270 records describe the holdings of the 
p urchase from  the late Jo sep h  Crosby of 
Zanesville, Ohio, a prominent Shakespearian 
scholar of the 19th century. The collection fea­
tures scholarly works by noted Shakespearian 
authorities; theatrical memorabilia; and ivy and 
other foliage from the church walls that cov­
ered Shakespeare’s grave. Particularly well rep­
resented are materials relating to the publica­
tion of John Payne Collier’s “discovery” of a 
copy of the 1632 Second Folio, and its even­
tual exposure as a forgery. ■

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every two years in various international locations. 
‘Works of Art on Paper, Books, Documents and 
Photographs: Techniques and Conservation” will 
be the theme for this congress. The call for pa­
pers requests presentations about study of origi­
nal materials, techniques of manufacture, and 
methods of restoration or conservation. For more 
information, contact: IIC, 6 Buckingham St., Lon­
don WC2N 6BA, England; phone: +44 (0)20 7839 
5975; fax: +44 (0)20 7976. ■