ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


C&RL News ■ D ecem ber 2000 / 1037

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

Co rnell tu to ria l o n line
“Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging 
Tutorial,” the third product in Cornell’s digital 
imaging training program, is now  available on 
the Web to everyone. Although this Web site 
can stand on its own, it is designed as a p re­
requisite for Cornell’s w eek-long w orkshop of 
the sam e nam e or to be used in conjunction 
with the print publication, Moving Theory into 
Practice: Digital Imaging fo r  Libraries a n d  Ar­
chives by Anne Kenney and Oya Rieger. The 
tutorial’s chapters cover basic terminology, 
selection, conversion, quality control, metadata, 
technical infrastructure, presentation, digital 
preservation, m anagem ent, an d  continuing 
education. The content will be updated regu­
larly and the developers encourage comments 
an d  suggestions. T he URL is w w w .library. 
cornell.edu/preservation/tutorial/preface.html.

S alv ag in g  p h o to g rap h s tech n ical 
b u lle tin
The Conservation Center for Art and Historic 
Artifacts (CCAHA) in Philadelphia has mounted 
“Disaster Recovery: Salvaging Photograph Col­
lections,” a technical bulletin by Debra Hess 
Norris, on its W eb site. Originally published 
in paper format, this technical bulletin deals 
primarily w ith salvage of w ater-dam aged ph o ­
tographs. Topics include recovery options, spe­
cial considerations, salvage priorities, initial 
steps, and recommendations for air-drying and 
freezing methods. It also includes a bibliogra­
phy and tw o summary charts, one for recov­
ery o f photographic materials (e.g., negatives, 
positives, and prints) and the other for recov­
ery of photographs by type (e.g., daguerreo­
types, album en prints).

The URL is http://w w w .ccaha.org. Print 
copies are also available for $3.50 each from 
CCAHA, 264 South 23rd St., Philadelphia, PA 
19103; phone: (215) 545-0613; fax: (215) 735- 
9313; e-mail: ccaha@ ccaha.org.

Photo c o n serv atio n  on lin e
Luis Nadeau, the photography historian, con­
servator, an d  consultant, has created a W eb 
site he describes as “dedicated to the study of 
printing and photographic processes.” The

heart of this site is a “Process Museum” that 
contains references to dozens o f reproduction 
processes in the three general categories of 
printing, photography, and photom echanical 
methods. The museum  is still under construc­
tion, but w hen complete, it will contain defi­
nitions and images representing every process. 
The URL is http://www.photoconservation.com.

Caring fo r perso nal tre a su re s
Heritage Preservation and Harry Abrams, Inc. 
have published Caring fo r  Your Family Trea­
sures, by Jane S. Long an d  Richard W. Long. 
Consulting a group of experts assem bled by 
Heritage Preservation, the authors have com ­
piled practical infoπnation about caring for 
objects in daily use, as w ell as, fragile heir­
looms. The book covers preventive measures, 
safe care practices, security and insurance, 
professional conservation, materials, and tools 
for the w ide variety o f personal objects that 
have sentim ental a n d /o r m onetary value. In 
addition to books, scrapbooks, and p h o to ­
graphs, there is advice for preserving video­
tape and film, fabrics, furniture, clocks and 
w atches, ceram ics, glass, silver an d  o ther 
metals, jewelry, musical instruments, dolls, 
teddy bears, an d  toy soldiers.

Copies are available for $24.95 (retail) in 
bookstores, from b oo k  distributors or Heri­
tage Preservation, 1730 K Street, NW, Suite 
566, Washington, D.C. 20006-3836; phone: (888) 
388-6789; www: http://heritagepreservation. 
org/PUBS/treasures.HTM.

Skin d eep  o nline
All ten  volum es of Skin deep, the biannual 
new sletter of J. Hewit & Sons Ltd., is avail­
able online. H ewit is an Edinburgh tanning 
and leather dressing com pany that also su p ­
plies materials u sed  in craft bookbinding. 
A mong the articles o f interest are “A bout Pa­
p e r G rain,” “H ow  Leather Dressing May Have 
O rig in a te d ,” an d  a te n -p a rt series— “The 
M anufacture o f Leather.” The URL is h ttp :// 
w w w .hew it.com /skindeep.htm . ■

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

http://www.library
http://www.ccaha.org
mailto:ccaha@ccaha.org
http://www.photoconservation.com
http://heritagepreservation
http://www.hewit.com/skindeep.htm
mailto:e-maihjane_hedberg@harvard.edu