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

NCLIS report 
The National Commission on Libraries and 
Information Science (NCLIS) has published 
Mass Digitization: Implications for Infor­
mation Policy. It is a 24­page report of the 
symposium “Scholarship and Libraries in 
Transition: A Dialogue about the Impacts 
of Mass Digitization Projects” held in March 
2006 at the University of Michigan in Ann 
Arbor. NCLIS and the University of Michi­
gan organized this symposium to enable 
scholars, librarians, publishers, government 
leaders, and other interested parties to 
discuss the Google project that is planning 
to digitize over 10 million books. Immedi­
ately following the symposium, the NCLIS 
Commissioners identified nine major areas 
that have serious implications for national 
information policy: copyright, quality of 
content and scanning, the role of libraries, 
long­term responsibility for preservation, 
standardization and interoperability, the 
roles of publishers and booksellers, busi­
ness models and open access, information 
literacy, and assessment. This report sum­
marizes the key points in each of those 
nine areas and concludes that solutions 
to the problems identified will have to be 
multifaceted and will require the efforts of 
all the stake holders. 

The report is available as a free pdf at 
www.nclis.gov/digitization/MassDigitiza­
tionSymposium­Report.pdf, or a paper copy 
may be requested by e­mail from info@nclis. 
gov. A Webcast of the entire symposium is 
available at www.lib.umich.edu/mdp/sym­
posium/. 

Guide to cost analysis 
The Association for Library Collections and 
Technical Services (ALCTS) of the American 
Library Association has published Preserva­

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

tion Manager’s Guide to Cost Analysis by 
Elise Calvi, Yvonne Carignan, Liz Dube, and 
Whitney Pape. This 68­page paperback ex­
plains the value of cost analysis in planning, 
budgeting, and improving effi ciency and 
quality. It covers the role of cost analysis  
in preservation, methodology, identifying 
and calculating costs, direct versus indi­
rect costs, and supply, equipment, service, 
and labor costs. It includes a review of the 
literature and a selected and annotated bib­
liography. It also uses two case studies to 
demonstrate how the analysis process can 
aid in making preservation decisions. The 
first case study analyzes the costs associated 
with initiating a new program for deacidi­
fication of materials. The second analyzes 
the costs associated with performing a 
phase box project in­house or outsourcing 
it to a vendor. 

The book costs $47.00, or $42.30 for ALA 
members, and is available from the ALA 
Online Store at http://alastore.ala.org/Site­
Solution.taf?_sn=catalog2&_pn=product_de­
tail&_op=1978. ISBN: 0­8389­8365­0. 

CAMF Web pages 
The British Library has devoted several Web 
pages on its site to reporting the activities 
of the Cellulose Acetate Microfi lm Forum 
(CAMF). The forum, begun in 2002, brings 
together representatives of major research 
libraries and microfilm producers to discuss 
the difficulties associated with managing 
acetate microfilm collections. The forum has 
held three International Round­Tables, in 
2002, 2004, and 2006, and an international 
conference in 2005. The new Web pages 
contain the minutes, papers, and reports as­
sociated with those meetings, plus a list of the 
participating members, a selection of useful 
Web links, and the document “Guidelines for 
Surveying Cellulose Acetate Collections.” 

The URL for the CAMF pages is http:// 
www.bl.uk/about/collectioncare/acetate/ 
camfi ntro.html. 

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www.bl.uk/about/collectioncare/acetate
http://alastore.ala.org/Site
mailto:jane_hedberg@harvard.edu
www.lib.umich.edu/mdp/sym
www.nclis.gov/digitization/MassDigitiza