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

SOLINET online workshop 
The Southeastern Library Network, Inc. (SO­
LINET) is offering “Caring for Originals dur­
ing Scanning Projects,” a live online work­
shop September 29, 2006, from 2:00 to 4:00 
p.m. Digitization places special stresses on 
the original objects that are scanned, but it 
also provides an opportunity to evaluate ob­
ject condition and take remedial action be­
fore scanning. This workshop will cover en­
vironmental controls, use of equipment, and 
techniques for handling the originals before, 
during, and after scanning; Kara McClurken, 
a SOLINET trainer, is the instructor. 

Registration for the workshop is $100 
for SOLINET members and $140 for non­
members. The technical requirements for 
participation are available at www.solinet.net 
/workshops/workshop_templ.cfm?doc_ 
id=700. For more information, contact Cal 
Shepard, educational services manager, 
SOLINET, 1438 West Peachtree Street NW, 
Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30309­2955; phone: 
(800) 999­8558; fax: (404) 892­7879; e­mail: 
cshepard@solinet.net; Web: www.solinet.net 
/workshops/workshops_home.cfm. 

Fire safety checklist 
The National Park Service (NPS) has a new 
Conserve O Gram, “Fire Safety 101: A Fire 
Safety Self­Inspection Checklist.” The check­
list provides criteria for the evaluation of life 
safety, fire protection equipment, housekeep­
ing/storage, hazardous liquids, exhibit/collec­
tions/book stacks, auditoriums/classrooms, 
restaurants/eating areas, shops/laboratories/ 
packing areas, exterior/environment, person­
nel/training, and building changes since the 
last inspection. 

The checklist is available as a free PDF 
at www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications 
/conserveogram/02­23.pdf. 

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

Exhibit guidelines 
Toby Raphael has published “Preventive 
Conservation and the Exhibition Process: 
Development of Exhibit Guidelines and Stan­
dards for Conservation” in the Journal of the 
American Institute for Conservation (JAIC). 
This article reviews the barriers to creating 
exhibits that can simultaneously meet exhi­
bition and preservation goals and the two 
National Park Service (NPS) publications in­
tended to remove some of those barriers. In 
1999, NPS published “Exhibit Conservation 
Guidelines: Incorporating Conservation into 
Exhibit Planning, Design and Fabrication” 
on CD­ROM. “A Summary of Strategies and 
Practices for Preservation­Friendly Exhibi­
tions” is excerpted from that publication and 
is included in the appendix to this new ar­
ticle. NPS is currently working on the second 
document, “Museum Conservation Standards 
for the Development of Object­based Exhibi­
tions,” to provide more prescriptive informa­
tion than that found in the guidelines. 

The overview article appears in the cur­
rent issue of the JAIC, vol. 44: no. 3 (Fall/ 
Winter 2005). Subscriptions to JAIC or indi­
vidual back issues are available from AIC, 
see aic.stanford.edu/library/print/publist2006. 
pdf. The full­text of “Exhibit Conservation 
Guidelines” is available on CD­ROM for 
$49.95 from the Harpers Ferry Historical As­
sociation, see www.nps.gov/hfc/products 
/cons/ex­con­guidelines.htm. 

Getty Web site expanded 
The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) 
has enhanced its Web site to include new 
services. The Web site now provides ac­
cess to the GCI Information Center (www. 
getty.edu/conservation/research_resources 
/infocenter.html), which offers research and 
reference expertise to conservation profes­
sionals worldwide. It also permits an online 
search of the 30,000 monograph titles and 
750 current serial subscriptions in the conser­
vation research library collection. 

September 2006  515 C&RL News 

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