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

Nitrate fi lm guide 
The Nitrate Film Interest Group of the As­
sociation of Moving Image Archivists has 
mounted online “Identifying and Handling 
Nitrate Film.” The five­page document re­
views the hazards associated with nitrate 
film and how to handle and ship it safely. 
It also provides simple guidelines for distin­
guishing nitrate film from other fi lm stocks. 
Most importantly, it lists contact information 
for a dozen institutions willing to assist in 
identifying and locating suitable storage for 
nitrate fi lm. 

The document is available as a free PDF 
at www.amianet.org/groups/interest/nitrate 
/documents/NitrateIGNov08.pdf. Other 
documents of interest, such as the Nitrate 
Material Safety Data Sheet, can be found at 
www.amianet.org/groups/interest/nitrate 
/nitrate.php. 

Binding standard guide 
ALA’s Association for Library Collections and 
Technical Services (ALCTS) has published the 
Guide to the ANSI/NISO/LBI Library Binding 
Standard, by Jan Merrill­Oldham and Paul 
Parisi. The guide explains the technical and 
materials specifications for fi rst­time hard­
cover binding of serials and paperbound 
books and rebinding of hardcover books 
and serials found in ANSI/NISO/LBI Z39.78­
2000. It uses the same numbering system as 
the standard to facilitate side­by­side reading 
and contains numerous explanations and il­
lustrations. This guide supersedes the Guide 
to the Library Binding Institute Standard for 
Library Binding, written by the same authors 
in 1990. 

The guide costs $39.50 ($35.00 for ALA 
members), and is available from the ALA 
Store at www.alastore.ala.org/SiteSolution. 
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Jane Hedberg is preservation program offi  cer at Harvard 
University Library, e-mail: jane_hedberg@harvard.edu; 
fax: (617) 496-8344 

_op=2694. ISBN­13: 978­0­8389­8484­0 or 
ISBN­10: 0­8389­8484­3. 

Promoting preservation 
Libraries Unlimited has mounted revised ap­
pendices for Promoting Preservation Aware­
ness: A Sourcebook for Academic, Public, 
School, and Special Collections. The book, 
written by Jeanne Drewes and Julie Page and 
originally published in 1997, has been updated 
by Lorraine Dong, who added Web­based 
resources to what were predominately bibliog­
raphies of print­based resources. Appendix 1 is 
“Effective Graphics for Displays and Handouts 
Designing Graphics,” appendix 2 is “Resources 
for Children, Teachers, and Parents,” appendix 
3 is “Audio­Visual Resources for General Pres­
ervation Education,” and appendix 4 is “Staff 
and User Preservation Education,” 

The 1997 book costs $105. ISBN­13: 978­
0­3133­0206­0 or ISBN­10: 0­3133­0206­5. The 
updated appendices are freely available at 
lu.com/preservation/index.cfm. 

Risk management 
ICCROM, an intergovernmental organization 
of more than 125 member states dedicated 
to the conservation of cultural property, has 
published Risk Preparedness: A Management 
Manual for World Cultural Heritage by Herb 
Stovel. The 145­page document covers the 
importance of risk management for cultural 
heritage sites and the principles of such risk­
preparedness. 

Five chapters address how to develop 
property­specific strategies for reducing risks 
from fire, earthquake, flood, armed confl ict, 
and other hazards. Another chapter covers 
suggestions for improving risk­preparedness 
at the national level. The fi ve appendices 
contain copies of the official declarations and 
documents that support protection of world 
cultural heritage. 

The document is available as a free 
PDF at www.iccrom.org/pdf/ICCROM_17 
_RiskPreparedness_en.pdf. 

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