ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 7 7 6 / C&RL News Binding study published T he Library B inding Institute (LBI) has p u b lish ed th e re­ sults o f a binding structures study in Performance Mea­ sures f o r Library B inding by B arclay O g d e n an d R obert Strauss. T h e study reports o n a project to d ev elo p p erfo r­ m ance param eters for library binding an d physical tests to m easure th o se param eters. It also reports th e results o f the p h y sical tests w h ic h w e re perfo rm ed o n various types o f library bindings. Som e o f the b indings tested conform ed to the specifications o f th e 8th e d i­ tion o f Library B inding Institute Standard fo r Library B inding a n d others did not. This study m ay h elp librarians determ in e w h ich structures are m ost ap p ro p riate for p rotecting th eir col­ lections. C opies are $10.00 from th e Library B inding Institute, 7401 M etro Blvd., Suite 325, Edina, MN 55439; p h o n e: (612) 835-4707; fax: ( 6 1 2 ) 8 3 5 -4 7 8 0 ; e - m a il : 7 1 0 3 5 .3504@ com pu serve.com . O rders m ust b e prepaid. Project Open Book report a v a ila b le Yale U niversity Library has p u b lish ed a rep o rt by Paul C onw ay called Conversion o f Micro­ film to Digital Imagery: A Demonstration Project, a b o u t th e third p h a se o f its Project O p e n Book. This 8 0 -p ag e re p o rt d escrib es Project O p e n B o o k a ctiv ities to d a te , n o tin g th e le s so n s learn ed in reform atting 2,000 m o n o g rap h s from preservation m icrofilm to digital files. O f p a r­ ticular interest are th e cost stu d y a n d th e g u id e ­ lines for cataloging im age files in a n Internet- accessible online bibliographic system. C opies are available for $15.00, plu s 6% C onnecticut sales tax an d $4.00 ship p in g a n d handling, from Paul C onw ay, Preservation D epartm ent, Yale U niversity Library, P.O. B ox 208240, N ew H a­ ven, CT 06517. O rders m ust b e p repaid; checks sh o u ld b e m ad e p ay ab le to Yale U niversity Li­ brary— Project O p e n Book. Commission copublishes review of MD T he C om m ission o n P reservation an d Access an d th e E u ro p ean C om m ission o n Preservation an d Access (ECPA) have c o p u b lish ed a 54-page rep o rt entitled Mass Deacidification: A n Update on Possibilities a n d Limitations. Written by H enk P o rc k o f th e K o n in k lijk e B ibliotheek in T h e H ague, the b o o k review s the history a n d t e c h n o l o g y o f t h e Battelle, B o o k k eep er, DEZ, FMC, an d Wei T ’o m ass p ro ­ cesses. It also covers four large-scale d ea c id ific a tio n / p a p e r s tr e n g th e n in g p r o ­ c e s s e s : th e B u e c k - e b u r g p r o c e s s , g r a f t - c o p o l y - m erization, paper-splitting, a n d th e V ie n n a p r o c e s s . Porck d o es n o t reco m m en d an y o n e m e th o d b u t p r e ­ sents the issues to co n sid er so nonspecialists m ay ev alu a te m ass deacidification for th e m ­ selves. It includes a bibliography an d a list of contacts. C opies are $15.00 from th e Com m is­ sion o n P reserv atio n a n d Access, 1400 16th Street, N.W., Suite 740, W ashington, DC 20036- 2217; fax: (202) 939-3407; em ail: mksitts@ cpa.org. O rders m u st b e prep aid . C om m ission sp o n so rs receive publications free o f charge. NLC-BNC mounts bibliography on W eb T he N ational Library o f C anada/B ibliothèque n ationale d u C anada (NCL-BNC) has m o u n ted a n extensive b u t selective preservation bibli­ o g rap h y o n its h o m ep ag e . T he com pilers, Su­ za n n e D o d so n a n d J o h a n n a W ellh eiser, a t­ te m p te d to identify resources th at set standards for th e p reserv atio n field. T he site is organized by gen eral categories (i.e., health an d safety, en v iro n m e n ta l c o n tro l) a n d form ats (p a p e r- b ased collections/records, optical a n d m agnetic c o l l e c t i o n s / r e c o r d s ) . T h e URL is h t t p : / / w w w . n lc-b n c. c a /r e s o u rc e /p re s v / e in tro . h tm . Good news T he AMIGOS P reservation Service (APS) has b e e n a w ard ed a three-year, $486,154 grant by th e D ivision of P reservation an d Access o f th e N ational E n dow m ent for th e H um anities. T he grant will not only ensure continued APS activi­ ties in Texas an d the Southwest, but allow for expansion o f services. NEH aw arded funds to 54 preservation projects in its latest round. ■ Jane Hedberg prepares this column fo r the College Libraries Committee. Commission on Preservation a nd Access. Submissions m ay be made to: Jane Hedberg, Wellesley College; JHEDBERG@WELLESLEY.EDU. Preservation New s Jane Hedberg mailto:JHEDBERG@WELLESLEY.EDU