ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 4 7 0 /C& RL News ALCTS Executive votes on new bylaws The Executive B oard o f the Association for Library Col­ lections an d Technical Ser­ vices (ALCTS) voted during its final session at the ALA Annual C onference in New O rleans to subm it new by­ laws to the m em bership for a vote in S eptem ber. T he p r o p o s e d b y la w s w o u ld co m p letely reo rg an ize the Association, eliminating the present sections and creating divisionwide interest groups an d forums. These bylaws do not describe the organizational struc­ ture p roposed in the May 19th “Report of the ALCTS O rganizational Structure Task Force,” but an alternative structure devised during the final days of the conference. The Executive Boards o f the Preservation of Library Materials Section (PLMS) and th e Re­ production of Library Materials Section (RLMS) expressed serious concerns ab o u t this latest proposal and the haste w ith w hich the bylaws w ere subm itted for ALCTS Executive B oard vote. In a joint resolution w hich called for full discussion o f the changes to the bylaws at Mid­ w inter 1994, prior to a m em bership vote, PLMS and RLMS informed the ALCTS Executive Board of their intention to “explore opportunities for aligning them selves w ith other units w ithin the American Library Association.” ARL publishes preservation manual and guides The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced publication o f the 1993 edition of Preservation P la n n in g Program: A n Assisted Self-Study M a n u a l f o r Libraries, plus seven re­ source guides. The revised m anual, edited by Jan Merrill-Oldham and Jutta Reed-Scott, p ro ­ vides guidance for undertaking a formal study of preservation needs as w ell as planning and implementing program s to address those needs. The guides, each covering a specific type o f program, provide a fram ew ork for evaluating new or existing programs. T he seven guides are: Collection M ainte­ n a n ce a n d Im provem ent by S. Byrne, Collec­ tions Conservation by R. DeCandido, Disaster Preparednesspy C. Brooks, M anaging a Library Preservation N e w s J a n e H e d b e rg B i n d i n g P ro g ra m b y J. Merrill-Oldham, Options f o r Replacing a n d Reformatting Deteriorated Materials by J. Banks, O rganizing Preser­ v a ti o n A c tiv itie s b y M. Cloonan, and S ta ff Training a n d User Awareness in Pres­ erva tio n M a n a g e m e n t by W. Boomgaarten. C o p ie s m a y b e p u r ­ chased from ARL, Publica­ tio n s D e p a rtm e n t, D ep t. 06 9 2 , W a s h in g to n , DC 20073-0692. T h e m an u al costs $40.00 an d each guide costs $15.00. All orders must be pre-paid. For m ore information and to verily charges for shipping and han­ dling, call Gloria Haws at (202) 296-2296. ARL SPEC Kit profiles book repair programs An Office o f M anagem ent Services (OMS) of the Association o f Research Libraries’ (ARL) recent SPEC kit is titled The Changing Role o f Book Repair in ARL Libraries. It describes 24 boo k repair programs, covering their historical developm ent, current activities, and specific conservation techniques. The descriptions w ere originally prepared to accom pany sam ples of book repair treatm ents displayed at the June 1992 Annual Meeting o f the American Institute for Conservation of Historic an d Artistic Works (AIC) in Buffalo, New York. Randy Silverman and Maria G randinette, of the AIC Book and Paper G roup, organized the display session and com piled the SPEC kit. Portions of these m ate­ rials w ere published simultaneously in the Book a n d Paper Group A n n u a l. SPEC kits are primarily available by subscrip­ tion, but individual issues may be purchased from ARL. For more information, contact Gloria Haws, Sales Manager, ARL, 21 D upont Circle, NW, W ashington, D.C. 20036; (202) 296-8656. Subm issions f o r this co lu m n m a y be m ade to: J a n e Hedberg, Wellesley College Library, 1 0 6 C e n tra l St., Wellesley, M ass. 0 2 1 8 1 -8 2 7 5 ; JHEDBERG@LUCY. WELLESLEY.EDU; (6 1 7) 283-2103- Subm ission deadline is the 15th o f the m onth a n d precedes publication by approxi­ m ately six weeks. WELLESLEY.EDU September 1 9 9 3 /4 7 1 (Preservation News c o n ’t fr o m p a g e 470) AMIGOS distributes report on AIC meeting AMIGOS Preservation Service is distributing a report on key preservation-related sessions at the American Institute for Conservation o f His­ toric and Artistic Works (AIC) Annual Meeting June 1—6, 1993, in Denver, Colorado. Many of the sessions contained information on the pres­ ervation of library collections. Copies are available free of charge from Re­ becca Frank, AMIGOS Preservation Service, AMIGOS Bibliographic Council, Inc., 12200 Park Central Drive, Suite 500, Dallas, TX 75251; (800) 843-8482. ■ (Washington Hotline c o n ’t fr o m p a g e 469) The House has also passed H.R. 2518, a bill which funds all Higher Education Act library programs at current levels in FY 1994, despite the Administration’s request to eliminate them. The Senate has not yet taken u p this bill. ACRL Legislative N etw ork contacts regarding the supplem ental w ere effective and carried over to House actions for FY94. Copyright—software lending by libraries The Copyright Office is seeking public com­ ments on and information about the lending of com puter software by libraries in order to pre­ pare a report to Congress as required by the Computer Software Rental Amendments Act of 1990. Through negotiations spearheaded by ALA, the Act permits nonprofit libraries to lend com puter program s for nonprofit purposes, provided that each copy lent by the library bears a prescribed w arning of copyright. Comments are due O ctober 12. The ALA Washington Of­ fice w ould appreciate hearing by O ctober 1 from libraries which lend software and have suggestions for an ALA response. For the spe­ cific questions the Copyright Office is asking, see the July 13, 1993, Federal Register, pp. 37757-58, o r contact Dorothy Schrader at the Copyright Office, (202) 707-8380. ■