ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 564 / C&RL News ■ July/August 1999 P r e s e r v a t i o n N e w s Jane Hedberg SOLINET hurricane publication T h e S o u t h e a s t e r n L ib ra r y N e tw o r k (SOLINET) P reserv atio n Services a n d th e Chicora Foundation have published the second edition of H urricane! Surviving the Big One: A Primer f o r Libraries, M useums a n d Archives. Written by Michael Trinkley, director o f the Chicora Foundation, this 102-page b ook offers advice o n preparing for an d recovering from hurricanes. It covers designing new buildings, retrofitting existing buildings, safeguarding col­ lections and staff, supplies, and recovery tech­ niques. Each copy com es w ith a packet o f in­ form ation ab o u t recovering from w ater dam ­ age, provided by Heritage Preservation. C o p ie s a r e a v a i l a b l e f o r $15 fro m SOLINET, 1438 W. Peachtree St., NW, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-2955; phone: (800) 999-8558; fax: (404) 892-7879; Web: h ttp :// w w w .solinet.net. O rders m ust b e prepaid. For m ore inform ation, c o n ta c t Alicia Riley at SO LINET. NEDCC offers reform atting w orkshop T he N ortheast D ocum ent C onservation Cen­ ter (NEDCC) will p resen t its w o rk sh o p “Pres­ ervation O ptions in a Digital World: To Film o r To Scan” o n S eptem ber 21-23, 1999, at the N ebraska State Historical Society’s G erald R. Ford C onservation C enter in O maha. This w o rkshop is in ten d ed to p rep are ad ­ ministrators for planning, im plem enting, and m anaging reformatting projects that utilize ei­ ther preservation microfilming o r digital imag­ ing. The tw o technologies will be compared and evaluated to aid in th e selection o f th e ap p ro ­ priate reform atting m ethod. Emphasis will be placed on decision-making, project design and quality control. T h e f a c u l ty i n c l u d e s S u s a n W ry n n (NEDCC), Stephen C hapm an (H arvard Uni­ versity), B ecky R yder (U niversity o f K en­ tucky), Bob Mottice (Mottice Micrographics), an d Jill Koelling (N ebraska State Historical Society). This w ork sh o p will b e offered again o n O ctober 26-28, 1999, at th e University of Texas at Austin and on March 30-April 1, 2000, at B row n University in Providence, R hode Is­ land. Registration costs $250 an d is limited to 18 participants. T he agenda an d registration form for the N ebraska w ork sh o p is available o n th e N ED CC W e b s i te a t h t t p : / / w w w .nedcc.org/nebw ks.htm . For m ore infor­ m ation, co n tac t Sona N aroian at NEDCC; phone: (978) 470-1010; e-mail: sona@nedcc.org. NPS sponsors conference on cultural publications The N ational Park Service (NPS), along w ith the National Museum of American History and th e Office o f th e C ounselor to th e Secretary for Electronic C om m unications an d Special Projects at the Smithsonian Institution, is spon­ soring “Rethinking Cultural Publications: Digi­ tal, Multimedia, an d other 21st Century Strate­ gies” o n S eptem ber 15-17, 1999, in W ashing­ ton, D.C. This conference will cover the basics of cul­ tural collections publications in a variety of media, with an emphasis o n using publications to share collections with diverse communities. Topics covered include reasons for publishing, selection o f appropriate collections, selection o f media and formats, project management, le­ gal issues, an d funding. T he large faculty in­ cludes experts from governm ent agencies, uni­ versities, and the Northeast D ocum ent Conser­ vation Center. Registration costs $240 until August 4 an d $300 from A ugust 5-25. The agenda an d registration form are available on th e N EDCC W e b s ite at h t t p : / / w w w . nedcc.org. For m ore information, contact Gay Tracy at NEDCC, phone: (978) 470-1010; e-mail tracy@nedcc.org. B inding autom ation listserv LARS-L, th e listserv d ev elo p ed tw o years ago for discussion o f the binding autom ation p ro ­ gram LARS, has been expanded to include dis­ cussion o f a p ro p o sed industry-wide software interface. This Z39.76-capable interface w ould provide a link b etw een binding autom ation (continued onpage568) Jane Hedberg prepares this column fo r th e College Libraries C om m ittee , Comm ission o n Preservation and Access. Submissions m ay be m ade to Jane H edberg, W ellesley College; jhedberg@wellesley.edu; fax: (781) 283-3690 http://www.solinet.net http://www.nedcc.org/nebwks.htm mailto:sona@nedcc.org nedcc.org mailto:tracy@nedcc.org mailto:jhedberg@wellesley.edu 568 / C&RL News ■ July/August 1999 scriptions o f th e arrangem ent, features, an d shortcomings of each book are provided, along w ith alphabets for non-Roman scripts. $105.00. Fitzroy D earborn. ISBN 1-57958-069-6. F o reig n -p h rase d ro p p e rs will w an t th e W orld D ictionary o f Foreign Expressions, by G abriel G. A deleye an d Kofi A cquah-D adzie (413 pages, July 1999), w hich defines m any phrases u sed by lawyers, doctors, academ ics, an d journalists. T he majority are Latin, an d the dictionary does not discriminate betw een bor­ row ed phrases an d a d o p ted w ords like “ogre” o r “a u ra,” b u t this reference will com plem ent similar works. $70.00. Bolchazy-Carducci P ub­ lishers, 1000 B row n St., W auconda, IL 60084. ISBN 0-86516-422-3. The In d ia n S o u th w e st, 1580-1 830 : Ethnogenesis and Reinvention, by Gary Clayton A nderson (376 pages, April 1999), ex­ am ines th e social m echanism s that various In­ dian groups in th e S outhw est ad o p ted to deal w ith w hites, especially th e Spanish. A nderson focuses o n the role o f Spanish m issions in re­ s t r u c t u r i n g I n d i a n s o c i e t y , th e “A pacheanization” o f the region in th e early an d mid-18th century, the poaching-and-raid­ ing econom y o f th e Southern Plains Apaches, an d th e rise o f th e C om anches w h o cam e to the area late but w o u n d up assimilating many other groups. $39-95. University o f O klahom a. ISBN 0-8061-3111-X. Interpreting and Negotiating Licensing A g re e m e n ts, by A rlen e B ielefield an d Lawrence Cheesem an (162 pages, April 1999), steers a path through th e com plex legal issues involving contracts. Especially relevant is the ch ap te r o n “W hat D o Licensing A greem ents Really Mean?” w here specific legal wordings are decip h ered w ith their ramifications identified. A ppendices include a checklist for evaluating licenses, library-related portions o f the Digital Millennium Copyright Act o f 1998, a statem ent o n preferred practices by a coalition o f library c o n s o rtia , a n d a g lo ssary . $55.00. N eal- Schuman. ISBN 1-55570-324-0. Latin Jazz: The First of the Fusions, 1880s to Today, by Jo h n Storm Roberts (286 pages, April 1999), exam ines the influence o f Latin rhythm s an d form s o n th e com plicated fabric o f American jazz—perhaps as early as th e rag­ time era. Much as h e did for American popular music in The L atin Tinge (O xford University, 1979), Roberts takes a d ecade-by-decade a p ­ p ro ach an d explains th e role that habanera, ta n g o , r u m b a , s w in g , m a m b o , C u b o p , bossanova, funk, fusion, an d Afro-Latin music in general have had upon mainstream jazz. Rob­ erts peppers his narrative with such little-known facts as Jelly Roll M orton’s com m ent that if it d o e sn ’t have a “Spanish tinge,” it isn’t jazz. An excellent glossary and discography complement th e text. $29-95. Schirmer Books. ISBN 0-02- 864681-9. For o th e r Latin music, check ou t M usic in Latin American Culture: Regional Traditions, ed­ ited by J o h n M. S c h e c h te r (496 pages, May 1999), w hich exam ines m a r i a c h i a n d conjunto jarocho m usic in Mexico, m a r i m b a a n d o th e r m u sic o f Central America, C a r i b b e a n c a ­ lypso a n d o th er genres, as well as A ndean, A rgen­ tinian an d Brazil­ ia n t r a d i t i o n s , an d th e pan-Latin n u e v a canción. Very little analysis o f this music has ap p eared in English, a n d this b o o k is a w elcom e addition, w ith its num erous maps, lyrics, transcriptions, and p h o ­ tos. $40.00 (an audio CD is available for an ex­ tra $20.00). Schirmer Books. ISBN 0-02-864750- ( “Preseruation News ” cont.from p a g e 564) program s, su ch as LARS an d ABLE, an d li­ brary online system s, su ch as Voyager, H ori­ zon, an d III. Such a softw are link w ould make possible the transfer o f bibliographic and bind­ ing shipm ent information w ith m inim um key­ ing. 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