ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


RLG publishes archives
microfilming manual
The Research Libraries Group 
(RLG) h as p u b lis h e d  th e  
RLG Archives M icrofilm ing
Manual. Written by Nancy E.
Elkington and based, in part, 
on the 1992 RLG Preservation 
Microfilming Handbook, this 
new  manual covers preser­
vation microfilming of m anu­
scripts a n d  o th e r archival 
materials. It specifically ad­
dresses the singular problems 
o f se le c tio n , p re p a ra tio n , 

 

filming, and access for these collections.
Copies are available for $45.00, plus ship­

ing and handling, from Distribution Services 
enter, The Research Libraries Group, 1200 Villa 
tre e t, M o u n ta in  V iew , CA 94041-1100; 
L.DSC@RLG.STANFORD.EDU.

ISO distributes proceedings on 
aper aging
he National Information Standards Organiza­

ion (NISO) is distributing the Proceedings o f 
he ASTM  In stitu te  f o r  S ta n d a rd s Research 

orkshop on the Effects o f  Aging on Printing 
n d  Writing Papers. The workshop, sponsored 
y the American Society for Testing and Mate­
ials (ASTM) and held July 6-8, 1994, provided 
n international forum for discussing the dete­
ioration o f paper. The published proceedings 
nclude 18 scientific papers on such topics as 
aper perm anence, chemical deterioration, ar­

ificial and natural aging, and cooperative re­
earch programs.

Copies are available for $95.00, plus ship­
ing and handling, from Patricia Harris, NISO 
ress, Bethesda, MD 20827; phone: (800) 282- 
ISO.

RL statistics available on Internet
he Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has 
ade its .1A7' Statistics, 1992-93 available over 

he Internet. The statistics cover 48 data cat­
gories for 108 university and 11 non-univer­
ity m embers of ARL.

The statistics may be retrieved on World 
ide W eb at http://arl.cni.org/ or by gopher 

rom arl.cni.org (select Statistics) or by ftp from 
tp.lib.virginia.edu (login as anonymous, then 
d to pub/socsci/arlstats/1993).

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Preservation
N e w s

Jane Hedberg

RUN loads EROMM 
database
The Research Libraries In­
formation Network (RLIN) 
has load ed  the E uropean 
Register of Microform Mas­
ters (EROMM) database to 
its bibliographic database of 
more than 60 million items. 
The EROMM records repre­
sent the microfilming activ­
ity of a num ber of European 
countries and are intended 
to facilitate international mi­
crofilming activity. The data 

are current as of August 1993 and future loads 
are anticipated.

AMIGOS to sponsor third
preservation management seminar
AMIGOS Bibliographic Council, Inc. will host 
the third Preservation Management for College 
Libraries Seminar in the Southwest during the 
summer of 1995. The College Libraries Com­
mittee of the Commission on Preservation and 
Access and SOLINET, the Southeastern Librar­
ies Network, developed this very successful 
program and offered it at Washington and Lee 
University in 1991 and Wellesley College in 
1993.

The seminar is designed to assist college 
librarians with part-time responsibility for pres­
ervation to develop effective preservation pro­
grams. Emphasis is placed on understanding 
institutional needs, creating realistic solutions 
to problems, and developing an information 
netw ork that provides support after the semi­
nar ends.

For more information on the preservation 
seminar, contact Tom Clareson, AMIGOS Pres­
ervation Service Manager, AMIGOS Biblio­
graphic Council, Inc., 12200 Park Central Drive, 
Suite 500, Dallas, TX 75251; phone: (800) 843- 
8482. ■

Ja n e  Hedberg prepares this column f o r  the College 
Libraries Committee, Commission on Preservation 
a n d  Access. Submissions f o r  this column may be 
made to: Ja n e  Hedberg, Wellesley College Library,
106 Central St., Wellesley, M A 02181-8275; (617) 
283-2103;JH ED B ERG@LUCY. WELLESLEY.EDU. 
Submission deadline is the 15th o f  the month a n d  
precedes publication by approximately s ix  weeks.

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