ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


370 / C&RL News ■ May 2002

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

Book rep air w orkshop
The Campbell Center for Historic Preserva­
tion Studies will offer “Book Collections 
Maintenance and Repair W orkshop” from Au­
gust 14 —17, 2002, in Mount Carroll, Illinois. 
This four-day w orkshop is designed to im­
prove the skills of collections conservators 
w ho w ork on circulating b o o k  collections. 
The curriculum  is based on the b ook repair 
procedure m anual p repared by the Univer­
sity of Iowa Libraries’ Conservation D epart­
m ent, and will be taught by Sally Hansen.

Course registration, including accom m o­
dations at the center, costs $640 (scholar­
ships are available). Class size is limited to 
ten . For m o re  in fo rm a tio n , c o n ta c t th e 
Campbell Center for Historic Preservation 
Studies, 203 East Seminary, Mount Carroll, 
IL 61053; phone: (815) 244-1173; fax: (815) 
244-1619; URL: http ://w w w .c a m p b e llœ n te r. 
org.

CHIN W eb site redesign
The Canadian Heritage Information Network 
(CHIN) has scheduled the launch of its newly 
redesigned Web site for May 1, 2002. The 
augm ented Web site will build on strengths 
of the present one, plus add new  content 
devoted to developing the skills necessary 
for creating and m anaging digital content, 
im proved navigation tools, and a sitewide 
search engine. Both form er and new  con­
tent will be available free-of-charge to ev­
eryone, including non-CHIN members. A user 
nam e and passw ord are no longer required.

The new  Web site will retain the previ­
ous URL at h ttp://w w w .chin.gc.ca.

DLF benchm ark
The Digital Library Federation (DLF) has pro­
duced and endorsed B en ch m a rk f o r  Digital 
Reproductions o f  M onographs a n d  Serials. 
This docum ent identifies the m inimum  tech­
nical specifications for achieving fidelity 
w hen creating digital m asters of printed li­
brary materials. Digital m asters are intended 
to be faithful reproductions of the original 
source docum ents, and should be com plete, 
provide quality images, m aintain original

page order, and su p p o rt pro d u ctio n  of a 
printed page facsimile in the original size. 
The benchm ark also supports the creation 
of structural and administrative metadata, per­
sistence (long-term  access), and interoper­
ability.

The B enchm ark is available free-of-charge 
at http://ww w.diglib.org/standards/bm arkfin. 
htm.

SOLINET w orkshops
T he S o u th e a ste rn  Library N etw ork, Inc. 
(SOLINET) will offer two w orkshops late this 
spring. “A udiovisual C ollection M anage­
m ent,” taught by Alan Lewis of the Special 
Media Archives Services Division of the Na­
tional Archives and Records Administration 
(NARA), will be held on May 23, 2002 at the 
University of Kentucky in Lexington. ‘Sur­
viving th e Big O n e ,” tau g h t by M ichael 
Trinkley of the Chicora Foundation, will be 
held June I I , 2002, at the Tower Road Branch 
Library in Gainesville, Florida. In this in­
stance, the Big O ne is a hurricane.

Registration for each w orkshop costs $95 
for SOLINET m em bers or $135 for nonm em ­
bers, with discounts available for early regis­
tration. For more information, contact Vanessa 
Richardson at SOLINET, 1438 West Peachtree 
Street, NW, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30309-2955; 
p h o n e : (800) 999-8558; e-mail: vanessa_ 
richardson@ solinet.net; URL: h ttp ://w w w . 
solinet.net.

Correction-. In the April 2002 column, I 
reported that Melinex 516 polyester film was 
no longer in production. This report was in­
accurate. DuPont, the current ow ner of the 
Melinex product line, still has it in pro d u c­
tion, although they have discontinued Mylar 
D. For m ore information, please consult the 
Library o f C ongress W eb site at h t t p : / /  
w w w .loc.gov/preserv/. ■

Jane Hedberg is preservation program officer at Harvard 
University Library, e-mail: jane_hedberg@harvard.edu; fax: 
(617) 496-8344

http://www.campbell%c5%93nter
http://www.chin.gc.ca
http://www.diglib.org/standards/bmarkfin
mailto:richardson@solinet.net
solinet.net
http://www.loc.gov/preserv/
mailto:jane_hedberg@harvard.edu


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