ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


C&RL News ■  Septem ber 1998 / 609

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

Rutgers offers preservation institute 
The Professional Development Studies pro­
gram o f the School o f Communication, Infor­
mation and Library Studies at Rutgers Univer­
sity is offering a three-session Preservation 
Management Institute as a continuing educa­
tion opportunity. Participants will attend 13 
days of classes during one year. Sessions will 
b e held November 16-20, 1998, April 14-16, 
1999, and September 27-O ctober 1, 1999, in 
East B runswick, New Jersey. Between sessions, 
participants will develop preservation man­
agement and disaster plans specifically de­
signed for the institutions where they work.

Evelyn Frangakis o f the National Agricul­
tural Library is the institute’s director and other 
faculty includes: Meg Bellinger, Preservation 
Resources, Inc.; Mindell Dubansky, Metropoli­
tan Museum o f Art; Debra Hess Norris, Uni­
versity o f Delaware; Thomas Parker, Pest Con­
trol, Inc.; Steven Puglia, National Archives and 
Records Administration; Millie Suter, Ocker & 
Trapp Bindery; and Christine Ward, New York’s 
Archival Services and Records Administration.

The $1,995 registration fee covers classes, 
handouts, field trips, lunches, and coffee breaks. 
Participants representing institutions with 
strong collections in New Jersey history may 
be eligible for a scholarship. For more infor­
mation, contact Karen Novick, director of Pro­
fessional Development Studies, SCILS, Rutgers 
University, 4 Huntington St., New Brunswick, 
NJ 08901-1071; phone: (732) 932-7169; fax: 
(732) 932-9314; e-mail: pds@scils.rutgers.edu.

CCAHA publishes brochure on 
salvage o f photographs
The Conservation Center for Art and Historic 
Artifacts (CCAHA) has published Disaster Re­
covery: Salvaging Photograph Collections by 
Debra Hess Norris, director o f the Winterthur/ 
University o f Delaware Program in Art Con­
servation. This six-page brochure details re­
covery options, special considerations and 
salvage priorities, initial steps before salvage 
begins, and recommendations for air drying 
or freezing photographs that have suffered 
water damage. There is also a chart indicating 
which salvage method is appropriate for each

o f the 24 different photographic processes. Al­
though primarily devoted to the salvage of 
photographs damaged by water, it also men­
tions damage from smoke and soot. Copies 
are available for $3-50 each (prepaid) from 
CCAHA, 264 South 23rd St., Philadelphia, PA 
19103; phone: (215) 545-0613; fax: (215) 735- 
9313; Web: http://www.ccaha.org. Contact 
CCAHA if ordering more than ten copies.

ALCTS publishes audio preservation 
bibliography
The Preservation and Reformatting Section 
(PARS) o f the Association for Library Collec­
tions and Technical Services (ALCTS) o f the 
ALA has published Audio Preservation: A Se­
lective Annotated Bibliography an d  B rief Sum­
mary o f  Current Practices. This bibliography 
covers general works, media and formats, stor­
age and handling, disaster response, reformat­
ting and re-recording, technical studies, and 
bibliographies for all types of audio media. It 
also includes lists o f applicable standards, jour­
nals, and organizations. Copies are available 
for $9 from the ALA Order Department, 155 
N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606; phone: 
(800) 545-2433, press 7; fax: (312) 836-9958.

NEDCC fa ll program  schedule
The Northeast Document Conservation Center 
(NEDCC) is offering three of its popular pro­
grams again this fall. “Preserving Diversity 
Through Photographs” will be held October 7 at 
the Rhode Island Historical Society in Providence 
(fee $30). “Reformatting for Preservation in a 
Digital World: To Film or To Scan” will be held 
October 27-29 at the University of Michigan in 
Ann Arbor (fee $250). “School for Scanning: Is­
sues of Preservation and Access for Paper-Based 
Collections” will be held December 7 -9  at Le 
Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre in New Orleans 
(early registration fee $255). Contact Gay Tracy, 
NEDCC, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 
01810-1494; phone: (978) 470-1010; fax: (978) 
475-6021; e-mail: tracy@nedcc.org.

Jane Hedberg prepares this column fo r the College Libraries 
C om m ittee, Commission on Preservation and Access. 
Submissions may be made to  Jane Hedberg, W ellesley 
College; JHEDBERG@WELLESLEY.EDU; fax: (781) 283-3690

mailto:pds@scils.rutgers.edu
http://www.ccaha.org
mailto:tracy@nedcc.org
mailto:JHEDBERG@WELLESLEY.EDU


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