ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


406

Preservation 
N ews

Jane H edb erg

G a y lo rd  publishes 
Archival Storage o f 
Pa p er
Gaylord Bros, has published 
Arch iva l Storage o f  Paper, the 
second in its Preservation 
Pathfinder series. Written by 
Nancy Carlson Schrock and 
Gisela Noack, it is intended 
to provide an introduction to 
appropriate storage for flat 
paper items (excluding pho­
tographs). The pamphlet in­
cludes information on select­
ing storage materials and 
preparing collections for storage, plus illustrated 
examples o f possible storage systems and a brief 
bibliography.

Copies are available free o f charge from 
Gaylord Bros., Box 4901, Syracuse, N Y  13221-
4901 or Box 60659, Los Angeles, CA 90060-
0659; (800) 448-6160.

B ookLab publishes Leafm aster
BookLab has published Leafmaster‚ the six­
teenth in its B ookNote series. A  leafmaster is 
an original work on paper created and retained 
expressly for production o f  copies, both xerox 
and digital. The pamphlet contains a consider­
ation o f  the preservation consequences o f 
leafmaster status plus a bibliography.

Copies are available free o f charge from 
BookLab, 8403 Cross Park Drive, Suite 2-E, 
Austin, TX  78754; (512) 837-0479.

Some earlier titles in the BookNote series 
are still available (as o f May 1993), also free o f 
charge: No. 2, Salvage o f  Library Materials fr o m  
Water o r  Lnsect Damage; No. 3, Collection M a in ­
tenance Repairf o r  Publishers’ Cased Books; No.
4, Safe H a n dling a n d  Exhibition o f  Books; No.
5, Advantages o f  P rotective Enclosures: The 
Drop-Spine Box; No. 6, Survey, Assessment and 
P la n n in g  f o r  Library Conservation; No. 9, His­
torica l Book Structures as Prototypes f o r  Con­
servation B inding; No. 10, Preservation P h oto­
c o p y in g ; N o . 11, O r ig in a ls  a n d  C opies: 
D up lica tion  a n d  Library Preservation; No. 14, Li­
brary Collection Conservation.

G e rm a n  Research Council initiates 
m icro film ing  p ro g ra m
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (D FG ) 
in Bonn, Germany, has allocated over DM 1

million for microfilming de­
teriorating library c o lle c ­
tions. Journals, yearbooks, 
and volumes in special col­
lections or central disciplin­
ary libraries w ill receive top 
priority for filming. In return 
for supplying funds to mi­
crofilm, the DFG w ill re­
serve the right to request a 
silver halide duplicate be 
placed in a central deposi­
tory, if one is developed in 
the future.

This n ew  program is in­
tended to encourage other German microfilm­
ing programs, especially at the state level, and 
to p ro m u lgate standards fo r film in g  and 
bibliographic access. The DFG is also sup­
porting creation o f a German register o f mi­
crofilm masters, which could contribute bib­
lio g r a p h ic  in fo rm a tio n  to the E u rop ean  
Register o f Microfilm Masters (EROMM).

SMU hosts symposium fo r policymakers
Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, 
hosted a symposium on April 29, 1993, for 70 
legislators, university administrators, faculty 
members, librarians, and archivists from the 
Southwest. The day-long meeting was designed 
to inform both public and institutional policy­
makers o f the need for preservation o f our cul­
tural resources.

ALCTS publishes reorganization report
On May 19, 1993, the Association for Library 
Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) o f the 
American Library Association published the “Re­
p o rt o f  the ALCTS O rganizational Structure Task 
Force. ” The report proposed a substantial re­
structuring o f ALCTS, including incorporation 
o f preservation and reproduction o f library ma­
terials activities into a new Resource Manage­
ment and Delivery Section.

Copies o f  the report w ere published in 
ALCTS Network News (v. 5, no.28, May 19,1993) 
and the ALCTS Newsletter (vol.4, no.4). ■

Jane Hedberg prepares this column fo r  the College 
Libraries Committee, Commission on Preservation and 
Access. Submissions may be made via: 
Internet JHEDBERG@LUCY. WELLESLEY.EDU; or mail 
to: Jane Hedberg, Wellesley College Library, 106 
Central St., Wellesley, Mass. 02181-8275.