ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C & R L N e w s ■ S e p t e m b e r 2 0 0 0 / 7 11 P r e s e r v a t i o n N e w s Ja n e H e d b e rg M o v in g Theory in to Practice T h e R es ea rc h L ib raries G r o u p (R L G ) has p u b lis h e d M o v in g Theory in to P ra ctice : D ig ita l Im a g in g f o r L ib ra rie s a n d A rchives, b y A n n e K e n n e y a n d O y a R ie g e r. T h e b o o k ’s n in e c h a p ters a n d th irty s id e b a rs stress th e im p o r ta n ce o f an in te gra te d a p p ro a c h to d igita l c o n v e rs io n p ro jec ts that b alan c es institutional an d cultu ral o b je c tiv e s w ith cu rren t d ig ita l a p p li catio n s. T h e y c o v e r all a s p ec ts o f d ig ita l im ag in g , in clu d in g d ec isio n -m a k in g, s ou n d p rac tices, p r o g r a m d e v e lo p m e n t, re se a rch trends, a n d e m e r g in g te c h n o lo g ie s . T h e b o o k is a v a ila b le f o r $80, p lu s s h ip p in g a n d h a n d lin g , fr o m R L G , 1200 V illa S tr e e t, M o u n t a in V i e w , C A 9 4 0 4 1 -1 1 0 0 ; p h o n e : (6 5 0 ) 962-9951; fa x : (6 5 0 ) 964-0943; W e b : w w w .r lg .o r g / p r e s e r v / m t ip 2 0 0 0 .h t m l. IS B N : 0-9700225-0-6. DLF and RLG d ig ita l guides T h e D ig ita l L ib rary F e d e ra tio n a n d th e R e s e a r c h L ib r a r ie s G r o u p h a v e is s u e d f i v e “G u id e s to Q u a lity in V isu al R e s o u rc e Im a g in g .” T h e s e g u id e s are in te n d e d to d e fin e cur re n t g o o d p ra c tic e f o r th e d ig ita l c o n v e r s io n o f tw o - a n d th re e -d im e n s io n a l (o ft e n c o lo r in te n s iv e ) p h o to g ra p h s , prints, d ra w in g s , an d m aps. T h e y in d ic a te k e y d e c is io n p o in ts d u r in g th e life o f a p r o je c t a n d th e c o n s e q u e n c e s o f th o s e d e c is io n s . T h e f iv e g u id e s are: “P la n n in g an Im a g in g P ro je c t,” b y L in d a S e re n s o n C o le t o f th e M u s eu m o f M o d e r n Art; “S e le c tin g a S can n e r ,” b y D o n W illia m s o f E astm an K o d a k C o m p a n y ; “Im a g in g S ystem s: th e R a n g e o f F a ctors A ffe c tin g Im a g e Q u a lity ,” b y D o n a ld D ’A m a to o f M itre te k S ystem s; a n d “M ea su r in g Q u a lity o f D ig ita l M asters,” b y F ra n zisk a F re y o f th e Im a g e P e rm a n e n c e Institute. T h e g u i d e s a r e a v a i l a b l e a t h ttp :/ / w w w .r lg .o r g / v is g u id e s . CUR re p o rt on d ig ita l a u th e n tic ity T h e C o u n c il o n L ib rary a n d In fo r m a tio n R e s o u rc e s (C L IR ) has p u b lis h e d a n e w re p o rt, “A u th e n ticity in a D ig ita l E n v iro n m e n t.” B a se d o n a w o r k s h o p h e ld in J an u ary 2000, this p u b lic a tio n c o n ta in s th e re s p o n s e s o f fiv e in fo r m a tio n e x p e rts to th e q u e s tio n , “W h a t is an a u thentic d igita l d ocu m en t?” Charles C u llen o f th e N e w b e r r y Lib rary, P e te r H irtle o f th e C o rn e ll Institu te f o r D ig ita l C o lle c tio n s , D a v id L e v y fo r m e r ly o f th e X e r o x P a lo A lto R esearch C en ter, C lif f L y n c h o f th e C o a litio n f o r N e t w o r k e d In fo r m a tio n , a n d J e ff R o th e n b e r g o f T h e R an d C o rp o ra tio n e a c h o ff e r c o m m e n ts o n th e m e a n in g o f c on ten t, fix ity, c o n s is te n c y o f re fe r e n c e , a n d p r o v e n a n c e . A b b y Sm ith o f C L IR has w r itte n a c o n c lu d in g e s s a y that id e n tifie s k e y th e m e s o f th e w o r k s h o p . T h e re p o rt is a v a ila b le fr e e o f c h a rg e at h ttp :/ / w w w .c lir.o rg . P rin te d c o p ie s a re a ls o a v a ila b le f o r $20, in c lu d in g p o s ta g e a n d h an d lin g , fr o m C L IR P u b lic a tio n O rd e rs , 1755 M assach u setts A v e n u e , N W , Suite 500, W as h in g to n , D .C . 20036-2124; p h o n e : (2 0 2 ) 939- 4 7 5 0 ; fa x : (2 0 2 ) 9 3 9 -4 7 6 5 ; e -m a il: in fo @ clir.o rg . O rd e rs m u st b e p re p a id . SOLINET activities P re s e rv a tio n S erv ic e s o f th e S o u th eastern Li b ra ry N e tw o r k , In c . (S O L IN E T ) w ill o ff e r t w o w o r k s h o p s o n d ig ita l im a g in g this fall. T h e first, “ In tr o d u c tio n to D ig ita l Im a g in g ,” w ill b e h e ld o n N o v e m b e r 15- T h e s e c o n d , “D ig i tal Im a g in g o f P h o to g ra p h ic C o lle c tio n s ,” w ill b e h e ld o n N o v e m b e r 16 to 17, a n d c o v e r s d ig ita l c o n v e r s io n o f v isu a l m aterials. B o th w o r k s h o p s w ill ta k e p la c e at S O L IN E T in A t lanta. F o r m o r e in fo rm a tio n , c on ta c t Ch ris t i n e W i s e m a n , P r e s e r v a t i o n S e r v i c e s , S O L IN E T , In c., 1438 W . P e a c h tr e e St., N .W ., S uite 200, A tlan ta, G A 30309-2955; p h o n e : (8 0 0 ) 999-8558; fa x : (4 0 4 ) 892-7879; e-m ail: c h r is tin e _ w is e m a n @ s o lin e t.n e t. P r e s e r v a t io n S e r v ic e s h a s u p d a t e d its “W h a t’s N e w ” W e b p a g e . In a d d itio n to n e w s a b o u t th e ir o w n ac tiv itie s , th e p a g e in c lu d e s re g io n a l a n d n ation a l p res e rva tio n n ew s. L o o k th e re f o r b r ie f a n n o u n c e m e n ts a b o u t p u b li c a tio n s , w o r k s h o p s , a n d e v e n ts . T h e U R L is h t t p : / / w w w . s o l i n e t . n e t / p r e s v t n / n e w / n e w in tro .h tm . ■ Jane H e d b e rg is p re se rva tio n p ro g ra m o ffic e r a t H arvard U niversity Library, e-m ail: jan e _ he d berg@ harvard.edu;fax: (6 1 7 )4 9 6 -8 3 4 4 http://www.rlg.org/preserv/mtip2000.html http://www.rlg.org/visguides http://www.clir.org mailto:christine_wiseman@solinet.net http://www.solinet.net/presvtn/new/