ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


May 1 9 9 5 /3 4 5

Preservation
N ew s

 

J a n e  H ed b erg

Cornell to o ffer digital 
training w o rk s h o p s
The Cornell University D e­
partm ent o f Preservation and 
Conservation intends to of­
fer a w eek-long w orkshop,
“Use o f Digital Image Tech­
nology for Preservation and 
Access,” at four tim es during 
the next year. The w orkshop 
will provide theoretical u n ­
d e rs ta n d in g  a n d  p ra c tic a l 
ex perience in digital refor­
m atting o f p ap e r- o r film- 
based text an d  images. Anne 
Kenney an d  S tephen Chapm an o f Cornell, and 
Jam es Reilly o f the Image P erm anence Institute 
will serve as faculty.

Cost for each w o rk sh o p  m ay b e $1,500, not 
including travel or lodging. (Cornell is seeking 
additional financial sup p o rt in ord er to reduce 
th e fee an d , if successful, m ay lo w er it to  
$1,200.) Session dates are Ju n e 12– 16, 1995, 
August 14– 18, 1995, O ctober 9– 13, 1995, and 
March 18–22, 1996. Enrollment is limited to  16 
per session.

For m o re inform ation o n  th e w orkshops, 
contact Anne K enney or Stephen Chapman, D e­
p artm en t o f P reservation an d  C onservation, 
Cornell University Library, 214 Jo h n  M. Olin 
Library, Ithaca, NY 14853-5301; phone: (607) 
2 5 5 -9 4 4 0 ; e -m a il: a r k 3 @ c o r n e ll.e d u  o r 
sc55@ cornell.edu.

Co m m issio n  a n d  CLR affiliate
Effective March 1, 1995, th e Commission on 
Preservation an d  Access an d  the Council on 
Library Resources (CLR) will m erge parts o f their 
organizations. In the n ew  relationship, each will 
rem ain in d ep en d en t a n d  p u rsu e its u n iq u e mis­
sion, w hile realizing staff an d  operational effi­
ciencies. T he Commission w o u ld  continue to 
develop “collaborative strategies for preserv­
ing an d  providing access to the accum ulated

Jane Hedberg prepares this colum n f o r  the College 
Libraries Committee, Commission on Preservation 
a n d  Access. Submissions m ay be made to: Jane 
Hedberg, Wellesley College Library, 106 Central St., 
Wellesley, MA 02181-8275; (617) 283-2103; fa x: 
(617) 283-3640; JHEDBERG@WELLESLEY.EDU. 
Submission deadline is the 15th o f the month a n d  
precedes publication by approximately six weeks.

h u m a n  r e c o r d ” a n d  CLR 
w o u ld  continue to assist “in 
fin d in g  c o o p e ra tiv e  so lu ­
tions to p roblem s” in librar­
ies. Each organization will 
retain its separate Board of 
D irectors an d  fiscal in d e­
p e n d e n c e .  C o o p e r a tiv e  
projects may b e developed, 
if approved by b oth Boards. 
D ea n n a B. M arcum, n ew  
president o f CLR, will serve 
as president o f b o th  orga­
nizations. M. Stuart Lynn, 
form er interim president o f 

the Commission, will serve as part-tim e Com­
m ission vice-president in charge o f the Digital 
Library Consortium an d  the Digital Archiving 
Task Force (see next item).

Co m m issio n  a n d  RLG form  digital 
a rch iv in g  ta s k  force
T he Commission o n  Preservation an d  Access 
an d  the Research Libraries G roup (RLG) have 
form ed a Task Force on Archiving o f Digital 
Information. Its 21 m em bers have b ee n  selected 
from publishing, information technology, librar­
ies, an d  archives. D on Waters o f Yale Univer­
sity an d  J o h n  Garrett o f the Corporation for 
National Research Initiatives are serving as co­
chairs. The charge to th e task force covers the 
intellectual, social, econom ic, an d  legal, as well 
as the technological aspects o f this issue. They 
will consider, in particular, th e problem s in­
h eren t in digital data refreshm ent, an d  seek 
solutions o r alternatives. An interim report is 
ex p ected  by May 1995. For m ore information 
o n  the task force, contact M. Stuart Lynn, Com­
m ission o n  Preservation an d  Access, 1400 16th 
Street, NW, Suite 740, W ashington, DC 20036- 
2217; phone: (510) 548-2244; e-mail: mslynn@ 
cpa.org.

FYI
Scientific American m agazine has published a 
short article w hich preservation professionals 
m ay find am using in the April (i.e., Fool’s Day) 
1995 issue. “Com puterized Restoration o f Ju ­
venile Art” by Ricardo Chiav’inglese considers 
th e uses o f digital image technology for p re­
serving an d  “restoring” the w ork o f young art­
ists, w h o se exhibit space is usually o n  refrig­
erator doors (pp. 130-32).

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