ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C & R L N e w s ■ M a y 2 0 0 0 / 4 2 3 P r e s e r v a t i o n N e w s Jane Hedberg ALA p u b lish es n ew guide A L A E d itio n s has p u b lis h e d a n e w r e fe r e n c e g u id e , Preserva tion : P o lic y a n d P ra ctice . W rit­ ten b y a1 p a n e l o f p r e s e r v a tio n p r o fe s s io n a ls a n d e d it e d b y Pau l B a n k s a n d R o b e rta Pilette, this c o lle c t io n o ffe r s a d v ic e o n a b r o a d s p e c ­ trum o f p r e s e r v a tio n issues. C h a p te r to p ic s in c lu d e : d e v e l o p m e n t o f p r o g r a m s that are a p p r o p r ia te to th e t y p e o f c o lle c t io n , e m e r ­ g e n c y p re p a r e d n e s s , re fo rm a ttin g , s a fe e x h i ­ b itio n practices, s e le c tio n fo r d igitiza tion , d ig i­ tal a rc h iv in g , a n d p r e s e r v a tio n o f n o n - p a p e r form ats. 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T h e y w ill o f f e r this w o r k s h o p fo u r tim es in 2000, o n Ju n e 19-23, J u ly 3 1 - A u g u s t 4, S e p t e m b e r 2 5 - 29, O c t o b e r 2 3 -2 7 , a n d th re e tim e s in 2001. R e g is tra tio n is lim ite d to 16 p e r w o r k s h o p . C o s t is $750.00 f o r re g is tra tio n , t e x t b o o k , lu n ch es, b rea k s, o n e r e c e p tio n , a n d o n e d in ­ ner. T ra n s p o rta tio n , h o te l a c c o m m o d a tio n s , a n d o th e r m e a ls are n o t in c lu d e d . M o r e in ­ fo r m a t io n is a v a ila b le at h t t p :/ / w w w .lib r a r y . C o r n e ll. e d u / p r e s e r v a tio n / w o r k s h o p / . CLIR p u b lish es co n feren ce report T h e C o u n c i l o n L ib r a r y a n d I n f o r m a t i o n R e s o u r c e s ( C L I R ) h as p u b l i s h e d “ C o l l e c ­ tio n s , C o n t e n t a n d th e W e b , ” a r e p o r t f r o m th e O c t o b e r 5 - 7 , 1999, c o n f e r e n c e o f th e s a m e n a m e . C L IR , th e C h i c a g o H is t o r ic a l S o c i e t y , a n d th e In s titu te f o r M u s e u m a n d L ib r a r y S e r v ic e s ( I M L S ) b r o u g h t t o g e t h e r 30 le a d e r s o f m u s e u m s a n d lib r a r ie s to d is ­ cu ss w h a t h a p p e n s w h e n c u ltu r a l in s titu ­ t io n s t r a n s la t e t h e i r p h y s i c a l c o l l e c t i o n s in t o v ir t u a l c o l l e c t i o n s . T h is r e p o r t c o v e r s t h r e e m a jo r a r e a s o f d is c u s s io n : t e c h n o l ­ o g y , a u d ie n c e , a n d c o l l e c t i o n s . It a ls o r e p ­ r e s e n ts th e d is t in c t p o in t s o f v i e w o f p u b ­ lic lib r a r ie s , a c a d e m i c lib r a r ie s , art m u s e ­ u m s, a n d h is t o r ic a l m u s e u m s . C o p i e s a re a v a i l a b l e f o r $ 2 0 .0 0 f r o m C L IR , 1755 M a s ­ s a c h u s e tts A v e n u e , N W , S u ite 500, W a s h ­ in g t o n , D .C . 20036; p h o n e : ( 2 0 2 ) 939 -4 75 0; fa x : ( 2 0 2 ) 9 3 9 -4 7 6 5 ; e - m a il: i n f o @ c l i r . o r g ; U R L : h t t p : / / w w w . c l i r . o r g . O r d e r s m u s t b e p r e p a i d . ■ Jane Hedberg prepares this column for the College Libraries Com 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:nee@notes.rlg.org mailto:bellingm@oclc.org http://www.library mailto:info@clir.org http://www.clir.org mailto:jhedberg@wellesley.edu