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Preservation 
New s

J a n e  Hedberg

Com m ission an d  CLR 
m erge
The Commission on Preser­
vation and Access and the 
Council on Library Resources 
(CLR) will officially merge on 
July 1, 1997. Until that time, 
the two organizations will 
operate p r o  te m p o r e  as a 
merged organization. The 
legal documents necessary to 
finalize the restructuring, 
plus the new name and mis­
sion statement will be drawn 
up by April 1997. The new 
organization will continue to be active in all 
former program areas: leadership, digital librar­
ies, economics of information, preservation and 
access, international initiatives, and discussions 
with scholars. Stanley Chodorow will serve as 
chairman, Marilyn Gell Mason as vice-chairman, 
David B. Gracy II as secretary, and Dan Tonkery 
as treasurer.

Preservatio n  m eetings a t M idw inter
There will be a number of Preservation and 
Reformatting Section (PARS) meetings during 
the ALA Midwinter Meeting, and because it is 
taking place in Washington, D.C., many will 
be held at the Library of Congress. In particu­
lar, the Preservation Administrators Discussion 
Group (PADG) will hold its meeting on Friday, 
February 14, 2:00-5:30 p.m. in the Mumford 
Room at LC. Everyone with an interest in pres­
ervation administration is invited to attend. For 
more information about the PADG meeting, 
contact either John Dean, Cornell University, 
jfd5@ cornell.edu, or Winston Atkins, North 
Carolina State U niversity, w in ston _atkin s 
@nscu.edu. For times and locations of other 
meetings, consult the official ALA schedule or 
AN2, the Association for Library Collections and 
Technical Services’ (ALCTS) electronic news­
letter. To subscribe to AN2, send an e-mail mes­
sage to listproc@ala.org with only the follow­
ing line of text: subscribe an2 [your name],

LAPNet up dates d isa ster lists
T h e Los A n g eles P r e s e rv a tio n  N etw ork 
(LAPNet) has published the second edition of 
its List o f  D isaster Supplies a n d  Suppliers and 
D isaster Consultants List. Both lists have a bias 
toward Los Angeles sources, but national

sources are also included. 
Copies are available from 
Katherine Donahue, LAPNet 
treasurer, c/o UCLA B io
medical Library, P.O. Box 
9 5 1798, Los Angeles, CA 
9 0 095-1798. S u p p lies a n d  
Suppliers costs $35.00, C on ­
sultants costs $20.00, both 
together cost $45.00. Orders 
must be prepaid and include 
the following information: 
institution name, individual 
n am e, a d d ress w ith zip 
code, and choice of paper 

or diskette format (it may be 5 ¼” or 3 ½” and 
have WP5.0, WP5.1, or ASCII text).

N ARA p reservatio n conference
The National Archives and Records Adminis­
tration (NARA) will hold its 12th annual pres­
ervation conference on March 18, 1997, in Col­
lege Park, Maryland. The conference is titled: 
“What Is Being Done to Control Insects and 
Mold Now that Systematic Fumigation Has 
Ended?” Topics and speakers include large-scale 
pest monitoring (Carol Butler, National Museum 
of Natural History), fungal problems and solu­
tions (Mary Lou Florian, formerly of the Royal 
British Columbia Museum), integrated programs 
(Albert Greene, General Services Administra­
tion), pest managem ent (Margaret Hacker, 
NARA), hazards of control strategies (Wendy 
Clare Jessup, Jessup and Assoc.), and new con­
trol strategies (Tom Strang, Canadian Conser­
vation Institute). More information or registra­
tion forms are available from NARA by e-mail 
at preserve@nara.gov or fax: (301) 713-6653.

Listserv abo ut m oving im ages
AMIA-L is the online discussion list of the As­
sociation of Moving Image Archivists, which 
focuses on topics relating to the preservation 
of moving images on film, video, or other for­
mats. To subscribe to AMIA-L, send an e-mail 
message to Listserv@lsv.uky.edu with only the 
following line of text: Subscribe AMIA-L [your 
name]. ■

J a n e  H edberg p repares this colum n f o r  the College 
Libraries Committee, Commission on Preservation a n d  
Access. Submissions m ay b e  m a d e  to: J a n e  Hedberg, 
Wellesley College; JHEDBERG@WELLESLEY.EDU.

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