ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


116 /  C&RL News ■  February 1998

P r e s e r v a t i o n  N e w s Jane Hedberg

Preservation planning guide
The American Association of Museums (AAM) 

and the Northeast Document Conservation 

Center (NEDCC) have jointly published Pres­
ervation Planning: Guidelines for Writing a 
Long Range Plan. Written by Sherelyn Ogden, 

well-known book conservator, this loseleaf 

workbook details the process of writing a pres­

ervation plan once a collections needs assess­

ment has been completed. It is suitable for 

use by libraries, archives, historical societies, 

as well as museums. It contains worksheets, a 

checklist for the process, a sample plan, and 

information on updating and marketing. The 

worksheets also come on an IBM-compatible 

disc.

The workbook is available from the AAM 

Bookstore, 1575 Eye Street, NW, Suite 400, 

Washington, DC 20005; phone: (202) 289-9127; 

fax: (202) 289-6578; URL: http://www.aam- 

us.org/text/bookstore.htm. Cost to non-AAM 

members is $29-50.

ECPA mounts virtual exhibit
The European Commission on Preservation 

and Access (ECPA) has mounted “A Virtual 

Exhibition of the Ravages of Dust, Water, 

Moulds, Fungi, Bookworms and Other Pests 

on the World Wide Web.” It contains an intro­

duction to preservation in libraries and ar­

chives, information about damage to paper 

and bookcovers, plus a section on the “creepy 

things” that can eat books. The various types 

of damage are illustrated by color photographs 

and the “creepy things” are illustrated by line 

drawings. This site is designed to be an edu­

cational aid for people who have little experi­

ence of library preservation. The URL is 

h ttp ://w w w .k n a w .n l/e x p a /e x p o .h tm .

Workshop on preserving 
photographs
The Northeast Document Conservation Cen­

ter, in cooperation with the New England 

Museum Association, is presenting “Preserv­

ing Diversity Through Photographs” in Spring­

field, Massachusetts, on March 9, 1998. This 

one-day workshop will not only cover docu­

mentation, collection, organization, and pres­

ervation of photographs, but how to use them 

to reach out to culturally diverse communi­

ties. Faculty include Gary Albright, NEDCC; 

Gail Colglazier, Springfield Library and Muse­

ums; Cecelia Gross, Springfield Technical Com­

munity College; Jeanne Hall, museum con­

sultant; Margaret Humberston, Connecticut 

Valley Historical Museum; Millie O ’Connell, 

preservation consultant; Beth Patkus, preser­

vation consultant; and Theresa Rini Percy, 

Monson Free Library and Reading Room. The 

workshop costs $28, including lunch. Regis­

tration is limited and offered on a first-come, 

first-served basis. For a registration form or 

more information, contact Gay Tracy at 

NEDCC, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 

01810; phone: (978) 470-1010; e-mail: 

tracy@nedcc.org.

SOLINET workshops
The Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET) 

will offer two one-day workshops in Febru­

ary and March 1998. The first workshop, “Pres­

ervation Management,” will be held on Tues­

day, February 24, at East Carolina University 

in Greenville, North Carolina. It will cover the 

role of the preservation manager, strategies 

for integrating preservation into operations, 

and planning and organizing preservation ac­

tivities. Julie Arnott, manager of the SOLINET 

Preservation Service, is the instructor. The sec­

ond workshop, “Beating the Critter Jitters: In­

tegrated Pest Management,” will be held on 

Thursday, March 26, at the University of the 

South in Sewanee, Tennessee. It will cover 

preventing and controlling pest problems 

through implementation of a management 

program. Michael Trinkley, director of the 

Chicora Foundation, is the instructor. Cost of 

these workshops is $85 for SOLINET mem­

bers and $125 for nonmembers. For registra­

tion or more information, contact Ginger 

Edmonson at SOLINET, 1438 W. Peachtree St., 

NW, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30309-2955; phone: 

(800) 999-8558; fax: (404) 892-7879.

Jane Fledberg prepares this column for the College Libraries 
Committee, Commission on Preservation and Access. 
Submissions may be made to Jane Fledberg, Wellesley 
College; jhedberg@weilesley.edu; fax: (781) 283-2103

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