ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 708 / C&RL News ■ O ctober 1998 P r e s e r v a t i o n N e w s Jane Hedberg CLIR publishes digital report The Council o n Library and Information Re­ sources (CLIR) recently published a report about one aspect o f planning digital conver­ sion projects titled “Selecting Research Collec­ tions for Digitization.” Written by Dan Hazen, Jeffrey Horrell, and Jan Merrill-Oldham o f Harvard University, the report focuses on the role o f selection in building coherent digital collections b y considering the nature o f the original collections, their use, and their institu­ tional context. Technology is presented as a tool to achieve specific collection’s goals, so available tech­ nologies are evaluated for assisting or hinder­ ing access and preservation o f collections. The authors use a series o f questions to facilitate planning decisions and provide a chart o f the resulting decision-making matrix. This publi­ cation is an outgrowth o f w ork d on e by a Harvard University Library task force o n digital projects. C opies are available for $15, including shipping and handling, from CLIR, 1755 Mas­ sachusetts Ave. N.W., Suite 500, Washington, D.C. 20036-2188; phone: (202) 939-4750; fax: (202) 939-4765; e-mail: info@clir.org; Web: http://clir.stanford.edu. Orders must b e pre­ paid. UMCA field services The Upper Midwest Conservation Association (UMCA) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has re­ ceived funding from both the National Endow­ ment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Insti­ tute o f Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to support field service activities in Iowa, Minne­ sota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wis­ consin. UMCA has esta b lish e d progra m s fo r mentoring, subsidized preservation surveys, emergency planning assistance, and preserva­ tion education. Three institutions have already been selected for the first two-year mentoring program and six institutions have been selected to receive subsidized surveys. In the fall o f 1998 and spring/summer o f 1999, UMCA will offer tw o basic workshops, on e on the care o f li­ brary and archival materials and the other on preservation planning for cultural institutions, in each o f the five states it serves. It will also hold three advanced workshops in the Minneapolis area on guidelines for col­ lections environments, fund-raising for collec­ tions care, and integrated pest management. For more information about UMCA or these particular programs, contact their Field Services Department, 2400 Third Avenue South, Min­ neapolis, MN 55404; phone: (612) 870-3120; fax: (612) 870-3118; e-mail: umca@mtn.org; Web: http://www.preservart.org. UCSD Web site Sally Lancaster at the University o f California, San Diego, has created a W eb site called Pres­ ervation Education and Awareness for Library Users. It is designed to help libraries educate its users about preservation by providing use­ ful information and examples. It covers topics such as mission statements, creating W eb sites, exhibits, graphics and bibliographic instruction. This site was developed as a thesis project for L a n ca ster’ s MLIS d e g r e e . T h e URL is http://gort.ucsd.edu/preseduc/. Questions and comments may be e-mailed to Lancaster at sally_lancaster@ucsdlibrary.ucsd.edu. Middleton republished Oak Knoll Books has published a new edition o f Restoration o f Leather Bindings by Bernard C. Middleton. It is a revised and expanded ver­ sion o f the 1984 classic w ork, providin g up-to-date information o n techniques (both g o o d and bad), materials, tools, suppliers and references. Copies are available for $35 (hard­ cover) or $20 (unbound), plus shipping and handling, from Oak Knoll Books, 414 Dela­ ware St., New Castle, DE 19720; phone: (302) 3 2 8 -7 2 3 2 ; fax : (3 0 2 ) 3 2 8 -7 2 7 4 ; e-m a il: o a k k n o ll@ o a k k n o ll.co m . ISBN: 1-884718- Jane Hedberg prepares this colum n f o r th e College Libraries C o m m itte e , C o m m ission o n P re se rva tio n a n d Access. Subm issions m ay be m a d e t o Jane H e d b e rg , W e lle sle y College;JHEDBERG@WELLESLEY.EDU; fax: (781)283-3690 mailto:info@clir.org http://clir.stanford.edu mailto:umca@mtn.org http://www.preservart.org http://gort.ucsd.edu/preseduc/ mailto:sally_lancaster@ucsdlibrary.ucsd.edu mailto:oakknoll@oakknoll.com mailto:JHEDBERG@WELLESLEY.EDU