ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


5 9 8 /  C&RL News

CoOL w eb  server
created at Stanford
Conservation O n lin e, more 
familiarly know n as CoOL, is 
a collection of full-text data­
bases w hich contain informa­
tion about the preservation 
o f library, archives, and m u­
seum  materials. CoOL is the 
latest creation of Walter Hen­
ry at S tanford U niversity, 
w h o  b e g a n  th e electronic 
“n e w s le tte r” C onservation 
DistList eight years ago. In 
addition to the backfile and 
directory for Cons DistList, CoOL contains doc­
um ents contributed by a num ber of individu­
als and organizations.

CoOL is accessible by W orld Wide W eb 
(WWW), gopher, or WAIS, although not all doc­
um ents are accessible by all three m ethods. For 
WWW, th e  URL is h t t p : / / p a l i m p s e s t . 
stanford.edu/. For Gopher, point your G opher 
at palim psest.stanford.edu. For WAIS, retrieve 
the src files from cool-directory-of-servers on 
palim psest.stanford.edu, port 210 (search for 
the w ord source and you get src files for all 
CoOL databases).

To contribute electronic docum ents (which 
are in the public dom ain or for w hich you hold 
the copyright), contact Walter Henry, Conser­
v a tio n  Lab, S tan fo rd  U niversity  L ibraries, 
Stanford, CA 94550; e-mail: whenry@ lindy. 
stanford.edu. To subscribe to the Conservation 
DistList, se n d  a req u est to consdist-request 
@lindy.stanford.edu.

Permanent paper list published
Ellen McCrady of Abbey Publications has com ­
piled and published a list o f 387 perm anent 
papers produced in the United States and Can­
ada which, according to their manufacturers, 
meet the requirem ents of ANSI/NISO Z39.49-

Preservation
N e w s

Jane Hedberg

1992. The list also contains 
purchasing information and 
notes the am ount of recy­
cled fiber and post-consum­
er waste in each paper.

Copies are available for 
$7.00 from Abbey Publica­
tions, 7105 Geneva Drive, 
Austin, TX 78723; (512) 929- 
3992; Abbeypub@aol.com.

BookLab opens 
training center
BookLab, a com pany spe­
cializing in fine press edi­

tion binding and library preservation services 
located in Austin, Texas, has o p en ed  a training 
center for b ook arts and library conservation. 
The fall schedule includes six w eekend w ork­
sh o p s and four eight-session courses. Each 
w orkshop or course focuses on  a particular 
topic (e.g., Historical Structures for Bookbind­
ing) and some are intended for a specific audi­
ence (e.g., Conservation Technician Book Re­
pair).

For more information, contact BookLab, Inc., 
I6O6 Headway Circle, #100, Austin, TX 78752; 
(512) 837-0479.

AMIGOS distributes PARS and AIC 
meeting reports
The AMIGOS Preservation Service is distribut­
ing summary reports of the preservation-relat­
ed  activities at two recent conferences. O ne 
report covers com m ittee m eetings and p ro ­
grams held by the Preservation and Reformat­
ting Section (PARS) of the Association for Li­
brary Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) 
at ALA’s Annual Conference. The other covers 
sessions held at the American Institute for Con­
servation o f Historic and Artistic W orks’ (AIC) 
Annual Meeting in June.

Free copies are available from Tom Clareson, 
AMIGOS Preservation Service, AMIGOS Biblio­
graphic Council, Inc., 12200 Park Central Dr., 
Suite 500, Dallas, TX 75251; (800) 843-8482. ■

Submissions f o r  this colum n may be made to: Ja n e  
Hedberg, Wellesley College Library, 106 Central St., 
Wellesley, MA 02181-8275; (617) 283-2103; 

JHEDBERG&LUCY. WELLESLEY.EDU. Submission 
deadline is the 15th o f  the month a n d  precedes 
publication by approximately s ix  weeks.

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