ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 2 8 1 C&RL News ■ Ja n u a ry 1999 ALCTS o ffe rs b in d in g in s titu te T h e P reserv atio n a n d R eform atting Section (PARS) o f th e A ssociation for Library Collec­ tions a n d T echnical Services (ALCTS) o f th e ALA will offer “N ew D irections in Library Bind­ ing” in Los Angeles, California, o n M arch 1 1 - 12, 1999- T h e institute consists o f plen ary ses­ sio n s a n d sm all g ro u p practica, w h ic h are d esig n ed to co v er th e basic adm inistrative a n d technical aspects o f library binding. A ttendees will learn a b o u t various binding m e th o d s a n d h o w to c h o o se am o n g them , cu rren t a n d future bin d in g standards, criteria fo r d e v e lo p in g co n tract specifications, an d o p tio n s fo r volum es that c a n o r sh o u ld n o t b e b o u n d . T hey will also learn h o w sim ple re­ pairs p erfo rm ed b efo re bin d in g can en h a n c e th e effectiveness o f a bin d in g program . T here will b e a n o ptional to u r o f th e Kater-Crafts B oo k b in d ers o n Saturday, M arch 13- Faculty include Sally M oyer (Library Binding Institute), Paul Parisi (Acme B ookbinding C om pany), Fritz Jam es (Library B inding Service), Lynn Jo n es (U niversity o f California, B erkeley), W esley B o om gaarden (O h io State University), Carol Eyler (South St. Paul Public Library, M innesota), a n d T o m C lareso n (AMIGOS B ibliographic Service). Registration costs $195 for ALCTS m em bers, $245 for ALA m em bers, o r $280 for n o n m e m ­ bers an d m ust b e paid before February 24,1999. T h e o ptional Kater-Crafts to u r costs $35. For m o re inform ation, co n tac t Y vonne McLean, ALCTS Office, 50 East H uron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; ph o n e: 1-800-545-2433, x5032; e- mail: ym clean@ ala.org; Web: h ttp ://w w w .a la . org/alcts/events/institutes/lbi.htm l. ARL fo o d an d d rin k policies T h e Systems a n d P ro ced u re E xchange C enter o f th e A ssociation o f R esearch Libraries (ARL) has p u b lish ed SPEC kit no. 237 entitled M a n ­ a g in g F ood a n d D r in k in ARL Libraries. C om ­ piled by G eorge Soete, this publication reviews so m e o f th e m eth o d s utilized b y ARL libraries to b alan ce u ser preferen ces w ith p ro tectio n o f collections. Strategies include liberalized p o li­ cies, as w ell as u ser e d u catio n program s. Copies are available for $25 to ARL mem bers o r $40 to nonm em bers, plus $6 for shipping and handling, from ARL Publications, Dept. 0692, W ashington, D.C. 20073-0692; p h o n e : (202) 296-2296; fax: (202) 872-0884; e-mail: pubs@arl.01g. LC shares RFR's T he National Digital Library Program at the Li­ brary o f Congress has m ade the content o f three o f its RFP’s for digital conversion available on the Web. T he first is “Paper Scanning—Digital Im­ ages from Original Documents, Text Conversion an d SGML-Encoding,” the second is “Microfilm Scanning— Conversion of Microfilm to Digital Images,” and th e third is “Pictorial Scanning— Conversion o f Pictorial Materials to Digital Im­ ages.” T hey are available in HTML a n d PDF versions o n th e A m erican M em ory W eb site at h ttp ://m e m o r y . lo c .g o v /a m m e m / ftpfiles. h tm l. For m ore information contact the National Digital Library Program by e-mail at ndlpcoll@loc.gov. B ookLab closes BookLab, Inc. o f Austin, T exas, c e a se d to d o business o n N ovem ber 30,1998. For te n years, BookLab offered high-quality preservation p h o ­ tocopying an d conservation services at reaso n ­ able prices. I, a n d I believe m an y o f its clients, received th e n ew s o f B ookLab’s closing w ith g reat regret a n d w ish Craig Jen sen , G ary Frost, a n d all th e staff success in th eir n e w ventures. GIS m o ves W e b site T he Geoscience Inform ation Society (GIS) Pres­ ervation C om m ittee has m o v ed its W eb site to http://w w w .lib raries.p su .ed u /em sl/g u id es/g is/ gispresv.htm l. This site serves as a clearing­ h o u se fo r inform ation a b o u t preservation o f th e literature o f th e geosciences. For m ore inform ation contact, Linda Musser o r Lisa W ishard, Earth an d M ineral Sciences Library, T he Pennsylvania State University, Uni­ versity Park, PA 16802; p h o n e: (814) 865-9517; fax: (814) 865-1379; e-mail: lrm 4@ psu.edu or larl4 @ p su .ed u , respectively. ■ Jane Hedberg prepares this colum n fo r th e College Libraries C o m m itte e , C om m ission o n P re serva tio n a n d Access. Subm issions m a y 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 Jane HedbergP r e s e r v a t i o n N e w s mailto:ymclean@ala.org http://www.ala http://memory loc.gov/ammem/ mailto:ndlpcoll@loc.gov http://www.libraries.psu.edu/emsl/guides/gis/ mailto:lrm4@psu.edu mailto:larl4@psu.edu mailto:JHEDBERG@WELLESLEY.EDU C&RL News ■ J a n u a ry 1 9 9 9 /2 9 30 / C&RL News ■ J a n u a ry 1999