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

Bookbinding exhibit 
The Department of Rare Books and Special 
Collections in Firestone Library at Princeton 
University has mounted Hand Bookbind­
ings from Special Collections in the Princ­
eton University Library: Plain and Simple to 
Grand and Glorious. It is an online version 
of a traditional exhibit at the library between 
November 2002 and April 2003. There are 
images of more than 200 bindings divided 
into 26 categories by binding types and 
techniques. Viewers may closely examine 
binding details by using the magnifi er func­
tion to select an area and the amount of 
magnifi cation desired. 

The URL for the exhibit is libweb5.princ­
eton.edu/visual_materials/hb/hb.html. 

IASA guidelines 
The International Association of Sound 
and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) published 
Guidelines on Production and Preservation 
of Digital Audio Objects. It was written by 
members of the IASA Technical Committee, 
edited by Kevin Bradley of the National Li­
brary of Australia, and endorsed by UNES­
CO as a recommended practice document. 
The guidelines offer advice about formats 
and long­term sustainability, whether creat­
ing digital copies from analog originals or 
digital originals. 

Copies cost 25.00 Euros each, plus ship­
ping, and may be ordered from Ilse Assmann, 
Media Libraries, South African Broadcasting 
Corporation, P.O. Box 931, 2006 Auckland 
Park, South Africa; fax: +27 11 714 4281; 
e­mail: assmanni@sabc.co.za. For more in­
formation about the IASA, consult their Web 
site at www.iasa­web.org. 

MMAA 
The Midwest Media Archives Alliance 
(MMAA) in Chicago, Illinois offers support 

Jane Hedberg is preservation program offi  cer at Harvard 
University Library, e-mail: jane_hedberg@harvard.edu; 
fax: (617) 496-8344 

for Midwestern collectors of film, video, and 
audio materials. Recently founded by archi­
vists Carolyn Faber and Dwight Swanson, 
the alliance is designed to help promote 
and preserve regional media collections. Its 
goal is to provide information and advice 
about care and maintenance of fi lm, video, 
and audio formats, access policies and strat­
egies, funding and revenue generation, col­
lection promotion, and preservation prin­
ciples and techniques. The founders plan 
for the MMAA to serve as a clearinghouse 
for information and resources and hope to 
create useful connections among individu­
als and organizations that hold this type of 
resource. 

The URL for their nascent Web site is 
www.midwestmediaarchives.org. 

SOLINET distance education 
The Southeastern Library Network, Inc. (SO­
LINET) is offering three Web­based distance 
education workshops this winter. The fi rst, 
“Introduction to Grants for Preservation” 
will be held online January 20 and March 
31, 2005, from 2:00–4:00 p.m. The second, 
“Preservation and Salvage of Audiovisual 
Materials” will be held on January 27, 2005, 
from 2:00–4:00 p.m. The third, “Develop­
ing a Disaster Plan” will be held February 
10, February 24, and March 10, 2005, from 
2:00–4:00 p.m. 

The grants and audiovisual workshops 
cost $100.00 for SOLINET members and 
$140.00 for nonmembers. The disaster 
plan workshop costs $155.00 for SOLINET 
members and $225.00 for non­members. 
Early­bird discounts and late fees apply. For 
more information, contact Vanessa Rich­
ardson at SOLINET, 1438 West Peachtree 
Street NW, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30309­
2955; phone: (800) 999­8558; e­mail: van­
essa_richardson@solinet.net or consult the 
SOLINET Web site at www.solinet.net/work­
shops/Inventorylist.cfm#Preservation. 

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www.solinet.net/work
mailto:essa_richardson@solinet.net
http:www.midwestmediaarchives.org
mailto:jane_hedberg@harvard.edu
http:www.iasa-web.org
mailto:assmanni@sabc.co.za