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

NARA Annual Conference 
The 21st Annual National Archives and Re­
cord Administration Preservation Conference, 
“Managing the Intangible: Creating, Storing 
and Retrieving Digital Surrogates of Histori­
cal Materials,” will be held on Monday, April 
30, and Tuesday, May 1, 2007, in Adelphi, 
Maryland. The first day of the conference will 
be devoted to formal presentations about 
digital preservation reformatting that cover 
goals, tools, workflows, skills, storage media, 
retrieval, metadata, costs, and the implications 
of digitization for preservation programs. The 
second day will be devoted to moderated 
discussions and sessions about digitizing static 
media (still photography, textual and carto­
graphic records, and microfilm) and dynamic 
media (audio, video, and motion pictures). 

Registration costs $275. For more informa­
tion or to register, contact Richard Schneider, 
Conference Coordinator, National Archives 
(NWT), 8601 Adelphi Road, Room B­815, 
College Park, MD 20740­6001; phone: (301) 
837­3617; e­mail: richard.schneider@nara. 
gov; URL: www.archives.gov/preservation 
/conferences/2007/. 

WESTPAS 
The Western States and Territories Preservation 
Assistance Service (WESTPAS) has begun its 
first phase of operation, which will last through 
December 2008. WESTPAS is a National En­
dowment for the Humanities grant­supported 
preservation information, education, and train­
ing program for small libraries and archives 
in ten western states and three territories 
(Alaska, American Samoa, Colorado, Guam, 
Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Northern 
Mariana Islands, Oregon, Utah, Washington, 
and Wyoming). During this first phase, seven 
preservation professionals will assist participat­
ing institutions in creating disaster response 

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

plans and provide training in emergency pre­
paredness and response to 600 staff members. 
WESTPAS will also operate a 24/7 hotline for 
assistance during collection emergencies. The 
initial goal is to create a preservation network 
without establishing a regional center in a 
single location. 

For more information, contact Julie Page, 
Preservation Librarian, University of California­
San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive # 0175­N, La 
Jolla, CA 92093­0175; phone: (858) 534­7695; 
e­mail: jpage@ucsd.edu. 

British collections support 
“Collections Link: Just Practical Advice” is a 
unique collections management advisory service 
in Great Britain. It consists of a telephone and 
e­mail advisory service, a database of training 
and skill development opportunities, a fund to 
support the development of new resources, and 
(of most interest to a North American audience) 
an online library of best practice guides and fact 
sheets. The online library covers a broad range 
of preservation issues, from simple collection 
care to raising funds. Managed by MDA, a mu­
seum collections organization, in partnership 
with the Institute of Conservation (ICON) and 
the National Preservation Office (NPO), this free 
service provides information useful to museums, 
libraries, and archives. 

The URL for Collections Link is www. 
collectionslink.org.uk/. 

AMIEN 
The Art Materials Information Education 
Network (AMIEN) provides comprehensive 
and impartial online information about artists’ 
materials. It is particularly concerned with 
their composition, appropriate uses, aging 
properties, and safe use. The Web site includes 
articles and other resources, but is primarily an 
online forum for discussion of specifi c topics. 
AMIEN is a collaboration of the Intermuseum 
Conservation Association and Mark Gottsegen 
at University of North Carolina­Greensboro. 

The URL for AMIEN is www.amien.org/. 

188C&RL News March 2007

http:www.amien.org
mailto:jpage@ucsd.edu
mailto:jane_hedberg@harvard.edu
www.archives.gov/preservation
mailto:richard.schneider@nara