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March 2012  165 C&RL News

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

AIC CCN
American Institute for Conservation of 
Historic and Artistic Works has approved 
creation of a new division called the Col-
lections Care Network (CCN). The purpose 
of CCN is to call attention to the critical 
importance of preventive measures for en-
suring the preservation of cultural heritage 
collections and to support practitioners 
engaged in preventive endeavors. CCN 
intends to improve awareness of preventive 
care, identify or develop standards and best 
practices, offer training, provide programs 
and resources, and partner with groups that 
share the CCN mission.

For more information, contact Rebecca 
Fifield at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 
e-mail: rebecca.fifield@metmuseum.org.

BL collection care
Research Libraries UK and the Preservation 
Advisory Centre of the British Library (BL) 
have mounted “Caring for Collections,” 
an online resource designed for all library 
staff members. It is a primer on how to 
properly care for books and documents and 
explains why good care is important. There 
are ten sections: the importance of caring 
for collections, deterioration and damage, 
handling books, transporting books, storing 
books, environmental conditions, mould, 
pests, security, and disasters and salvage. 
Each section has text, photographs, quiz-
zes, tasks, and links to additional informa-
tion. Users may complete the sections at 
their own pace. The resource is also ac-
companied by a workbook that summarizes 
the tasks, key points, and links.

The online resource in Flash format 
(Flash 6.0.79 or above) and the PDF work-
book (324 KB) are available free-of-charge 
at www.bl.uk/blpac/induction.html.

Documentation summit
The National Center for Preservation 
Technology and Training (NCPTT) of the 
National Park Service, the Intermountain 
Regional Office, and the Presidio Trust 
are hosting a three-day summit about the 
creation, management, and application 
of 3-D digital documentation for cultural 
heritage sites. There will be two days of 
contributed papers with a poster session, 
followed by one day of field demonstra-
tions and exercises. 

The papers should cover acquisition 
techniques (e.g., 3-D laser scanning, reflec-
tance transformation imaging, multispectral 
imaging, digital photogrammetry, Lidar, 
and emerging technologies) or manage-
ment issues (e.g., accessibility, curation, 
storage, and standards), or applications 
(e.g., mapping, modeling, visualization, 
and reconstruction). The summit will be 
held July 10–12, 2012, at the Presidio in 
San Francisco.

The registration fee is $199 until June 
7 and $299 from June 8 to July 1, when 
registration will close. For more informa-
tion, go to http://ncptt.nps.gov/3d-digital-
documentation-summit/ or contact Jason 
Church at NCPTT in Natchitoches, Loui-
siana, e-mail: Jason_church@contractor.
nps.gov.

“Digital Antiquities”
FUTURESTATES is an online collection of 
digital mini-films that explores possible 
futures for America. “Digital Antiquities” is 
an episode from season 2 that dramatizes 
the value of digital preservation. Set in 2036 
when all digital data is backed-up automati-
cally, a young man goes to the only shop 
in America where he might retrieve the 
information on a CD bequeathed to him 
by his mother.

“Digital Antiquities” is available free-
of-charge at http://futurestates.tv/episodes 
/digital-antiquities. 

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