ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


May 1991 /  309

P R E S E R V A T I O N
N E W S

P re p a re d  by B a rb a ra  B row n

College Libraries Committee 
Commission on Preservation and Access

• Chicago, Illinois. For those of you who may 
not see The American Archivist (published by the 
Society of American Archivists) regularly, the latest 
issue, Spring 1990 (vol. 53, no. 2) is a Special 
Preservation Issue, edited by Anne R. Kenney, 
Cornell University. Particularly useful are the 
“Checklist of Standards Applicable to the Preserva­
tion of Archives and Manuscripts” and the review 
essays on “Literature on the Preservation o f Non- 
Paper Materials” and "Audiovisual Resources on 
Preservation Topics.”

• Atlanta, Georgia. The SOLINET Preserva­
tion Program has announced the publication of 
“Choosing and Working with a Conservator” by Jan 
Paris. This new pamphlet offers sound, broadly 
applicable guidelines to help institutions and pa­
trons choose the right person or service center, 
then explains how the client and conservator work 
together to get the desired results. Single copies 
may be purchased for $10 prepaid, check payable 
to SOLINET. Reduced rates are available for 
multiple copies. Copies may be ordered by mail, 
SO LIN ET Preservation Program, 400 Colony 
Square, Plaza Level, Atlanta, GA 30361-6301 or by 
fax, (404) 892-7879. For additional information, 
call SOLIN ET at (800) 999-8558.

• Washington, D.C. The conference, Preser­
vation of Library and Archival Material, jointly

sponsored by the Association of Physical Plant 
Administrators and the Commission on Preserva­
tion and Access, attracted one hundred and two 
librarians, physical plant personnel, and architects. 
The conference was designed to foster better work­
ing relationships among participant groups in order 
to improve environmental conditions of library and 
archives material. The APPA is planning to issue a 
publication from this conference, which will in­
clude the text of the keynote address given by Dr. 
Billy E. Frye, Vice President for Academic Affairs 
and Provost of Emory  University. For more details 
contact: Steve Glazner, Director of Communica­
tions, APPA, 1446 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 
22314-3492.

• Washington, D.C. A report on the National 
Conference on the Development of Statewide 
Preservation Programs held March 1-3, 1989, at 
the Library of Congress is available, while supplies 
last, for $15.00 from the Commission on Preserva­
tion and Access. The report was edited by Carolyn 
Clark Morrow, Harvard’s Malloy-Rabinowitz Pres­
ervation Librarian, to be a practical tool for states 
interested in developing preservation plans. Send a 
check made payable to “Commission on Preserva­
tion and Access” to Trish Cece, Communications 
Assistant, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 
313, Washington, DC 20036-2117. ■  ■

(NEH awards con’tfrom  previous page)

State Library Services will support the develop­
ment of comprehensive preservation plans for the 
libraries, archives, historical societies, and muse­
ums in Maine and Rhode Island.

NEH also provides grants for scientific research 
undertaken to improve preservation technology

and procedures. A grant of $279,012 to the Roch­
ester Institute of Technology in New York will 
support a project to develop improved archival 
storage techniques and new methods for detecting 
the deterioration of microfilm.

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