ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


C&RL News ■ July/A ugust 1998 /  527

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

Tim e and B its Web site  a v a ila b le
“Time and Bits: Managing Digital Continu­

ity,” the conference sponsored by the Getty 

Conservation Institute and the Getty Infor­

mation Institute in collaboration with the 

Long Now Foundation, has a Web site. This 

conference on preservation in the digital age 

and the effect of digital technologies on our 

cultural legacy was held at the Getty Center 

on February 8-10, 1998.

The Web site contains transcripts and pa­

pers related to the conference, a participants’ 

list, links to digital preservation resources on 

the Web, and an online discussion forum. The 

Web site may be found at http://w w w . 

ahip.getty.edu/timeandbits/index.htmL

LC an n oun ces d ig ita l lib ra ry w in n e rs
The Library of Congress has announced the 

winners of the 1997/98 Ameritech-sponsored 

National Digital Library Competition. This 

is the second of three annual competitions 

to award funds for the creation of digital 

collections of text and image primary re­

sources.

The seven awards were made to the Chi­

cago Historical Society for “Haymarket Af­

fair: Chicago Anarchists on Trial”; Duke Uni­

versity for “The Emergence of Advertising 

in America 1850-1920”; the Nebraska State 

Historical Society for “Prairie Settlement: A 

Story of Determination”; Northwestern Uni­

versity for “North American Indian Photo­

graphs” by Edward S. Curtis; the University 

of Iowa for “Traveling Culture: Circuit 

Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century”; the 

University of Miami (plus the Florida Inter­

national University and the Historical Mu­

seum of South Florida) for “Reclaiming the 

Everglades: South Florida’s Natural History 

1884—1934”; and the University of Washing­

ton (plus the Eastern Washington State His­

torical Society and the Museum of History 

and Industry) for “American Indians of the 

Pacific Northwest.”

The submission deadline for the 1998/99 

competition is November 2, 1998. For more 

information, consult the competition Web 

site at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award.

NY p u b lish e s co lo r p h o to g ra p h  
g u id e
The New York State Program for the Conserva­

tion and Preservation of Library Research Materi­

als, pait of the Division of Library Development 

in the New York State Library, has published 

Storage Guide for Color Photographic Materials 

by James M. Reilly. The 48-page guide explains 

the color stability of photographic materials, 

causes of image fading, and how proper storage 

can postpone that degradation. An accompany­

ing “wheel” describes environmental conditions 

that affect color photographs. The conclusions 

and recommendations included in the guide are 

based on extensive accelerated aging tests, 

which were designed to investigate the ef­

fects of storage conditions on image fading.

The cost is $20 for orders prepaid to the 

University of the State of New York, and 

order forms are available at http://www.nysl. 

nysed.gov/libdev/storage.htm. The cost is 

$25, plus $3 shipping and handling, for or­

ders paid by credit card to the Image Per­

manence Institute; phone: (716) 474-5199.

G IS co n d u cts p re se rv a tio n  su rv e y
The Geoscience Information Society (GIS) 

Preservation Committee is conducting a short 

survey about the preservation of geoscience 

materials. This survey is designed to deter­

mine both the kinds of preservation activities 

currently underway at institutions that collect 

geoscience materials and which geoscience 

materials are most in need of preservation.

The deadline for submission of informa­

tion has been extended to September 1, 1998. 

The survey form may be found at http:// 

vector.gis.psu.edu/emsl/guides/GIS/survey. 

html and submitted using the Web; faxed at 

(814) 865-1379; ariel at 128.118.152.150; or e- 

mail Lisa Wishard at larl4@psu.edu or Linda 

Musser at lrm4@psu.eclu. For more informa­

tion about the GIS Preservation Committee, 

see their Web site at http://vector.gis.psu.edu/ 

emsl/guides/GIS/gispresv.html.β

Jane Hedberg prepares th is colum n fo r  the College Libraries 
C om m ittee, Commission on Preservation and Access. 
Submissions may be made to  Jane Hedberg, Wellesley 
College; JHEDBERG@WELLESLEY.EDU; fax: (781) 283-3690

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award
http://www.nysl
mailto:larl4@psu.edu
http://vector.gis.psu.edu/
mailto:JHEDBERG@WELLESLEY.EDU