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

IPI recovery guide 
The Image Permanence Institute has devel­
oped an eight­page brochure, A Consumer 
Guide for the Recovery of Water­Damaged 
Traditional and Digital Prints, as a com­
panion to A Consumer Guide to Tradi­
tional and Digital Print Stability. The new 
guide provides the general public with an 
introduction to preventing water damage 
of photographs and to how water affects 
traditional photographs, dye diffusion ther­
mal transfers, ink jet prints, and albums of 
photographic materials, if they do get wet. 
It also covers drying methods for mounted 
and unmounted prints and albums, freez­
ing, and fl attening. 

Both guides are available free­of­charge 
at www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/ 
sub_pages/consguides.htm. (Note this is a 
new URL for IPI.) Paper copies of the guides 
are also available free­of­charge from IPI by 
sending an e­mail request to ipiwww@rit. 
edu with “Consumer Guide Request” in the 
subject line. 

Books in transition 
The University of Iowa Libraries are spon­
soring a four­day exposition, The Chang­
ing Book: Transitions in Design, Produc­
tion, and Preservation, in Iowa City from 
July 22–25, 2005. This event will examine 
the evolving perception of books and how 
book conservators are responding to that 
evolution. Some of the most well­known 
names in book conservation will partici­
pate: Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler, John Dean, 
Mark Andersson, Michael Bierut, Jim Ca­
nary, Jeanne Drewes, Anna Embree, Don 
Etherington, Katherine Hayles, Chela 
Metzger, Bill Minter, Paul Parisi, Roberta 
Pilette, and Pam Spitzmueller. In addition 
to lectures and panel presentations, the 

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

exposition will include book exhibitions, 
tours, and a “tent show” with technical 
demonstrations, vendor booths, and poster 
sessions. 

Registration costs $190.00 before June 20th 
or $260.00 after. Student registrations cost 
$90.00 before June 20th and $175.00 after. 
For more information, see www.lib.uiowa. 
edu/book2005/. Registrants are encouraged 
to submit proposals for the tent show ex­
hibition; an application form is available 
at www.lib.uiowa.edu/book2005/pages/ 
Tent%20Showform.pdf. 

Digital books about books 
Oak Knoll Books in New Castle, Delaware, 
has created a searchable online collection 
of approximately 60 books about books. 
The titles are organized in 18 categories: 
bibliography, book collecting, book design, 
book illustration, book selling, bookbind­
ing, bookplates, children’s books, Delaware 
books, fine press books, forgery, libraries, 
literary criticism, papermaking, printing his­
tory, publishing, typography, and writing & 
calligraphy. The URL is www.oakknoll.com/ 
digitalbooks.php. 

Web sites redesigned 
The Web site of the Conservation Center 
for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) has a 
new look, outlining core services, presenting 
news about the center, and showcasing free 
technical bulletins, new workshop offerings, 
and subsidized preservation surveys. The 
URL is www.ccaha.org. 

Independent Media Arts Preservation, 
Inc. (IMAP) has reconstituted its Web site 
about video, audio, and digital media 
preservation. The improved site includes 
an introduction to preservation principles 
and processes titled “Preservation 101,” 
the IMAP cataloging template with online 
tutorial, and a wide array of information 
resources. The URL is www.imappreserve. 
org. 

March 2005  233 C&RL News 

www.imappreserve
http:www.ccaha.org
http:www.oakknoll.com
www.lib.uiowa.edu/book2005/pages
www.lib.uiowa
mailto:jane_hedberg@harvard.edu
http:www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org