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Preservation News

Jane Hedberg Jane Hedberg prepares this column for the College Libraries Committee, Commission on Preservation and Access. Submissions for this column may be made via: Internet: JHEDBERG@LUCY. WELLESLEY. EDU; fax :(6l 7) 283-3640; phone :(617) 283-2103; or mail to: Jane Hedberg, Wellesley College Library, 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA 02181-8275. Submission deadline is the 15th of the month and precedes publication by approximately six weeks.

UC San Diego develops staff training program

Julie Page, preservation li- brarian, and George Soete, associate university librarian for collections, have devel- oped a new staff preserva- tion orientation program at the University of California, San Diego. The program fo- cuses on the responsibilities of library staff for preserva- tion of the collections and builds basic skills. In addition to the training, responsibility for appropri- ate handling of library materials has been incorporated in all library staff job descriptions. Slightly modified training sessions have been given to library custodians and physical plant administrators and are planned for campus police. Page and Soete have found the program particularly effective and are avail- able at (619) 534-1234 to answer questions about it.

Schrock provides free preservation information

Nancy Carlson Schrock, an independent con- servator and consultant in Winchester, Massa- chusetts, may now be contacted on Thursdays and Fridays to answer librarians’ preservation questions free-of-charge. The phone number for this Preservation Information Hotline, funded by Gaylord Bros., is 1-800-428-3631.

CPA supports EROMM Project

The Commission on Preservation and Access has been recognized by the Bibliotheque Na- tional as an official partner in the preparatory phase of a pilot project to create EROMM, a machine-readable European register of micro- film masters. During the pilot phase, data from the British Library (Great Britain), the Bibliothèque Nationale (France), the Biblioteca Nacional (Portu- gal), and the Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Gottingen (Germany) will be used to create a UNIMARC-based file. This file is expected to be com- patible with the minimum data requirements for an internation-al register of mi- croform masters currently under development. The EROMM project was initiated by the 12-mem- ber Commission of the European Communities, which will supply 60 percent of the first year’s funding. The CPA will supply the remaining 40 percent, using funds from its Mellon Founda- tion grant for international activities.

NEDCC receives NEH grant

The Field Service Program of the Northeast Document Conservation Center in Andover, Massachusetts, has received an $889,000 grant from the Division of Preservation and Access of the National Endowment for the Humani- ties. The grant will support several new Field Service Program initiatives including a series of preservation training workshops and a pro- gram to provide information and training in statewide preservation planning. In addition, the grant will provide support for existing Field Service Program activities in the New England and the Mid-Atlantic states. These activities include subsidized preservation surveys, pro- vision of a free telephone reference service to answer questions about preservation, con- servation, and disasters, and publications of technical leaflets. For more information con- tact: Karen Motylewski, Director of Field Ser- vice, NEDCC, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810; (508) 470-1010.

Ed: note:Publication of the American Association of Law Libraries' Special Committee on Preservation Needs of Law Libraries: Report and Recommendations, which was announced in the May issue of this column, will probably take place sometime in the fall. For additional information about this report, see the spring issue (v.84:no.2) of the Law Library Journal. ■