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Jane Hedberg

LC Preservation Directorate Web site

The Preservation Directorate of the Library of Congress has added some documentation to its Web site. There is a short report about the development of a new faster and more economical accelerated aging test for paper that closely simulates the effects of natural aging. The test’s accuracy was determined by comparison of the degradation products formed during natural aging and those formed during the accelerated aging test. There is also a new series of brochures about the Directorate and its programs. The titles are: Preserving and Protecting America’s Library, The Deterioration and Preservation of Paper: Some Essential Facts, Saving the Written Word: Mass Deacidification at the Library of Congress, The United States Newspaper Program, and Caring for Your Family Treasures.

The report on accelerated aging is available at http://lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/acceltest.html. The brochures are available at http://lcweb.loc.gov/ preserv/brochure.html or free of charge from The Preservation Directorate, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540, phone: (202) 707-5213; e-mail: preserve@loc.gov.

CCAHA technical bulletin

The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) has added a new title to its technical bulletin series, Disaster Recovery: Salvaging Art on Paper. Written by CCAHA staff members Anne Downey and Mary Schobert, it covers the effects water, smoke, soot, and particulate matter can have on various types of art works on paper, and the possible recovery options. Charts listing the advantages and disadvantages of immediate conservation treatment, air-drying, temporary freezing, freezer drying, and vacuum freeze-drying provide useful summaries. It includes a short bibliography and list of other resources.

The technical bulletin is $3.50 and may be ordered from the Preservation Services Office, CCAHA, 264 South 23rd St., Philadelphia, PA 19103, phone: (215) 545-0613, fax: (215) 735- 9313; e-mail: ccaha@ccaha.org. Two previous bulletins, Disaster Recovery: Salvaging Photograph Collections and Managing a Mold Invasion: Guidelines for Disaster Response are available free of charge at http://www.ccaha.org.

School for scanning

The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) will hold another “School for Scanning: Creating, Managing, and Preserving Digital Assets” in Delray Beach, Florida, on December 3-5, 2001. This popular three-day conference provides the latest information about and best practices for converting paper-based collections into digital files. Its primary audience is administrators and project managers, not technicians. Speakers will cover project management, copyright and other legal issues, content selection for digitization, standards, quality control and costs, collaborative project models, text and image digitization, metadata, and digital longevity and preservation.

Registration is $325 through October 19 and $400 between October 20 and November 9- For more information or a registration form, contact Ginny Hughes, NEDCC, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810; phone: (978) 470-1010, ext. 224, fax: (978) 475-6021, e-mail: ghughes@ nedcc.org, Web site: http://www.nedcc.org.

ASHRAE conference on managing mold

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) will hold its indoor air quality conference, “IAQ 2001,” in San Francisco, California, from November 4-7. The title of the conference is “Moisture, Microbes and Health Effects: Indoor Air Quality and Moisture in Buildings.”

Its stated purpose is to share the research of health scientists and building scientists across both communities. Conference presentations will report the results of research into moisture and humidity control, the relationship between moisture and biological agents, the relationship between biological agents and human health, and remediation strategies.

More information is available at http://www.ashrae.org/ under “News and Events.” ■

Jane Hedberg is preservation program officer at Harvard University, e-mail: jane_hedberg@harvard.edu; fax: (617) 496-83444 ways Westlaw Campus helps clarify the law for

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