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Chepesiuk, Ron – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1992
Describes efforts to conserve library materials in Cambodia being undertaken by a Cornell University library program. Topics discussed include the absence of educated librarians; environmental problems, including insects; an absence of preservation facilities and supplies; a lack of policies for the National Library; and physical and bibliographic…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Librarians
Peer reviewedWatt, Marcia A. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1992
Review of the 1991 literature on the preservation of library materials discusses paper quality and mass deacidification, cooperative programs, planning, conservation, microforms, binding, photographs, and digital and electronic media. (91 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Library Cooperation, Library Materials, Library Planning
Peer reviewedHolley, Robert P.; Parchuck, Jill – Microform Review, 1991
Discusses a preconference at the American Library Association 1990 annual conference sponsored by the Bibliographic Control of Microforms Committee of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services/Reproduction of Library Materials Section (ACLTS RLMS). Highlights include microform cataloging, standards, preservation activities,…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Conferences, Grants
Peer reviewedGordon, Ann – Microform Review, 1993
Discusses microforms of historical sources based on results of a questionnaire sent to historical researchers. Topics addressed include distribution from one site to another; the preservation of newspapers, manuscripts, and other sources; finding aids, including bibliographic control; standards; and new technologies for reproducing and delivering…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, History, Information Sources
Peer reviewedRutimann, Hans – Microform Review, 1993
Describes microfilming projects in 30 countries collected from questionnaire responses. Additional topics discussed include cooperative programs for preservation and access; an overview of national programs; mass deacidification; new technologies, such as digital preservation; microfilming projects abroad; and future priorities. (Contains 10…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperative Programs, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedNilsen, Kirsti – Government Information Quarterly, 1993
Examines development and evolution of Canadian government information policy in response to issues of preservation of data, information industry involvement in government data development and marketing, role of Crown copyright, and public access to government information in electronic formats. Six key information policy instruments are also…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing, Foreign Countries
Brown-Manrique, Gerardo – Small Town, 1991
Describes efforts of citizens of Oxford, Ohio, to preserve an existing historic environment while ensuring its commercial viability. Miami University is located in Oxford, and its architecture department prepared design guidelines for use by the Historic and Architectural Preservation Commission in evaluating proposals for adding, altering, or…
Descriptors: Architecture, City Government, Community Planning, Design
Peer reviewedKranch, Douglas A. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1998
Discusses electronic-document preservation and argues that digital tablets, storing both the documents and the software to use them, should be developed as a more permanent alternative to migration, currently the primary preservation strategy. Discusses technology that could be used to produce a digital tablet, lists life expectancy of digital…
Descriptors: Archives, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices
Anderson, Elizabeth; Atkinson, Rob; Crego, Cynthia; Slisz, Jean; Tompson, Sara – Illinois Libraries, 1998
Describes efforts at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) to digitize their legacy collection of scientific and technical reports to make them available via the Web and CD discs. Topics include a grant from the Illinois State Library for funding, hardware and software, scanning documents, CD-ROM recording and organization, and…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Selection, Computer Software, Data Conversion
Smith, Abby – American Libraries, 1999
This discussion of library preservation practices for information and cultural materials of value focuses on digital technology. Discusses controlled environments, reformatting, and emergency-preparedness strategies. A sidebar describes the Library of Congress's "American Memory" project to convert information in traditional media to an…
Descriptors: Archives, Cultural Maintenance, Data Conversion, Electronic Libraries
Peer reviewedRussell, Kelly – Microform and Imaging Review, 1998
Defines and discusses strategies for digital preservation. Describes the United Kingdom's CURL (Consortium of University Research Libraries) exemplars in digital archives project "Cedars" led by the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Leeds to address strategic, methodological, and practical issues, and to provide guidance in best…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Archives, Consortia
Bolt, Nancy – American Libraries, 2000
Describes the role of librarians at National Public Radio, emphasizing the immediacy and accuracy needed at this special library. Discusses journalism, reference materials, clipping files, customer satisfaction, preservation concerns, and funding. (LRW)
Descriptors: Journalism, Librarians, Library Funding, Library Materials
Downer, Al – Common Ground: Archeology and Ethnography in the Public Interest, 1999
Examines the evolution of historic preservation activities on American Indian reservations and the increasing participation of tribal governments. Discusses amendments to the National Historic Preservation Act that supported tribal involvement; tribal assumption of State Historic Preservation Office functions; preservation as part of cultural…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Reservations, Archaeology, Cultural Maintenance
Beit-Aire, Oren; Blake, Miriam; Caplan, Priscilla; Flecker, Dale; Ingoldsby, Tim; Lannom, Laurence W.; Mischo, William H.; Pentz, Edward; Rogers, Sally; Van de Sompel, Herbert; Suleman, Hussein; Atkins, Anthony; Goncalves, Marcos A.; France, Robert K.; Fox, Edward A.; Chachra, Vinod; Crowder, Murray; Young, Jeff; Wake, Susannah; Nicholson, Dennis – D-Lib Magazine, 2001
Articles in this collection discuss: reference linking in online scholarly journals; e-journal archiving and difficult issues it is raising; objectives, progress, members, statistics and activities of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD); detailed discussion of NDLTD projects and research efforts; and an overview of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing, Information Dissemination
Direct linkGandel, Paul B. – EDUCAUSE Review, 2005
Libraries have taken some major hits lately, again raising questions about how or whether libraries will survive a constantly shifting information landscape. The intrusion of the Web threatens to alter libraries in ways far different from those of past technological changes. Already the Web is affecting the very core areas of library services: (1)…
Descriptors: Libraries, Information Technology, Internet, Innovation
