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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: arsclist Conference-
Informal Meetings
Preliminary it is, being dated Nov 1,
2001. Still, it's a good starting point.
Steve
In case this link has not yet made its way to ARSClist, here is the URL
to some preliminary research on the matter carried out by the Smithsonian
Center for Materials Research and Education:
http://www.si.edu/scmre/mail_irradiation.html. Apparently
there is a small task force working now on such things as collecting samples
of materials to be tested by the company that was hired by the USPS to
irradiate first-class mail and flats sent to zip codes starting with 202-205
and communicating with government entities (e.g., Office of Homeland Security)
about the effects of irradiation on cultural materials.
Hannah
Frost
At 10:58 AM 5/6/2002 -0400, you wrote:
We need to
get more hard data on the way various materials are being irradiated and
demagnetized via the many shipping services in the US.
etc.________________________
Hannah
Frost
Media Preservation Librarian
Stanford University Libraries