Free reprocessing of water-damaged microfilm, and other messages, fdw

[Richard Boyden <richard.boyden@sanbruno.nara.gov>]

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Date: 5 Oct 98
From: Randy Silverman <rsilverm@alex.lib.utah.edu>
Subject: Free reprocessing of water-damaged microfilm

(The following information has been approved for posting by Stephen
J. Eckert of Kodak and Ms. Flo Wilson of Vanderbilt University, and
is provided as a disaster planning tip).

Eastman Kodak Company's Microfilm Disaster Recovery Lab in
Rochester, NY provides free reprocessing of all Kodak microfilm
damaged in water related disasters.

For example, after a heavy rain on June 5, 1998, water leaked
through the roof into the library's microfilm cabinets at Vanderbilt
University (Nashville, TN).  On June 9, 1998, 1,081 rolls of wet
35mm x 100' microfilm were received at the Disaster Recovery Lab in
Rochester.  Initially the rolls were evaluated and then washed.  On
June 17, 1998, 1,081 freshly washed rolls of microfilm in new black
plastic storage boxes were sent back to Vanderbilt University.
Following this shipment Kodak was happy to send a no-charge invoice
for $7800 to the library for this service.  Because this microfilm
was Kodak microfilm, processed in Kodak chemistry by an authorized
Kodak processing facility, this disaster recovery service was free
of charge.

To learn more about this service and packaging procedures for
shipping wet microfilm, please contact Kodak's Microfilm Disaster
Recovery Lab 1-800-243-8811.

Randy Silverman
Preservation Librarian
Marriott Library
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
801-585-6782
Fax: 801-585-3464


Date: 6 Oct 98
From: Meg Bellinger <bellingm@oclc.org>
Subject: Visiting Preservation Resources during ALA midwinter meeting

Given Preservation Resources' proximity to Philadelphia, I would
like to take the opportunity of ALA Midwinter to invite you to tour
our facility on Friday, January 29th, to see how we do preservation
microfilming and digital conversion of film, and to meet the staff.
The tour will encompass the full range of our facility and services
and will include:

    *   our camera studio which includes the thirteen Hermann &
        Kraemer cameras and the Log E Robertson full frame fiche
        camera,

    *   an overview of how preservation-quality microfilms are
        created, including high contrast, continuous tone and color
        films,

    *   the darkroom, processing and quality control units and an
        overview of how we manufacture and apply polysulfide
        solution ,

    *   the 26,200 cubic feet microfilm Vault,

    *   the digital imaging studio and a brief overview of the
        scanning process.


You'll see in action a fully implemented, high-production
reformatting operation that is currently producing 8.4 million
microfilm frames and 1.3 million images per year.

The specifics:

The invitation is RSVP only please. Tours will be conducted in two
sessions:

Tour A: 9:30 to 11:30 am
(bus leaves Philadelphia at 8:00 and returns at 1:00)
Tour B: 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
(bus leaves Philadelphia at 1:30 and returns at 6:30)

Charter bus service from Philadelphia to Bethlehem and back will be
provided. Due to limitations of time and space the invitation can
only be extended on a first come basis so please reserve as early as
possible.

We request that you RSVP to Carmen Brewer via e-mail:
<brewerc@oclc.org> by December 11, 1998.  Please indicate your tour
choice (A or B) and transportation choice (riding the bus or
providing your own). We hope to see you,

Meg Bellinger
President
Preservation Resources,
A division of OCLC
9 South Commerce Way
Bethlehem, PA 18017
610-758-8700
Fax: 758-9700


Date: 3 Oct 98
From: Regina A. Sinclair <regina-sinclair@uiowa.edu>
Subject: Exhibit on information preservation

"Keeping Our Word:  Preserving Information Across the Ages," a new
exhibition by the University of Iowa Libraries explores the long
history of information preservation and the efforts made to save a
record of our cultural heritage over the past 10 millennia.  The
exhibition opens October 1998 and runs through January 1999 in the
North Exhibition Hall of the Main Library. "Keeping Our Word" can be
toured online at <URL:http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/ref/exhibit>

Regina Sinclair, preservation librarian, curated the exhibition with
UI Libraries staff Lissa Lord, Bob Joly, Kathryn Neal and Karen
Zimmerman, with assistance from Rijn Templeton and Anna Embree.
Sinclair points out, "Our recent access to digital information has
led many to the mistaken assumption that it solves the preservation
challenge or that information in paper format now has very limited
usefulness."

"Keeping Our Word" examines how information that has emerged from
stone to paper and most recently as electronic media has been saved
over time.  A selective survey of important events from the
development of 8,000-year-old cuneiform writing to the recent
evolution of digital information is on display.  Additionally, a
portion of the exhibition includes a look at the evolution of
libraries and archives.

The exhibition focuses on new and not-so-new preservation
challenges, including an examination of paper's durability and
emerging technologies that are used for preservation.

Two videos on the subject of preserving information, "Slow Fires"
and "Into the Future" are scheduled for a free, public showing on
November 10.


Date: 5 Oct 98
From: Charlotte A Tancin <ct0u+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Workshop on disaster preparedness

Spotting the Iceberg: Managing Facilities to Avert Disaster
November 10, 1998
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Carnegie Lecture Hall
4400 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA  15213
Sponsored by the Oakland Library Consortium Preservation Working
Group

In keeping with the recent wave of "Titanic" enthusiasm, we've
borrowed the theme of spotting icebergs as a metaphor for the
preventive and protective measures that can avert or minimize damage
from a disaster. Join us for a half-day workshop that will address
these topics:

    *   hazards surveys (of buildings and collection spaces)--what
        they are, why they're important, and how to do them;

    *   preventive and protective measures for minimizing damage
        from disasters;

    *   how to facilitate communications and cooperation among those
        who care for collections, their administrators and their
        facilities management staff;

    *   possible funding sources for hazards surveys and other such
        activities;

    *   several first-person accounts of recent emergencies
        involving local collections

Speakers include Sally Buchanan, School of Information Sciences,
University of Pittsburgh; Charlotte Tancin, Hunt Institute for
Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University; Ron Servello,
Facilities Manager, Pennsylvania State University and Peggy Domer,
Foundation Center, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

This program is free to University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon
University and Carnegie Libraries Staff, Faculty and Students.  For
all others, there is a nominal fee of $5.00 if registered by October
23. After October 23, the fee is $10.00.  On-site registration
begins at 8:30 a.m.

To register, call 412-268-6622 or print a registration form from the
web site.  For further information, see
<URL:http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~ct0u/titanic.html>

Finally, also save the date for our next event, "Saving Your Family
Treasures," a public event showcasing basic preservation techniques
to be held at the Carnegie Museum on February 27, 1999.


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