New RLG Preservation Microfilming Handbook

RLG Publishes Important New Handbook for Preservation Microfilming
Written by panel of experts, new filming guidelines revise and expand on
    earlier RLG versions

April 20, 1992 -- The RLG PRESERVATION MICROFILMING HANDBOOK, newly
published by the Research Libraries Group (RLG), is a 204-page manual
prescribing practices and procedures for libraries and other
institutions involved in preserving monographs and serials on microfilm.
The publication, which supersedes the earlier RLG PRESERVATION MANUAL
(2nd ed., Stanford, CA, 1986), results from the work of 18 RLG-selected
preservation microfilming specialists representing libraries, commercial
micropublishers, filming bureaus, and related organizations.  It is
edited by RLG preservation program officer Nancy E. Elkington.

Since 1983 RLG has led the way in large-scale cooperative microfilming
projects.  RLG's microfilming guidelines, an outgrowth of these
projects, have been used by an increasing number of libraries and other
cultural institutions as the national effort to preserve deteriorating
materials has gained momentum.

The handbook features detailed guidelines -- based on accepted national
and international standards -- for prefilming, targeting, and filming of
monographs, pamphlets, and serials.  Appendices supplement this
information with samples of contracts, requests for information (RFIs),
requests for proposal (RFPs), instructional flags, reel programming
worksheets, quality control report forms, and selected targets.  Other
appendices address the impact of microfilming projects on libraries,
considerations when expanding filming capacity, recommended procedures
for inspecting microfilm, and the polysulfide treatment of microfilm.  A
chart (15 x 30 inches) for identifying defects in camera negatives is
also enclosed.

The RLG PRESERVATION MICROFILMING HANDBOOK is spiral-bound with stiff
covers, 204 pages, illustrated, indexed, printed on alkaline paper.
Price:  $75.00 per copy, plus applicable sales tax and $5.00 for
shipping and handling.

TO ORDER:  Please contact Distribution Services Center, The Research
Libraries Group, Inc., 1200 Villa Street, Mountain View, CA 94041-1100.
E-mail BL.DSC [at] RLG__BITNET or BL.DSC [at] RLG__STANFORD__EDU.  FAX 415/964-0943.
No phone orders please!  Also available through the American Library
Association (ALA) and the Association for Information and Image
Management (AIIM).

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