ALCTS program on preservation microfilming

ALA Program: "We Are Not Alone: International Preservation
    Microfilming Initiatives in the 90's"

Attention Preservation and Collection Development Professionals! If
you are going to be in San Francisco for the American Library
Association's Annual Meeting, plan on attending the Association for
Library Collections and Technical Services' (ALCTS) Program, "We Are
Not Alone: International Preservation Microfilming Initiatives in
the 90's" and learn about preservation microfilming activities
abroad.  This program, sponsored by the Preservation & Reformatting
Section's (PARS) Reformatting Committee, is scheduled for Saturday,
June 28th, 9:30 am - 12:30pm (Moscone Convention Center, Meeting
Room # 132), at ALA Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

Speakers include Dan Hazen, Librarian for Latin America, Spain, and
Portugal at Harvard College Library, who will cover activities in
Latin America, as well as efforts based outside of the region but
focused on Latin American resources. James Nye, Bibliographer for
Southern Asia at the University of Chicago, will highlight what he
has learned about filming in developing countries during the past
ten years and ten preservation projects focused on India and
Pakistan. Hans Rutimann, International Program Officer of the
Commission on Preservation and Access (CPA), will provide an
overview of the Commission's international program and offer
examples of microfilming projects in Western Europe. He will discuss
international efforts to create registers of microform masters and
the perspective, especially in developing countries, of microfilming
in light of digital technology's promise.  Abby Smith, Assistant to
the Associate Librarian of of Congress, will discuss the
preservation microfilming scene in Eastern Europe, as well as the
Library of Congress' six overseas filming operations.

Lee Dirks
Microsoft Archives
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA  98052-6399
425-703-6866
Fax: 425-936-7329

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