NLM's preservation practices

The National Library of Medicine has been prompted by Nicholson
Baker's new book, Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper,
to issue a description of its preservation practices.  This document
is available at
<URL:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/psd/pcm/nlmprespract.html>

Margaret Byrnes
Head, Preservation and Collection Management Section
National Library of Medicine


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                  Conservation DistList Instance 14:55
                 Distributed: Thursday, April 19, 2001
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