Preservation Administration Discussion Group (PADG)

ALA Annual Conference, Chicago
ALCTS/PARS
Preservation Administration Discussion Group
Palmer House Hilton, Wabash Parlor (3rd floor)
Friday, June 24, 2005
2-5pm

2-3:20      Automating Preservation: Voices from the Field

                Tyra Grant, Preservation Librarian, Northwestern
                University will report about Northwestern's
                development and use of the Kirtas robotic
                page-turning book scanner.
                <URL:http://www.kirtas-tech.com/>

                Cathy Aster, Project Manager, Digital Services
                Group, Stanford University Will report about the
                Digitizing Line automatic book scanner.
                <URL:http://www.4digitalbooks.com/>
                <URL:http://www-sul.stanford.edu/
                    depts/dlp/bookscanning>

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                    been wrapped for email. There should be no
                    newline.

                Sayeed Choudhury, Associate Director for Library
                Digital Programs, Johns Hopkins University Will
                report about CAPM (Comprehensive Access to Printed
                Materials), a project to develop robotics, automated
                systems and software to enhance access in the JHU
                remote storage facility.
                <URL:http://ldp.library.jhu.edu/projects/capm> apm)

3:20-3:30   New ALA Conference Schedule

                Yvonne Carignan, Past Chair, PARS

3:30-4    Break and Poster Session

4-4:45      Mass Deacidification: New LC Research on the Extension
            of Paper Life

                Chandru Shahani, Chief, Preservation Research and
                Testing Division, Library of Congress Will report
                about a newly developed accelerated aging test and
                experiments to determine the extension-of-life
                benefit derived from mass deacidification of paper.

4:45-5      Announcements

Refreshments provided by Heckman Bindery

Jane Hedberg
Preservation Program Officer
Weissman Preservation Center
Harvard University Library
Holyoke Center 821
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-8596
Fax: 617-496-8344
<URL:http://preserve.harvard.edu>


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