Fwd: NISO draft Z39.79: Environmental conditions .....

[Barbara Berger <beb1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If any of you care to check this out and comment let me know and I will
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>Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 18:41:01 -0500 (EST)
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>From: Carlen Ruschoff <ruschoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>To: beb1@xxxxxxxxxxx (Barbara E Berger)
>Subject: NISO draft Z39.79: Environmental conditions .....
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>To:  Mary Jo Lynch, ALA Office of Research & Statistics
>       Karen Muller, ALCTS Executive Director
>        Sarah Pritchard, ALA Standards, Chair
>        Brian J. Baird, PARS Books & Paper Standards, Chair
>        Richard Oram, ACRL RMBS, Chair
>        Ann Swartzell, Harvard
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>From:  Carlen Ruschoff, ALA Representative to NISO
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>Date: December 1, 1998
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>Subject: NISO Z39.79-199X, Environmental conditions for Exhibiting Library
>and Archival                Materials
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>The proposed new standard: Environmental conditions for Exhibiting Library
>and Archival            Materials has been released for review and ballot
>NISO.  This standard establishes criteria to minimize the impact of
>environmental factors that contribute to the deterioration of library and
>archival materials on exhibit. 
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>The standard can be found at the NISO WEB site or by using the following
>URL: http://www.niso.org/pdfs/z3979dft.pdf.   If you are unable to contact
>the site, please let me know and I will fax a copy of the draft standard
>to you.  There will be no mailing of print pages.
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>Please distribute the draft within your community for discussion and
>comment and return the  ballot below and comments to me by December 22,
>1998.  If you prefer, send your comments to me via e-mail.  My address is:
>ruschoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  It is a real time saver to have your
>comments in machine readable form.
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>Let me know if you know of an ALA group that should review this standard
>but is not listed in the distribution above.  I will be most happy to send
>a copy to any ALA group interested in commenting on this standard.  Thank
>you!
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>cc:                      Dale Swensen, Editor, ALCTS Newsletter
>                          Sheila Intner, ALCTS President
>                          Maureen Sullivan, ACRL President
>                          Christine Hage, Public Library Association
>                          Jo Bell Whitlatch, Reference & Adult Services
>Division
>                         Barbara Berger, ALCTS/PARS, Chair
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>                BALLOT FORM            Approval of ANSI/NISO Z39.79-199X
>	ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR EXHIBITING LIBRARY AND ARCHIVAL
>MATERIALS
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>_____     Yes, with comment.                [Comments must accompany this
>ballot]  
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>_____     No.               [Reason(s) for voting "no" must accompany this
>ballot]
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>_____     Abstain                 [Reasons(s) for abstaining must be
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>RESPONDENT:
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>PLEASE RETURN THIS BALLOT BY:		DEC. 22, 1998
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>Return ballot to:   Internet: ruschoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>   Carlen Ruschoff                        FAX: 202 687-1215
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Barbara Berger				phone: 607-255-5291
Preservation Reformatting Librarian	fax:	607-254-7493
Cornell University Library			email:	beb1@xxxxxxxxxxx
B32 Olin Library
Ithaca, NY 14853


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