[PADG:1002] Re: Preservation Instruction, Education and Outreach Discussion Group

["Yvonne A. Carignan" <yc38@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Preservation Issues in Small to Mid-Sized Libraries Discussion Group
ALA/ALCTS/PARS
ALA Midwinter Meeting, Chicago, IL
Contracting Collections Conservation
Sunday, July 9, 2000
4:30 - 6:30 
Location: Marriott Downtown
Room: Ohio-Northwestern

Co-Chair: Patricia Palmer
Co-Chair: Yvonne Carignan

Program Description

Contracts and work statements for preservation activities insure 
professional standards, document obligations between service provider 
and custodians, provide legal protection for both parties, and are 
sound business practice.  Models of contracts exist for library 
binding, preservation microfilming, special collections conservation, 
and mass deacidification.  But what about contracting for GENERAL 
COLLECTIONS preservation treatment?  Can an effective work statement be 
created to capture treatments that are both conservationally sound and 
cost effective for general collections?  What treatments might we like 
to have for deteriorated books from our general collections?  Are any 
vendors interested in contracting to treat general collections for a 
cost that libraries can afford?  

In this session, we will explore issues related to outsourcing 
collections conservation and consider what belongs in a collections 
conservation work statement.  Our discussion will be guided by a panel 
that includes collections conservators, preservation administrators, 
vendors, and consultants who are experienced in various aspects of 
contracting collections conservation. 

We will be meeting on Sunday, July 9, from 4:30 to 6:30 in the 
Marriott Downtown Hotel, in the Ohio-Northwestern Room.

Please feel free to contact us by phone or email for further 
information.  (Yvonne at (301) 405-9343/yc38@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Patricia at 
(804) 828-2287/pepalmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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Yvonne Carignan
Preservation Department Head
McKeldin Library
University of Maryland 
College Park, MD 20742
yc38@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
VoiceMail: 301-405-9343