[PADG:472] ALA Annual Conference, PADG Agenda

[Cathleen Mook <cathy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 

 

 

ALA Annual Conference, Chicago
ALCTS/PARS
Preservation Administration Discussion Group
Friday, June 24, 2005
2:00-5:00 P.M.
Palmer House Hilton, Wabash Parlor (3^rd floor)

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. (http://www.kirtas-tech.com/index.asp)

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

                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 romote
                                storage facility. (http://ldp.library.jhu.edu/projects/capm)

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
voice: (617) 495-8596   fax: (617) 496-8344
jane_hedberg@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://preserve.harvard.edu

AND 

 

Cathleen L. Mook

Head, Preservation

University of Florida

Box 117007

Gainesville, FL 32611

(voice) 352-392-6962

(fax) 352-392-6597

(email) cmook@xxxxxxx