Volume 5, Number 5
Nov 1981

Grants Received

• The University of Wisconsin has received a Title II-C grant from the Department of Education for "Strengthening, Preserving and Sharing of the Library Resources of the University of Wisconsin-Madison." This means, writes James Dast in a recent letter, "that we have about $100,000 of spendable money to improve microfilming facility and develop a conservation workshop, each of the two units of the Collection Maintenance Department getting about half. . . . Included, too, is a half-time technician position and a few thousand for supplies" for the workshop.
• A news release from Johns Hopkins provides the following information:

  The Milton S. Eisenhower Library of The Johns Hopkins University has received a $185,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to strengthen the library's preservation program.

  With this added support, the library's preservation resources--presently consisting of a restoration bindery and related offices--will be enlarged through the addition of a qualified paper conservator, and the program of education and technical training will be expanded. This will make possible the improved care of flat-paper materials, such as maps and prints, adding to the Eisenhower Library's book restoration program that has been in existence since 1975.

  The training program, which will be supported for a three-year period by the Mellon grant, will enable the Eisenhower Library to conduct workshops and to sponsor consultancies and internships. These special activities will be offered to other libraries in the mid-Atlantic region and to members of the Research Libraries Group.

  The workshops will orient library staff members in procedures for accurate identification of binding and preservation problems and in rapid mending techniques. Consultants will be available on a limited basis for specific programs within libraries or groups of libraries.

  The program of internships will allow Johns Hopkins to host three librarians or technicians from other institutions each year for three-month periods, during which time they will gain skills and receive intensive training in preservation techniques.

  The workshops, consultancies, and internships will be available to libraries at no cost under the terms of the Mellon Foundation grant. It is expected that the workshops and consultancies will begin in the spring of 1982, and that the internship program will be available in the fall of 1982.

  Libraries with am interest in education and training in preservation and restoration should contact Ms. Susan K. Martin, director, or Mr. John Dean, collections maintenance officer, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218.

• Newberry-Ana reports that the Andrew W, Mellon Foundation of New York has awarded the Newberry Library $600,000 as endowment for conservation operations. The Library must "earn" this money by raising another $600,000, also for conservation endowment. The foundation has earmarked part of the income from their gift for a conservation apprenticeship, the remainder to be used to support other Conservation Laboratory activities.

  A separate $18,000 Mellon Foundation grant will fund a Newberry project to develop an economical, small scale means of treating water damaged or insect infested books with a commercial freezer. The grant was made with the understanding that once the Newberry can use the freezer to dry water-wet books and exterminate insects, it will share its information with other libraries, archives, and museums.

• Morris Library, of the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, has been awarded $98,048 in Library Services and Construction Act funds to develop an Illinois Cooperative Conservation Program (ICCP). The Program will make use of the existing cooperative mechanisms of the Illinois Library and Information Network (ILLINET) and the 18 Illinois Library Systems to channel basic conservation information and assistance to over 1200 libraries in Illinois. ICCP will address both the conservation needs of rare or local history materials and the maintenance and repair of general circulating collections, as well as the proper care and use of audio-visual materials. Components of the Program include an information service, workshops, publication of a Newsletter, distribution of training materials, and coordination of conservation activities such as disaster preparedness and access to fumigation services. An Advisory Board representing all types of libraries will provide input and direction to the Program. For more information, contact ICCP Project Director Carolyn Clark Morrow, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901,