AUTHOR INFORMATION

STACY J. RUSCH has been the chief of conservation at the Virginia Historical Society for the past 11 years. She created the conservation and preservation program at the society after gaining three years' experience at the J. Paul Getty Center Library in its special collections. She has privately apprenticed with book conservator Tom Albro for the past seven years and with paper conservator Sylvia Rodgers Albro for the past three years. She has an M.L.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Address: Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, Va. 23221. E-mail address: Stacy@vahistorical.org

HOLLY T. HERRO is the librarian for preservation and conservation services at the University of South Carolina, where she will create its preservation and conservation program. She previously worked at the Virginia Historical Society as the associate conservator for five and one-half years. She privately apprenticed with book conservator Tom Albro for six and one-half years and paper conservator Sylvia Rodgers Albro for two and one-half years. She has an M.S.L.S. from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Address: University of South Carolina, Thomas Cooper Library, Columbia, S.C. 29208. E-mail address: HollyH@gwm.sc.edu