ACQflash: ALCTS E-Forum: Brittle Book Strategies for the 21st Century, July 11-12

Subject: ALCTS E-Forum: Brittle Book Strategies for the 21st Century, 
July 11-12
From: ALCTS-CE Announce <alcts.ce.announce_at_gmail.com>
Date: 7/2/2012 1:30 PM

Please join us for an e-forum! It's free and open to everyone!

Brittle Book Strategies for the 21st Century

July 11-12, 2012

Hosted by Kara McClurken and Kimberley Peach

Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!
Registration information is at the end of the message.

Each day, sessions begin and end at:

Pacific: 7am – 3pm
Mountain: 8am – 2pm
Central: 9am – 5pm
Eastern: 10am – 6pm

The Brittle Book Program landscape has changed with the growing 
acceptance of digital surrogates as replacements for the printed book 
and the increasing scarcity of microfilming programs. Different options 
are available to Preservation Librarians than were available ten years 
ago. This e-Forum will facilitate the discussion of best practices, 
workflow tools, and decision making criteria used by those responsible 
for brittle and heavily damaged books in their libraries. We also invite 
those considering the start of such a program to bring their questions 
and ideas to the conversation.

Topics will include:

Reformatting options
Use of decision trees and evaluation flags
The role of copyright in decision-making
The role of the Bibliographer/Selector in decision-making
Use of digital copies already available through HathiTrust, Internet 
Archive, and Google Books
Decision to withdrawal or limit use of the original
Cataloging procedures for digital or print surrogates
Use of the 583 field for preservation action and retention commitment notes
Costs and benefits associated with reformatting

Kara McClurken is the Head of Preservation Services at the University of 
Virginia Libraries. She has a degree in Library Science from the 
University of Maryland with a specialization in Archives and 
Preservation. Kara worked as an Archivist and Preservation Specialist at 
Smith College before working at SOLINET as a Preservation Services 
Librarian from 2006 – 2009. Kara recently conducted a survey of how 
various institutions address the problem of heavily damaged materials in 
their collections and presented the results at the ALA 2012 Annual 
Conference. Kara is an active teacher and consultant on a variety of 
preservation topics and currently serves on the Steering Committee of 
the Preservation Section of the Society of American Archivists.

Kimberly Peach has a degree in Library Science from the Catholic 
University of America and a Certificate in Preservation Management from 
The Preservation Management Institute at Rutgers University. Kim worked 
in the Binding and Collections Care Department at the Library of 
Congress before being selected for the IMLS Preservation Administration 
Fellowship at Yale University Library in 2010. From there she joined 
George Blood Audio and Video as Registrar and then went on to work on 
the American Archive Inventory Project at WXPN Public Radio. Kim has 
just completed two years of services as co-chair for the PARS Program, 
Planning, and Publications Committee, and has served as a preservation 
consultant on the Save Our African American Treasures Team of the 
National Museum of African American History and Culture since 2008.

*What is an e-forum?*

An ALCTS e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss 
matters of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion 
list. The e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register 
your email address with the list, and then you will receive messages and 
communicate with other participants through an email discussion. Most 
e-forums last two to three days. Registration is necessary to 
participate, but it's free. See a list of upcoming e-forums at: 
http://bit.ly/upcomingeforum.

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do not need to register again, unless you choose to leave the email 
list. Participation is free and open to anyone.

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