The Preservation Directorate is rightsizing their collection by eliminating titles held within the Library of Congress collection. That means that some preservation research titles will be surplused through the LOC surplus program. Because the surplus program at the Library is large and complex for selection I have arranged to keep all these preservation titles together so that they can be requested more easily and they will not be mixed in with the large body of materials coming through our usual surplus program that is more focused on public libraries. I wanted to alert the preservation community who might wish to fill in their own institution collections on research and preservation publications. This is NOT available to individuals or companies, only libraries.
This project will be on going for the rest of this year and titles will be surplused on a regular basis probably about 100 titles at a time, and every few months. For those institutions interested they should email me and I will add them to a list of people who will receive the list of titles in an excel file. I expect to send out the first list in mid to late April if there is interest. Title can request from the list and those materials will be mailed to the institution as per the Surplus program process. Your institution has to first apply and be accepted in the Surplus Books Program . The Surplus Books Program is for U.S. libraries only. See http://www.loc.gov/acq/surplus.html for more information about this program. This is a change from the original message sent a number of months ago. If you have interest in receiving these lists for selection please email me, and I will send you the particulars of the process, but I also have to confirm that your institution has been accepted into the Surplus program. Some sample titles from the beginning list: Museum Registration Methods by Dorothy Dudley, Irma Wilkinson and others 1968 Safety in Museums and Galleries 1987 Museum Security and Protection: A Handbook for Cultural Heritage Institutions 1993 Manual of Curatorship: A Guide to Museum Practice (1984 and 1992) Caring for Your Collections: National Committee to Save America's Cultural Collections 1992 Conservation of Artifacts Made from Plant Material 1990 Recording, Documentation, and Information Management for the Conservation of Heritage Places 2007 Archival and Special Collections Facilities: Guidelines For Archivists, Librarians, Architects, and Engineers 2009 Archives and Manuscripts: Security 1977 We are reviewing using the LOC classification system so early titles are all from A classification and we will continue through the LOC system. Serial titles as well as monographs are being reviewed and so may be available. I hope that your institution will take advantage of building your preservation collection through this program. Interest in this new process and questions can be directed to me Jeanne Drewes Chief Binding & Collections Care Division/ Deacidification Program Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave. S.E. Washington, DC 20540-4520 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 202 707 5330 2027073434 Fax ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Archives through August 2016 at http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/ Archives from September 2016 onward at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
