[PADG:599] NYPL Appoints Field Service Librarian

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Jacob Nadal has been appointed Field Service Librarian in the Preservation Division of The New York Public Library effective September 26, 2005.  In this new preservation position, Mr. Nadal will manage a wide variety of preventive preservation operations providing support to collections-holding divisions in the NYPL Research Libraries. Field service operations include preservation needs assessments, preservation education and outreach, environmental monitoring, integrated pest management, emergency preparedness and response, and project planning assistance. 

Presently Mr. Nadal is Head of the E. Lingle Craig Preservation Laboratory at the Indiana University Libraries. He manages all operations of a comprehensive preservation services program to the nineteen Bloomington campus libraries in the Indiana University Library system. Mr. Nadal also teaches preservation classes at the university's School of Library and Information Science.  Among his many professional activities, he is presently co-chair of the ALA Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) Audio-Visual Media Discussion Group, chair of the PARS Reformatting Discussion Group and a member of the PARS Reformatting Committee. 

Mr. Nadal is a key addition to the staff of the Preservation Division, bringing valuable experience, new ideas and energy as the Collections Care Program expands its services to the NYPL Research Libraries. 

The New York Public Library comprises a set of scholarly research collections and a network of community libraries, and its intellectual and cultural range is both global and local, while singularly attuned to New York City. The research collections of over forty-three million items resemble the holdings of the great national and university libraries and the community circulating libraries with seven million items resemble classic American municipal libraries. The Barbara Goldsmith Preservation Division supports the mission of the Research Libraries by preserving both the artifacts and intellectual content of NYPL's rich and vast collections. A wide variety of preservation activities are performed in four units: Binding and Shelf Preparation, Collections Care, Conservation Treatment, and Reformatting.    

Evelyn Frangakis
Aaron and Clara Greenhut Rabinowitz Chief Librarian for Preservation
Barbara Goldsmith Preservation Division
The New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
New York, NY 10018
voice: 212-930-0567
fax:  212-302-5328
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