[PADG:1101] Cooperative Preservation Strategies Report from Annual 2006

["Victoria Heiduschke" <vheidus@xxxxxxxxx>]

Cooperative Preservation Strategies DG met Sunday, June 25, 2006 from
1:30-3:30pm.

Four participants enjoyed an in-depth discussion of our topic: The
Interesting, Odd and Just Plain Weird in Library Collections.  We discussed
the items held at libraries that are out of the ordinary books, papers,
photographs and how we have worked to preserve those interesting items.  We
discussed taxidermy specimens, typewriters, entire suites of furniture,
hair, food and many others.  We also discussed the recent merging of the
Preservation Issues in Small to Mid-Sized Libraries DG and the Cooperative
Preservation Programs DG.  We felt these DGs weren't serving our audience as
well as they had in the past.  The co-Chairs also sought input from the
regional preservation programs such as Amigos, NEDCC, CCAHA, Solinet, etc
before the meeting.  The respondents from those groups suggested they no
longer needed a separate DG for that topic.  Therefore, the participants of
the Cooperative Preservation Strategies DG, and its co-Chairs recommend the
DG be renamed Preservation Issues in Small to Mid-Size Libraries.  We
reported this to our parent Committee, the Management Committee, where it
was met with approval.  Victoria Heiduschke will continue on as DG chair for
another year.

Respectfully submitted, 

Victoria Heiduschke
Preservation Librarian
Milner Library
Illinois State University
Campus Box 8900
Normal IL 61790
(309) 438-7463
vheidus@xxxxxxxxx

Annette Morris
Brittle Books Coordinator
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
morrisa@xxxxxxxx