Volume 22, Number 7-8
1998

Editor's Page

A Thank-You to Supporters

The editor and trustees of Abbey Publications, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, are grateful for the support received from the people and organizations listed below, as well as from those who gave smaller amounts. Without their help, we could not make this Newsletter nearly as useful as it is.

During 1998 we received $3,628; already in 1999 we have received $4267. Donations for the current year are listed below for Sponsors ($500-$999), Patrons ($100-$499), and Contributors ($25-$99).

This is all welcome help, because the subscription count has been edging down in the last two or three years, probably because of domestic libraries' need to cut down on serials cost. On the other hand, overseas subscriptions have grown, and now number 191, which is 18% of the total.

Ellen McCrady, Editor

Sponsors

Terry O. Norris
Isamu Sakamoto

Patrons

Bette Abeel
Ernst Becker
John Boral
Brown's River Bindery
Sally Buchanan
Margaret S. Child
Elizabeth S. Banks
Maire and David La Touche
Mekatronics, Inc.
Metal Edge, Inc.
Tawny Ryan Nelb
New York Community Trust (J. Talcott Fund)
Ocker & Trapp Library Bindery
Marcia Oliver (in memory of Catherine Stanescu)
Nancy Russell
Nancy Carlson Schrock
Duane Watson

Contributors

Baldwin's Book Conservation Service
Julie Biggs
Betsy Palmer Eldridge
Dr. Robert L. Feller
Walter R. Font
Frames of Mind
Carolyn Jane Gammon
Mary Todd Glaser
Maria Grandinette
Patricia Grey
Margaret H. Johnson
Hilary A. Kaplan
Jeanne F. Lewisohn
Kathleen A. Ludwig
Gerald Lundeen
Neschen Corporation
Sandra Nyberg
Cynthia Ostroff
Abigail Quandt
Jeff Rigby
Martha M. Smith
Nathan Stolow
Ann Swartzell
Tamara Swora-Gober
Hariklia Tziamtzi
Deborah J. Wender

Corrections

On page 80 (last page of v. 22 #5), the name of the Istituto Centrale per la Patologia del Libro was misspelled. There was an n in Istituto where there shouldn't be one, and Patologia had an a after the t. (And by the way three people wrote in to provide the English word for oggi. It's today.)

On page 85 (in v. 22 # 6), Gordon Williams is said to have proposed storing one copy of each deteriorating book in Greenland. Actually, he proposed a "central preservation agency" within the U.S., which would be federally funded. This agency would have selected one copy of each significant book, and preserved these books by spray deacidification and cold storage in a central depository. (He assumed that books in research library collections have already been selected for their importance, so it was not necessary to select further.) The preserved books were to be listed in a published register, and microfilm copies made when they were requested for use. The microfilm copies could be made up ahead of time, as far as possible. Local preservation was also to be encouraged, with on-demand microfilms made by the central preservation agency for the local collections.

The reference for Williams' report is: The Preservation of Deteriorating Books: An Examination of the Problem with Recommendations for a Solution. Report of the ARL Committee on the Preservation of Research Library Materials, Prepared for the Committee by Gordon Williams. September 1964. 37 pp.

Mary Rathman, Call the Office

About April 12, Mary Rathman called to claim v. 22 #3, which we would like to do, except that we can't find her on our database, and she did not leave her number. We need for her to call us and tell us what address to send it to.

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This policy has been adopted for two reasons: 1) It helps the cause of preservation of library and archive materials, and 2) The recent "Tasini" decision endorses our policy by implication, since existing copyright law considers electronic reprints to be merely extra copies of the original publication, in another format.

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