Volume 26, Number 4
Feb 2003

Editor's page

I have been publishing the Abbey Newsletter since 1975, from addresses in six different states, and have found great satisfaction in the opportunity it offered to contribute to the cause of preservation. All the while, however, the field has been growing and I have been getting older. The time has come for me to retire as editor of this newsletter.

This will not be a simple matter, however. The need for a newsletter on preservation of library and archive materials will continue, and must be met. Four board members met on February 10 to discuss how we could find a new editor. We decided on a gradual approach: to publish the two issues we now have material for, and look for guest editors to handle the following two issues while we look for a permanent editor.

Specifically, we are seeking guest editors for Volume 26, #6 and Volume 27, #1. Of course, these are deadline-oriented issues with Volume 26, #6, due out toward the end of April and Volume 27, #1, due out at the end of June.

We can help the guest editors, if necessary, by putting their material into PageMaker, getting it to the printer and mailing it out. We can help in other ways too, depending on the guest editors' needs and preferences. They can choose a theme if they like and focus on that theme for the issue they are handling.

If you would like to consider editing a single issue of the Abbey Newsletter, using material of your choice, or material that has accumulated here, let's talk. Our telephone number, street address, and e-mail address are in the boxed masthead on this page.

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These Donors Keep Us Going

The Editor and Trustees of Abbey Publications, Inc. 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 are not sure how we could make it from year to year. All donations go toward publishing the Abbey Newsletter and the Mold Reporter, and serving the information needs of readers.

Below we have listed the 2002-2003 donors. We have received a total of $5819 within this time period.

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Abbey Publications is a nonprofit corporation set up to encourage preservation of written or recorded information, including the use of lasting materials in the creation of records. the corporation has five trustees (E. McCrady, G. Frost, R. Pilette, J. Wellvang, and Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa) and five officers (E. McCrady, Pres.; G. Frost, 1st V.P.; J. Wellvang, 2nd V.P.; and C. Jensen, Treas.).

Authors Please Take Note

Authors of articles and other contributions accepted for publication in the Abbey Newsletter will be assumed (unless they notify the editor otherwise) to be granting permission to publish their work in both print and electronic format, and to archive it and make it retrievable electronically. Authors retain copyright, however, and may republish their work in any way they wish.

Similarly with previous publishers of material who have given permission for their copyrighted material to be reprinted in the Abbey Newsletter. the permission will be assumed to cover the electronic as well as the printed form.

This policy has been adopted for two reasons: 1) It helps the cause of library and archive preservation, and 2) existing copyright law considers electronic reprints to be merely extra copies of the original publication, in another format.