----------------------------Original message---------------------------- NEDCC Announces Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access While the impact of digital technology on the preservation community is undeniable, the appropriate use of digital technology for preservation remains an open question. Learn how the experts are answering this pressing question when you read the Northeast Document Conservation Center s latest publication: Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access. For the past five years, the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) has explored the complex issues surrounding digital preservation through its successful School for Scanning conferences. This book will make up-to- date information on these issues available to a broad audience. An easy-to-use primer, Handbook for Digital Projects is focused on meeting the information needs of libraries, museums, archives, and other collections holding institutions. It is intended to serve as a resource and response to the questions, conflicts, and unique preservation challenges produced by ever-evolving technologies. A compilation of experts experiences and advice, the Handbook covers in detail, such topics as: * Rationale for Digitization and Preservation * Project Management * Guidelines from Case Studies * Vendor Relations * Selection of Materials for Scanning * Copyright Issues * A Technical Primer * Scholar Commentary: An End- * Digital Longevity User Speaks Up Many past and present School for Scanning faculty members have contributed to the publication, including: Howard Besser, University of California at Los Angeles; Paul Conway, Yale University Library; Stephen Chapman, Harvard University Library; Diane Vogt-O Connor, National Parks Service; Melissa Smith Levine, National Digital Library Project, Library of Congress; Stephen Puglia, National Archives and Records Administration; Franziska Frey, Image Permanence Institute; and, Janet Gertz, Columbia University Libraries. Other authors include: Eileen Gifford Fenton, University of Michigan; Steven Smith, AMIGOS; and Charles Rhyne, Reed College. Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access was funded in part by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). NEDCC also receives ongoing support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. The book will be available from NEDCC later this summer. The cost of the text is $38.00. Ordering information is available at www.nedcc.org. Questions can be directed to Juanita Singh at [log in to unmask] NEDCC is a nonprofit, regional conservation center that specializes in the preservation of paper-based materials for archives, museums, historical organizations, libraries, and other collection-holding institutions. For more information about NEDCC, visit our Website __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] Administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner at: [log in to unmask]