المصدر: Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America; Winter1986, Vol. 5 Issue 4, p174-175, 2p

مصطلحات موضوعية: PRESERVATION of library materials, PRESERVATION of archival materials, GRANTS in aid (Public finance), CHARITABLE uses, trusts, & foundations, ADULT education workshops

مصطلحات جغرافية: PHILADELPHIA (Pa.), PENNSYLVANIA

مستخلص: The article presents updates on activities related to preservation of library materials in the U.S. as of 1986. The Commission on Preservation and Access has been established by the Council on Library Resources to study the problem of deteriorating books. Moreover, a grant of $584,000 from Exxon Foundation has been awarded to Mid-Atlantic States Cooperative Preservation Service in order to establish a regional center for the preservation of the content of endangered research and archival materials. Meanwhile, a series of workshops on basic collection care techniques will be given by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from November 1986-March 1987.