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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| Language: | en |
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1987
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED287508 |
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- Oversight Hearing on the Problem of "Brittle Books" in Our Nation's Libraries. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee of Education and Labor. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session (March 3, 1987). Access to Information Books Cooperation Financial Support Government Role Hearings Library Collections National Programs Position Papers Preservation Research Libraries State Programs Held to solicit the opinions of experts regarding the preservation of the brittle books in the nation's libraries, this hearing was intended to determine the appropriate federal, state, and private sector roles; learn the magnitude of costs and who should bear them; and explore what procedures are necessary to insure that selection decisions are made equitably and that the public can fully participate in all aspects of the process and the solution. Following introductory remarks by Representative Pat Williams, the subcommittee chairman, statements, prepared statements, letters, and supplemental materials were presented by: (1) Lynne Cheney (National Endowment for the Humanities); (2) Vartan Gregorian (New York Public Library); (3) Daniel J. Boorstin, William J. Welsh, and Peter G. Sparks (Library of Congress); (4) Carole F. Huxley (New York State Department of Education); (5) Warren J. Haas (Council on Library Resources); and (6) David C. Weber (Stanford University Libraries). Also included are prepared statements by Representative Thomas J. Downey (New York), Arthur W. Schultz (President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities), the Association of American Universities, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, Richard M. Dougherty (University of Michigan Library), and Nova Tran Corporation; a letter from Billy E. Frye (Commission on Preservation and Access); and two articles on the proposed Library of Congress diethyl zinc deacidification program excerpted from the September 15, 1986, issue of "Library Journal." (KM)