Adrian Alexander will speak from the library perspective and talk about library and consortial arrangements with e-journal publishers. Co-chairs Patricia Palmer and Yvonne Carignan will lead the discussion. We are interested in including a variety of perspectives on stack maintenance and the related preservation issues. Go to the section on NISO Standards and then click on Draft Standards Out for Review. The review period will close January 4, 1999.
Any interested party can submit comments on the draft.
The environmental conditions proposed in this standard are intended to minimize the deterioration of library and archival materials that are put on public exhibition. Recommendations are given for temperature, relative humidity, light, gaseous and particulate contaminants. Information is also provided on how to support, display, and encase items on exhibit. The draft is now being reviewed by the NISO voting members. Each month a selected moderator will be invited to share his or her expertise with list subscribers by making an initial statement to guide the discussion, then responding to questions during that week.