CONSERline
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Newsletter of the
CONSER (Cooperative Online Serials) Program
ISSN 1072-611X
No. 5 Library of Congress June 1995
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CONTENTS
Sue Phillips Elected CONSER Policy Chair
Remote Access Serials
CONSER Operations Committee Meets at LC
CONSER Core Record and Plans for Implementation
New Conferences Task Force
CONSER Membership Review
CONSER People
Documentation Update
About CONSER
News From Cooperative Cataloging
United States Newspaper Program Update
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SUE PHILLIPS ELECTED CONSER POLICY CHAIR
Sue Phillips, Associate Director for Technical Services, General
Libraries, University of Texas at Austin, was elected chair of
the CONSER Policy Committee in April. She will fill the
unexpired term of Linda West, who is leaving Harvard University
to serve as the Director of Member Support and Services for the
Research Libraries Group. Ms. Phillips will also serve as Chair
of the CONSER Executive Committee.
Ms. Phillips has served on the CONSER Policy Committee since
1980, chairing task forces on strategic planning and non-roman
cataloging. In addition to her involvement with CONSER, she has
been an active member of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging
(PCC) and its predecessor, the Cooperative Cataloging Council.
She will continue that involvement by serving as the CONSER
representative to the PCC Executive Council. She also serves as
treasurer of the AMIGOS Board of Trustees and was appointed by
the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to serve on the
TexShare Advisory Committee.
Ms. Phillips notes her vision for the coming year as follows:
*With a long history of successful cooperative activities,
CONSER will maintain its leadership role as both our
information environment and the very nature of serials
themselves are changing. I look forward to the challenges
that face the program, and am confident that those strengths
which have served CONSER so well in the past will continue to
do so as we move into our information future.*
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REMOTE ACCESS SERIALS
With more and more serials appearing in remote access form on the
Internet, CONSER is giving much attention to their control. A
number of activities are described below, including the
development of policies documented in a new module of the _CONSER
Cataloging Manual_, a training session held at the CONSER
Operations Meeting, and activities of the Electronic Resources
Task Force. In addition, at the November 1995 annual meeting,
CONSER Policy Committee members will discuss long range goals and
strategies.
CONSER Policies for Remote Access Serials
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Librarians within and outside of CONSER, bibliographic utilities,
and contributors on a variety of discussion lists have been
discussing a host of issues relating to the description and
access of networked information. CONSER policies have been
developed for remote access serials that are documented in
*Remote Access Computer File Serials,* Module 31 of the _CONSER
Cataloging Manual_. Module 31 is available electronically and
will be included in the summer update to the _CCM_. (Email
wand@loc.gov for ftp and Web access instructions.) Update 1 of
the 1994 _CONSER Editing Guide_, also available in summer 1995,
includes revisions of computer file fields to reflect current
CONSER policies. These policies will continue to evolve as the
publications do themselves.
The presentation of bibliographic information is not always clear
in remote access serials. Often this information is dispersed
over separate files giving catalogers multiple sources for
description. In addition, the availability of multiple document
formats has caused questions about the number of records needed.
Module 31 addresses these issues and provides guidance in
applying _AACR2_ and using new USMARC coding.
Melissa Beck of UCLA began drafting the module in 1994. In
discussing her work at the November 1994 CONSER Operations
Meeting, she raised numerous questions, including:
* Is the current serials definition adequate for Internet
resources?
* How many records should be created for serials in multiple
document formats?
* How should the new 856 field be used for serials?
* What is the best way to maintain serial catalog records
for frequently changing publications distributed
electronically?
To address these concerns, CONSER members used a number of forums
to gain insight from diverse library and Internet communities.
Many of the issues raised at the CONSER Operations Meeting were
further discussed at ALA meetings in Mid-winter 1995. In early
1995, the CONSER Electronic Resources Task Force issued an
interim report covering many of the issues raised by Beck as well
as broader issues indirectly related to cataloging. A group at
the Library of Congress, consisting of Jean Hirons, Regina
Reynolds, Bill Anderson, and Les Hawkins, identified issues that
needed to be resolved in conjunction with producing the module.
Meetings were held at LC to discuss the issues, and the library
community was canvassed via listservs.
The most significant issue involved the rapidly growing number of
online serials that are available in multiple document formats,
such as PostScript and Acrobat. Neither _AACR2_ nor the _LC Rule
Interpretations_ address this situation. Input from meetings and
online discussions provided significant support for using one
record for e-serials in multiple formats and this is reflected in
the module.
With the implementation of the first phase of format integration,
CONSER catalogers can now use MARC fields formerly available only
in the computer files format. In preparing the documentation,
four fields received the most attention: 256, Computer file
characteristics; 516, Type of computer file or data note, 538,
System details note, and; the newly defined 856, Location and
access information. The computer file fixed fields 006, 007, and
008 will be used by CONSER catalogers after the completion of
format integration, scheduled for 1996. CONSER records are
currently input using the serials format.
CONSER catalogers will not be using field 256 in its present
form. The field would generally include only the words *Computer
data,* which is not considered useful. CONSER will closely
follow future developments of the 256 field in hopes of it
offering more useful information for serials.
At present, CONSER considers field 516 (Type of computer file or
data note) as the most appropriate place for computer file
characteristics information for serials. The module prescribes
use of field 516 for notes that relate to the general nature of
the computer file, such as *electronic journal,* and to indicate
file document information. We realize that monograph catalogers
are more often using field 538 for such information and that
CONSER practice may have to be reevaluated. We do feel, however,
that this information should be provided in a separate note from
*system requirements* and *mode of access* information,
regardless of the tag.
Online access information is given in a *mode of access* note in
field 538 (System details note) and in the 856 field. While
field 538 is most often kept to a general note, such as *Mode of
access: Internet email,* the module shows examples with more
detailed information, including email subscription instructions.
How field 856 can best be used for serials is an issue that will
be further considered. While the module provides detailed
examples of the field for the standard access methods, questions
remain as to how many need to be given, whether catalogers should
look beyond the information given in the publication, and how the
field can best be maintained.
The serial uniform title also provides a few added wrinkles with
remote access computer files. Module 31 identifies several
situations that require uniform titles for e-serials. For
electronic journals with print counterparts, use of *Online* as a
qualifier is generally sufficient. If the print serial has a
uniform title, *Online* is simply added to the 130 qualifier for
the print to obtain the 130 for the e-serial. Other situations
conform with standard CONSER practice for uniform titles.
CONSER expects a continuing effort to define its cataloging
practices for e-serials. A major update of all documentation
will be issued to reflect the full implementation of format
integration in 1996. The addition of the computer file fixed
fields is sure to impact on other areas of the record. The
development of field 256 may lead to the addition of that field
to the CONSER record as well. Two task forces in CONSER--
Electronic Resources and Format Integration--will continue to
consider unresolved issues. The rapidly developing nature of the
resources will compel CONSER to maintain its focus in this area
for some time to come.
Special Workshop Held at CONSER Operations Meeting
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The opening day of this year's CONSER operations meeting was held
in the new LC Digital Library Visitors' Center and consisted of a
workshop for CONSER catalogers on remote access computer files.
Bill Anderson and Les Hawkins offered an online demonstration of
Internet access to serial publications. The demonstration led
participants to numerous remote sites through five methods of
access, viewing several publications in different document
formats.
Regina Reynolds presented a workshop discussion on cataloging
electronic serials that centered on the new _CCM_ Module 31 on
electronic serials. The discussion covered recently developed
CONSER policies on cataloging e-serials. The day concluded with
a small group cataloging session that focused on special problems
presented by e-serials.
Activities of the Electronic Resources Task Force
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The CONSER Electronic Resources Task Force has a new chair, some
new members, and an updated agenda. The task force began working
in 1994 under the chairmanship of Michael Fitzgerald, Harvard.
This spring Mr. Fitzgerald became ill and had to resign from the
task force. Regina Reynolds, LC, was appointed chair and at the
same time Lee Morey replaced Tad Downing for GPO, and Melissa
Beck, UCLA, and Steve Shadle, University of Washington, were
added to the group.
The major accomplishment of the task force to date has been
identification of issues needing CONSER consideration or
decisions. This agenda was documented in the task force's interim
report which was discussed at CONSER policy and at-large meetings
at ALA Mid-winter. Since Mid-winter, the critical issues relating
to cataloging have been decided, at least for the time being.
These decisions are documented in Module 31 of the CONSER
Cataloging Manual published July 1995. Task force members have
also contributed to LC's comments (still in preparation) on the
OCLC Guidelines for Cataloging Internet Resources and recommended
that the CONSER membership task force consider how CONSER can
collaborate with or build liaisons with other groups working on
issues related to electronic serials.
One area of the original task force agenda was consideration of
whether CONSER should play a role in the cooperative archiving of
electronic serials. Bill Gosling, University of Michigan, and
Ross Atkinson, Cornell, have volunteered to prepare a background
paper on this topic for the November CONSER Policy Committee
meeting.
Subgroups of the task force have been formed to pursue various
remaining tasks recommended to them by the CONSER Policy
Committee. One group will consider whether the traditional
definition of serial needs to be broadened to accommodate
evolving electronic serials and serial-like publications,
especially those on the World Wide Web. Another group will
pursue adding the policy of using one record for serials issued
in multiple document formats to appropriate rules and standards.
This group will also make recommendations on the cataloging of
digitized reproductions of print serials. Other task force
subgroups will recommend CONSER policies and procedures for using
field 856; make proposals to appropriate groups regarding
standardizing the terminology for describing electronic serials
and make proposals concerning the appropriate content and tagging
for fields giving technical information about electronic serials.
A final group will revise an earlier CONSER proposal to the
National Standards Information Organization (NISO) that a NISO
standards committee be formed to draft a standard that will give
guidance to publishers of electronic serials.
The remaining area that the task force was charged to explore is
the question of how CONSER can monitor and respond to
developments relating to the use of Uniform Resource Locators
(URLs), Uniform Resource Names (URNs), Uniform Resource
Characteristics URCs), SGML Document Type definitions (DTDs, The
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) header, and similar efforts at
control and access to electronic resources. This topic will be
discussed at the CONSER at Large Meeting at ALA.
The final report of the task force will be submitted October so
that it can be discussed by the CONSER Policy Committee during
its annual meeting November 2-3, 1995.
-- Regina Reynolds, Jean Hirons, Bill Anderson,
Les Hawkins, Library of Congress
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CONSER OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETS AT LC
CONSER Operations Committee representatives gathered at the
Library of Congress in early May and focused on electronic
serials, newspapers, format integration, and LC rule
interpretations. Jean Hirons, acting CONSER Coordinator,
welcomed the group and chaired the meeting, assisted by Bill
Anderson, LC CONSER Specialist. The first day consisted of a
workshop on remote access computer file serials and was held in
LC's new Digital Library Visitors' Center. Discussions on the
cataloging of electronic serials centered on the new _CONSER
Cataloging Manual_, Module 31, *Remote Access Computer File
Serials,* prepared by Melissa Beck (UCLA).
An institution-by-institution report on local activities relating
to the cataloging of Internet resources presented a varied
outlook with members representing different stages of
development. Some described a fairly involved effort with
ongoing activities to further develop their users' access of
Internet materials, while others identified activities in the
very early stages of development. A number of local *pilot
projects* are in the start-up phase that typically involve a few
dozen titles mounted locally. Many are involved, or have plans
to participate, in the OCLC Internet Resources Project, and two
institutions--Michigan and Indiana--are developing plans with
others in CICNet to catalog serials on the CICNet gopher server.
Newspapers
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New CONSER documentation for newspaper cataloging is underway
that will include a _CCM_ module devoted to newspapers, and a new
chapter in Section C of the _CONSER Editing Guide_. The new
documentation, which is planned for 1996, will replace
substantial portions of the _Newspaper Cataloging and Union
Listing Manual_, and will also discuss the cataloging of foreign
newspapers. Modification of U.S. Newspaper Program records by
other CONSER participants will also be covered in the new
documentation, along with other information on non-USNP newspaper
cataloging in CONSER. Cathy Sagendorf and David Moore of the New
York State Newspaper Project will draft the newspaper module.
Adriana Pilecky-Dakajlo (Center for Research Libraries) described
the grant-funded CRL Foreign Newspaper Project and gave a
presentation on the practices established for that project as
they relate to USNP cataloging and CONSER cataloging in general.
Issues discussed included:
* the treatment of fluctuating titles,
* interpretation of the definition for newspapers,
* change in format from newspapers to periodicals, and;
* use of microform records for newspapers.
Operations Committee members will relay comments on issues
relating to newspapers to Pilecky-Dekajlo.
Format Integration
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Discussions on format integration opened with positive remarks on
the impact of phase one on serials cataloging. Updating of
existing records to conform with format integration is optional
in CONSER. OCLC will be performing *scans* to modify records in
certain areas: 7XX second indicator values, movement of field
265, etc. CONSER members recommended that OCLC delete 350 fields
and move 212 fields to field 246. Discussion of field 740
covered the dual use of the field: *non-authoritative* titles,
and analytical titles for sections/parts of works that are not
authoritative.
Robert Bremer (OCLC) discussed progress at OCLC in planning for
phase II of format integration which is scheduled to take place
in 1996. Proposed changes to the fixed field display were also
noted, after which Bremer took suggestions from CONSER
participants.
Once format integration is completed, non-print serials will be
coded with an 008 field for the physical medium and an 006 field
for serial elements. CONSER's earlier recommendation to combine
008 and 006 fields into one set of mnemonics for input and
display was considered too difficult to implement. OCLC decided
to maintain the 006 fixed field as a distinct group of elements
and develop a *command display* to view 006 mnemonic tags. The
006 mnemonic display will be also used for record input. The 006
field will otherwise display as a string when a record is
retrieved, and *blank* will be used as a place holder for
elements not used. Records requiring three fixed field groups
(e.g., serial computer file maps) would include two separate 006
fields with mnemonics displayed separately.
Bremer outlined other related plans at OCLC: locating records
for non-print serials in other formats and upgrading codes and
fields, and; consolidation of duplicates in different formats.
If a CONSER record is involved in duplicate records, it would be
retained with corrected coding. *In-process* records--those
created before format integration but loaded after format
integration--do not pose difficulties for OCLC.
LC Rule Interpretations
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Chapter 12 LCRI revisions are being coordinated by the PCC Task
Group on Documentation. Comments were received from LC
catalogers and CONSER members this winter and the Task Group met
to discuss and propose numerous revisions this spring.
Examples of the revisions are LCRIs 12.0B1 and 12.3. The draft
for LCRI 12.0B1 proposes a number of policy changes. The
revision addresses a change in a serial involving the addition or
deletion of title pages that would no longer require a new entry,
when working retrospectively. LCRI 12.3 has also been revised to
eliminate the preferred order of sources and to allow for a
non-identifying portion of a designation to be recorded when the
other portion is identifying (e.g., Vol. 1, no. 1 (1994)).
Also included in the set of revisions are recommendations for
rule changes. A number of other chapter 12 LCRIs are being
reworded, clarified, or moved to a different location. Revisions
will be completed this summer for comment. The chapter 12
changes are the first to be distributed, and will go out in the
November RI update. The fall 1995 update to the _CONSER
Cataloging Manual_ is planned to reflect the RI changes.
-- Bill Anderson, Library of Congress
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CONSER CORE RECORD AND PLANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION
In the last issue of _CONSERline_ (No. 5, Jan. 1995), Brian
Schottlaender described the newly approved CONSER core record.
The definition and expanded instructions have been added to
Update 1 to the 1994 edition of the _CONSER Editing Guide_, due
for publication in early summer. Several institutions have
indicated a desire to begin implementing the core record once the
documentation is available. Until a new encoding level is made
available on OCLC, these records will be identified by *core* in
subfield $e of field 040.
One planned use is described by Cecilia Botero of the University
of Florida, Gainesville. According to Ms. Botero,
paraprofessional staff will create core descriptive records
instead of the brief provisional records currently being created.
Catalogers will then add subject headings and classification,
perform needed authority work, and will authenticate the records.
The decision to make the records full CONSER records or keep them
at the core level will be left to the cataloger; however, the
general policy will be that Florida, Latin American, and African
titles will be contributed as full level. Other materials will
generally be contributed as core, unless the cataloger feels that
an individual title merits a full level record.
-- Jean Hirons, Library of Congress
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NEW CONFERENCES TASK FORCE
A new CONSER task force has been set up to take a look at how we
catalog conference publications. Specifically, the task force is
charged with recommending whether monographic or serial treatment
should be preferred, as well as additional alternatives; what
should be transcribed as the title and methods for dealing with
title changes, and; how headings for conferences should be
established. The task force, which includes both monograph and
serial experts, is chaired by Mechael Gago, Indiana University.
Other members are Bob Ewald, Beacher Wiggins, and Judy Herrick,
all of the Library of Congress, Sara Layne, UCLA, Wayne Jones,
National Library of Canada, and David Van Hoy, MIT. An interim
report is due at ALA Mid-winter 1996 and the final report is due
in May 1996.
-- Jean Hirons, Library of Congress
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CONSER AD HOC TASK FORCE ON MEMBERSHIP
[Editor's note: In preparation for the 1995 Policy Committee
meeting to be held in November, the Committee Policy Committee
met in February and set up ad hoc task groups on membership and
governance. The governance group will begin work this summer.]
The Membership Task Group is chaired by Martha Hruska (Florida)
and includes Liz Bishoff (OCLC,) Marjorie Bloss (CRL), Bill
Gosling (Michigan), Jean Hirons (ex officio), Sue Phillips
(Texas), and Harriet Selkowitz (Washington). The group met in May
at LC to review the criteria for membership at the currently
defined levels, and the types of membership. By the end of July,
the group will compile its recommendations in a report which will
be forwarded for consideration to the Ad Hoc Task Group on
Governance, and ultimately, to the Policy Committee.
The Membership Task Group is considering how to accommodate
'funnel' type projects and broadened participation in maintenance
activities. The group is also developing strategies for new
membership and for coping with restrained resources. Finally,
the group is exploring what alternatives Web access or Z39.50 may
offer to expand or enhance the CONSER database coverage.
-- Martha Hruska, University of Florida
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CONSER PEOPLE
Kevin McShane, operations representative from the National
Library of Medicine (NLM), is retiring at the end of June. Hien
Nguyen will be the new representative from NLM. Sally Sinn,
formerly the Deputy Director of Technical Services at NLM, has
become the Associate Director for Technical Services at the
National Agricultural Library and will serve as NAL's policy
representative. Dale Flecker, Associate Director for Planning
and Systems at Harvard, will succeed Linda West as policy
representative. Two new CONSER Councilors are Paul Bunn at the
British Library, and Jasmine Cameron at the National Library of
Australia. New affiliate representatives are: Robin Buser
(Chemical Abstracts) and Jennifer Hechtman (EBSCO).
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DOCUMENTATION UPDATE
Update 1 to the _CONSER Editing Guide_ (CEG), 1994 edition will
soon be available from the Cataloging Distribution Service (CDS).
It includes the description of record levels for CONSER,
including the definition of the core record and fields updated to
reflect policies for cataloging remote access serials.
Update 3 to the _CONSER Cataloging Manual_ (CCM) will also be
available soon. The update features Module 31, *Remote Access
Computer File Serials.*
Updates to both the CCM and CEG are now available through annual
update services. CEG and CCM update services for 1995 are each
priced at $35 (North American) and $36 (outside North America).
The _CONSER Editing Guide_ will be available in issue 3 of the
_Cataloger's Desktop_, a CD-ROM product available from CDS. The
_CONSER Cataloging Manual_ will be included in issue 4 at the end
of the year.
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ABOUT CONSER
In April, representatives from CONSER institutions presented an
ALCTS Institute, *Serials in the Age of Format Integration* in
Atlanta, Georgia. A second institute will be given in San
Francisco in October. Participating in the institute were
Maureen Landry, Regina Reynolds, and Jean Hirons from the Library
of Congress, Kristin Lindlan, University of Washington, and
Crystal Graham, University of California, San Diego. In addition
to basic and advanced cataloging sessions, special workshops were
presented on direct and remote access computer files, and
cataloging for your local system. At the next institute, Rhonda
Lawrence of UCLA will also give a workshop on cataloging legal
serials.
At the 10th anniversary meeting of the North American Serials
Interest Group, held at Duke University June 1-4, Jean Hirons
presented a workshop called *CONSER live: a conversation with the
CONSER coordinator.* Over 50 people attended and participated in
discussions about format integration, remote serials, and a
number of CONSER initiatives.
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NEWS FROM COOPERATIVE CATALOGING
The Cooperative Cataloging Teams invite librarians from Program
for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) member libraries to attend the
LC-Cooperative Cataloging Discussion Group meeting at the ALA
Annual Conference in Chicago on Sunday, June 25, 7-9 P.M. at the
Hilton, Continental, BR C. The agenda will include reports from
the PCC Executive Council and a discussion with Margaret Shen
(Cleveland Public Library) and Marty Joachim (Indiana
University), the Operational Advisors to the PCC Executive
Council. Librarians who want to learn more about the PCC and its
programs are also welcome. Be there early to get a special
surprise!
The Cooperative Cataloging Teams are pleased to announce the
second Series Institute to be held at the Library of Congress,
July 26-28. Judy Kuhagen, Senior Policy Specialist, LC
Cataloging Policy and Support Office, will be the instructor for
the institute. This training will enable current NACO
participants to expand their contributions to series authority
records. NACO librarians, including CONSER catalogers,
interested in attending the institute should contact Ann Della
Porta (dellapor@mail.loc.gov) for more information.
-- Ann Della Porta, Library of Congress
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UNITED STATES NEWSPAPER PROGRAM UPDATE
In May, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced
new United States Newspaper Program (USNP) implementation awards
to the Library of Michigan, the South Dakota State Historical
Society, and the University of Tennessee. A planning grant was
awarded to the District of Columbia Public Library, and awards
were made to continuing projects in Delaware (the University of
Delaware), Illinois (the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign and the Chicago Historical Society), and Rhode Island
(the Rhode Island Historical Society). With current planning
projects in the last two states, Oregon and Vermont, the program
has funded projects in all fifty states and the District of
Columbia. Projects have completed work in twenty-five states and
two territories (Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands). If
NEH is able to continue funding at near current levels, the
program is expected to complete all its work by 2006.
The USNP Annual Meeting held at the Library of Congress April 24-
26, 1995, was in part a celebration of accomplishing the
involvement of all fifty states in the program. In the face of
threats to the continued existence of NEH, participants have
taken renewed pride in their accomplishments as part of a program
that is recognized as a model of federal-state partnership (and
with joint LC/NEH management, as a model of federal interagency
partnership).
Also at this year's meeting were eight members of the IFLA
Newspapers Round Table, representing libraries in England, Wales,
Canada, France, Finland, Germany, and Russia. Additional
highlights included a newspaper catalogers' tour throughout North
Carolina, workshops on cataloging and preservation microfilming,
and the inevitable workshop on newspapers and newspaper projects
on the Internet.
-- Bob Harriman, Library of Congress
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