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Class 9 Lesson Plan
Preservation Reformatting

Suggested Readings for Students

ARL Preservation of Research Library Materials Committee. “Recognizing Digitization as a Preservation Reformatting Method,” May 2004.

Baker, Nicholson. “Deadline: The Author’s Desperate Bid to Save America’s Past.” The New Yorker, July 24, 2000, pp. 42–61.

Elkington, Nancy E., ed. RLG Preservation Microfilming Handbook. Mountain View, Calif.: Research Libraries Group, Inc., March 1992. “Overview” and “Terms” sections.

Hazen, Dan, Jeffrey Horrell, and Jan Merrill-Oldham. Selecting Research Collections for Digitization. Washington, D.C.: Council on Library and Information Resources, August 1998.

Smith, Abby. Why Digitize? Washington, D.C.: Council on Library and Information Resources, February 1999.

Weissman Preservation Center, Harvard University Library. Principles for Reformatting Collections, September 2002.