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Help promote the preservation of science and technology materials.
If you work in a sci/tech library, or in a general library with
significant sci/tech holdings, please take a few minutes to fill out
this brief questionnaire.
 
We are gathering data on the status of preservation efforts for use
in planning a joint conference program sponsored by ACRL STS
(Science and Technology Section) and ALCTS PLMS (Preservation of
Library Materials Section) and CMDS (Collection Management and
Development Section) to be held at the ALA Annual meeting in Chicago,
1995.  The theme of the program will be on organizing cooperative
discipline based projects to preserve the record of science and
technology.
 
We hope to raise to national attention the need to preserve the
records of the disciplines of science and technology.  Your help is
appreciated.
 
We realize that multiple responses from a single institution are
inevitable given our informal survey methodology.  We plan to compile
results so that multiple responses will be taken into consideration.
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1.  Please describe your institution's current or planned
preservation project(s) of science and technology materials.
 
2.  Please rank what is most important to preserve
  (1 most important  -  8 least important)
 
____Local documents
____Journals
____Conference proceedings
____Reports
____Theses
____Books
____Non-print materials - please list types
____Other (Please describe)
 
 
Please describe the rationale for your rankings (ie., institutional
priorities, lack of preservation in this area, etc.)
 
3.  Are there any sci-tech fields that should receive immediate
preservation attention?
 
4.  Please list any science and technology preservation projects that
you are aware of being conducted outside your institution.
 
5.  Are you or your institution interested in participating in a
cooperative preservation initiative?  Is so, please be sure to
include your name and address with the return of this survey.
 
6.  Are you interested in presenting a poster session at the
conference program on your library's preservation project?
 
Name:
Library:
Address:
Email:
Phone:
Fax:
 
  Thank you for your interest and time in completing the survey!
        Jill Newby and Amy Paster, Co-Chairs, STS Chicago Conference
        Program Planning Committee
 
We apologize for the cross-posting to several lists.
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Please send (forward) or fax to:
 
Jill Newby, Weber State University,  e-mail: [log in to unmask]
fax: (801) 626-6057, or
Amy Paster, Penn State University,  e-mail: [log in to unmask]
fax: (814)863-7293