This work would not have been produced without the many resources made available to me by Janet Gertz in the Preservation Division of the Columbia University Libraries, as well as by Carolyn Harris and Paul Banks of the Conservation Education Programs at Columbia University's School of Library Service. Their support and patience is sincerely appreciated.
Special thanks are due to my partner in this project, Steve Laesch, and also to Alis Whitt.
Additionally, I would like to gratefully acknowledge John DePew, Sally Buchanan, and those other individuals and institutions who have cooperated in the drafting of this workbook. By either making available a version of their plan, granting reprint permission, through solicited consultation on a specific topic, or with occasional suggestions, many have worked to make the collective holding of institutions in the North County just that much safer.
Lee Dirks
Amaranth Consulting, Inc.