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Digital Projects Handbook Is On-Line The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) announces the on-line availability of its latest publication, Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access. The new web resource was funded by a Library Leadership Grant from The Institute for Museum and Library Services. NEDCC receives major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Handbook was published to meet the needs of libraries and museums, and other collections holding institutions for basic information about planning and managing digital projects. In an effort to make this timely information available at no cost to anyone at anytime, NEDCC has posted the text on its Web site at www.nedcc.org The Handbook covers in detail, such topics as: Rationale for Digitization and Preservation Vendor Relations Considerations for Project Management Digital Longevity Selection of Materials for Scanning Overview of Copyright Issues A Technical Primer Guidelines from Case Studies The Handbook is also available in hard copy and ordering information is on the web site. Also available on-line and in book form from NEDCC is the third edition of its highly successful Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual, published in 1999. More than 400 pages in length, the manual consists of a series of 51 technical leaflets, divided into six categories: Planning & Prioritizing              The Environment Emergency Management   Storage & Handling Reformatting   Conservation Procedures The cost of Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access is $38.00. The cost of Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual, is $50.00. For ordering information, contact Juanita Singh at Juanita@nedcc.org or (978) 470-1010, or visit www.nedcc.org.