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Features the online course on paper preservation conducted by the Northeast Document Conservation Center in North Andover, Massachusetts. Provision of introductory lessons linked to a glossary and a bibliography; Outline of lessons; Availability of lesson texts at the center's Web site.

Reports on the donation of the papers of Professor Louis S. Feuer to Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Background information on the intellectual endeavors of Feuer; Publications authored by Feuer.

Reports that the papers of Jane Jacobs, a nationally known urbanologist and architectural critic, have been donated by Jacobs to the John J. Burns Library of Rare Books and Special Collections at Boston College, Massachusetts. Includes a film about her work, newspaper and magazine clippings, manuscripts, awards, letters and photographs.

Reports on the acquisition of the papers of Harold R. Edgerton by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Profile of Edgerton; Components of the collection.

Reports on the suit filed by Coretta Scott King for the return of the collection of papers of Martin Luther King Jr. from Boston University in Massachusetts to Atlanta, Georgia. Coretta King's accusation that the university failed to preserve the collection; University's defense of its King collection.

Reports that the Hancock Family Papers, the business papers of Thomas Hancock and his nephew John, have been acquired by the Baker Library at Harvard University.

Reports that the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Radcliffe College received a donation of the papers of Ruth M. Batson, community and civil rights activist. Background information on Batson; What the papers contain.

Mentions the location of special library collections. Donation of papers of Gore Vidal to Harvard University's Houghton Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Relocation of the archives of psychiatrist Karl Menninger to the Kansas State Historical Society as a result of a lawsuit; Donation of personal papers of Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar to the Sault Ste. Marie Public Library in Ontario.

Reports that the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) will present its `School for Scanning: Issues of Preservation and Access for Paper-Based Collections,' at the Chicago Historical Society. Conference on the applications of digital technology and the management of digital projects; Topics in the conference; Contact information.

Reports that the preparation of photographer Harold Edgerton's papers for access has been completed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Archives.

Discusses the dedication of the Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity in Boston, Massachusetts. Remarks from the president of the library board; Guests in attendance; Cost of the facility; Description of the facility, which holds papers of the religious leader Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science; Significance of the collection for the Christian Science church; Remarks from librarians at the library.

Presents library collection-related news briefs as of October 1, 2001. Availability of papers by former Kansas governor Joan Finney at the Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas; Donation of thousands of tablets containing Tibetan Buddhist canon to the Harvard Divinity School by E. Gene Smith.