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Focuses on the differences between preserving original historical materials and creating digital archives. Scientific and technical preservation research done by the Preservation Directorate at the United States Library of Congress; Establishment of the National Digital Library Program to create electronic reproductions of primary source materials on American history and culture; Foundation of the Northeast Document Conservation Center in Andover, Massachusetts, to preserve deteriorating paper resources.

Presents information on news concerning library collections for October of 1998. Family of entertainer Bob Hope donating photos, scripts and other materials to the Library of Congress; Collection of children's literature donated to the Boston Public Library by the children of Margery and Paul Heins; Yale University's Beinecke Library receiving the collection of art from Franz R. Stenzel; Other information.

Reports activity connected to collections of library materials. Acquisition of a previously unknown and unpublished Emily Dickinson manuscript by the Jones Library in Amherst, Massachusetts; Plan to provide access to the Library of Congress' American map collection on the World Wide Web; Contact point for the map collection.