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The article offers news briefs related to the nonprofit organization Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) as of June 2015 in the U.S. Topics include the webinars hosted by the organization, the appointment of former ASIS&T president José-Marie Griffiths as president of Duke State University and the donation received by ASIS&T to pay for student memberships for the European and Asia Pacific Student Chapters.

Reveals that the North Andover, Massachusetts-based Northeast Document Conservation Center has received financing from the J. Paul Getty Trust to support three internships in paper conservation.

This article discusses the problem of preservation of library assets and how the Wellesley Free Library, in Wellesley, Massachusetts, has addressed such problems. Apparently, as of February 1989, the U.S. is facing a crisis in its libraries and archives. Substantial portions of collections in the country allegedly deteriorate because of inherent acidity of paper used and poor quality of bindings, accelerated by heavy use, mishandling, poor storage, and polluted urban environment. The magnitude of the problem has allegedly been recognized by academic and research libraries with responsibilities for the ling-term retention of materials with permanent value. Their response has been to add preservation administrators to their staff, develop in-house treatment facilities, and participate in cooperative microfilming programs. Except for some major urban libraries such as New York Public, the response from public libraries has allegedly been less dramatic. The major surveys of collection condition have been done for large academic libraries, such as Yale, Stanford, and the University of Syracuse, New York. Their findings, that substantial portions of their holdings are deteriorating, seem to have little relevance to public libraries.

Presents updates on library technology in the U.S. as of November 15, 2003. Preservation of microfilm records owned by the City of Boston, Massachusetts; Partnership of Books24x7 with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and the Gov Online Learning Center.

The article previews the ALA (American Library Association) midwinter meeting, which will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, from January 8-12, 2016 and will feature speakers including the antibullying activist Lizzie Velasquez, Senator Cory Booker and the chef Joanne Chang.

Presents news briefs in regard to library and information science news. Statement by the Medical Library Association condemning the FBI's Library Awareness Program; Announcement of the formation of a dual degree program in librarianship and law by the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science; Plans by Haverhill, Massachusetts to build a new public library; Other news briefs.

Presents news briefs related to library science as of January 1988. Christian fundamentalist parents' withdrawal of a case against the use of textbooks they claimed promoted secular humanism in Mobile, Alabama; Friends of Lincoln Library's discussion on the problem of children left at home; Boston, Massachusetts-based Simmons College Libraries' acquisition of the historical records of 'The Horn Book.'

Describes the topics discussed during the second national conference of the American Library Association's Library and Information Technology Association held in Boston, Massachusetts on October 2-7, 1988. Networking CD-ROM; Meeting the challenges of the information age; Development and applications of hypertext.