5. Preservation Profiles

Estimated universe of relevant volumes 1,554
Number of volumes to be preserved 500
Estimated number of titles to be preserved 100

Cost per volume
Identification and selection $ 23.23
Pre- and post-filming 7.08
Bibliographic Control and record distribution 2.68
Microfilming, 3 generations 54.74
Local inspection 1.72
Additional local costs 24.60

Total cost per volume $ 114.05

Total project cost $ 57,025


5.9 NEBRASKA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN


The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is one of the charter members of the Nebraska Documents
Preservation Advisory Council (NDPAC), which was founded in 1988. NDPAC developed an NEH-
funded statewide preservation plan in 1990/91, entitled A Preservation Action Agenda for Nebraska. The
Agenda identifies goals, objectives, and responsibilities of key institutions within the State. Goals are to:
1) provide a coordinated preservation program; 2) improve the housing and care of all documentary
collections; 3) ensure the long-term preservation of critically important collections, and 4) develop broad
public awareness of the preservation challenge. Key accomplishments to date include identifying a state
agency to house the future State Office of Preservation, re-establishing a state NHPRC chapter, working
with Nebraska Governor E. Benjamin Nelson to authorize an Executive Order requiring the use of
alkaline paper for state documents of enduring value, and becoming involved in the U.S. Newspaper
Program.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln has done much to support the State in accomplishing its preservation
objectives by participating in cooperative preservation ventures and by providing preservation education
opportunities for other Nebraska institutions. In 1995/96, the University Libraries had 13.5 FTE engaged
in preservation activities library-wide, and expended five percent of its total library budget (thirteen
percent of its materials budget) on preservation. Preservation activities include binding, mass
deacidification, book repair, protective enclosures, and preservation microfilming. While some
preservation microfilming is done in-house using a Kodak MRD camera, the University contracted with
Preservation Resources of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to film the Mar Sandoz Collection in 1995-97 for a
project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln USAIN Project Staff

Nebraska's contribution to the phase 2 project will be co-managed by Katherine Walter, the University
Libraries' Preservation Coordinator, and Rebecca A. Bernthal, Head of the C.Y. Thompson Agriculture
Library. Ms. Bernthal was responsible for the bibliographic analysis and selection phase of the project,
including developing and refining the scope of the bibliography, compiling the citations, and
coordinating the work of the scholarly reviewers. She was assisted by librarians and staff who contributed
to the compilation of the bibliography including the verification and location of titles. Ms. Walter will be
responsible for the preservation phase of the project, including overseeing the work of the microfilming
agency, Preservation Resources, ensuring compliance with all preservation and access standards and