Collection Services Council has approved a new policy, UC Berkeley Library Policy for Contributing Materials to Validated, Shared Print Archives, http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Staff/CS/docs/Policy-Contributing_to_Validated_Shared_Print_Archives.docx… more »

The Western Regional Storage Trust reports that the first archiving cycle has come to a close, with twelve archive holders promising to retain for 25 years  "6,100 journal titles ... over 160,000 volumes. These totals include almost 5,100 Bronze titles… more »

Thanks to Jim Gordon, we now have documents that answer oft-asked selector's questions: Where are the fund reports? How do I view, print and copy data? Answers are here: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/asktico/procedures/acquisitions-millennium-fund-report… more »

HathiTrust recently held a Constitutional Convention to determine the governance model for the partnership and to set directions for its next phase. Tom Leonard was UC Berkeley's convention delegate. Members submitted 7 proposals for discussion and vot… more »

 Hi all,       I hope you heard the good news from Bernie at the August 11th Collections Early Bird that the Library is able to provide a one-time supplement of $150,000 to the binding budget for FY11/12. With the supplement, the Preservation Departmen… more »