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Presents an overview of the paper deacidification program at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Workflow and procedure used at the deacidification facility of the library; Relative costs of deacidification and preservation photocopying; Factors considered by schools in adopting the deacidification plan.

As libraries automate, paper files such as the card catalog, the shelflist, the order file, and authority files are also automated. To exploit the automated authority file and to help streamline the handling of titles in series, Trinity University Library has developed a method to store cataloging and processing information in the online series authority record. The issue of how to integrate the pure title authority function of the series authority record with the pragmatic aspects of processing titles in series is discussed. As a result of this integration at Trinity University, acquisitions staff, catalogers, and copy catalogers can easily obtain information about distribution and cataloging treatment of titles within series and analyzed serial titles. This procedure is adaptable to manual environments as well. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]