You can now view online my two presentations from last week's ILA conference. For the first one, I was part of a panel on wireless (you can also view Alex's and Georgeann's presentations, too), and the second one was just me talking about blogging. I've also posted my handout of links about MP3 audiobooks from yesterday's RLA panel on AV collection development. BTW, they're all PDFs, so you'll need the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

If you have questions about any of the slides or if you were at one of the sessions and you were too shy to raise your hand, please feel free to contact me.

Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists (PDF version here)

"This report describes in nontechnical language the various types of CDs and DVDs now in use, how they are made, and how they work. It then distills current industry knowledge about disc longevity, conditions that affect life expectancy, and how to care for optical media. The guide is amply illustrated and includes a glossary and bibliography.

The guide's author, Fred R. Byers, is a technical staff member in the Convergent Information Systems Division of the Information Technology Laboratory at NIST.

The guide was written for use by librarians and archivists; however, it will be equally useful to any business or individual wishing to safeguard CD or DVD collections." [via ResourceShelf]

Darn, I read this after yesterday's A/V panel, but hopefully some folks from that session are stopping by and they'll see this. One person in the audience said his library gets only a dozen or so circs out of their DVDs because they are used so heavily and they don't hold up well. Judy from Schaumburg said her library gets a much higher circ rate, with some lasting as long as 120 circs.