The National Library of Australia has produced a detailed and extremely useful manual on setting up and operating a microfilming operation. (See http://www.nla.gov.au/preserve/trainmat.html.)

Under its IFLA-PAC program, the National Library of Australia is currently publishing a new resource for microfilming professionals in the Asia/Pacific region. These preservation microfilming training materials, written by Heather Brown, preservation manager at the State Library of South Australia, are the result of a survey into the microfilming needs of Asia and the Pacific. Heather Brown has extensive experience in microfilming, and her manuscript has been reviewed by a number of practitioners.

• The training materials have been written to conform to the accredited Australian preservation microfilming curriculum and, when delivered by an accredited agency, may be used for formal qualification or to recognize "competencies." The materials serve as a guide to basics for those not wishing to undertake formal training. They are expected to be available by the end of 2002 and will cover a variety of topics, everything from splicing microfilm and duplicating microform to microfilming project management. For further information about the training materials, contact:

National and International Preservation Activities (NIPA)
Preservation Services
National Library of Australia
Canberra ACT 2600 AUSTRALIA
nipa@nla.gov.au
Tel: +61 2 6262 1642
Fax: +61 2 6273 4535