The National Preservation Office (NPO) conferences have gained a reputation for their wide-ranging
topics. their sincere attempt to address issues which can be at times difficult to 'pin down', and their down-to-earth approach. Such was the case with the 1995 conference 'Piecing together the jigsaw: the framework for a national...
Why hold a national conference on microfonns in libraries? (It was not, many told us, the most exciting subject for a two day debate). Since the late eighties, the National Preservation Office has been coordinating a national microfilming programme generously funded by the Andrew W Mellon Foundation of New York....
For postwar travelers, the motel offered a convenient lodging option for a newly mobile nation looking for contemporary, relaxed and auto-friendly places to rest. In response to travelers' needs, the motel industry flourished; between 1946 and 1957 the number of motels in the United States almost tripled, growing from around...