1996 Annual Meeting
New York, New York
June 1, 1996

LAMP Business

1. Attendance
   At least 34 individuals, representing at least 24 member institutions, came to the session. (As customary, circulating sign-in sheets had disappeared by meetings end.)
2. Meeting minutes for the 1995 session (Athens, Georgia) were approved without change.
3. Scott Van Jacob of Notre Dame was introduced as the latest LAMP member. He publicly lamented not having received the official tote bag promised to entice him.
4. Marlys Rudeen summarized the budget report that was distributed via her pre-meeting mailing. Current commitments total $58,000, although Marlys explained that some of these may never come due. This leaves a balance of about $40,000 for future projects.
5. Dan reflected on our fiscal situation by noting that LAMP has turned something of a financial comer: we are now spending more than we collect in annual membership fees. He suggested several responses, including increasing the number of members. Clarifying the difference between membership in LAMP and in CRL will be crucial in recruiting new participants.
6. Dan explained the existence and purpose of CRL's Area Studies Council. The body has produced a brochure for all five area microform projects and intends to develop a microfilming manual for efforts based overseas. It continues to feel out its role.
7. Executive Committee. Dan, as current chair, suggested that it might make sense for him to continue another two years. The proposal met with general approval. The other part of "continuismo" concerns the need to introduce new members to the leadership. Representatives were invited to volunteer to help shepherd specific projects through the proposal and implementation phases, and otherwise to involve themselves with the Project.
8. LAMP Listserv. Messages distributed through our CRL-hosted list seem to be reaching everyone. Members should notify Marlys if additional addresses should be added to the list.

Current and Continuing Projects

1. Memorias project. Edmundo Flores reported that as of 1 June, the project has filmed the titles listed on his handout, for a total of 1,286 positive and 1,214 duplicate negative reels. Edmundo also reported that LC's Photoduplication unit is being disbanded. The function will ultimately reside somewhere else.
2. Latin American theological serials. Peter Johnson electronically distributed a list of the year's completed filming before the meeting, and also requested $12,000 to continue. As the budget started to look small, the amount was reduced to $10,000 for filming during the coming fiscal year.
3. Revue de la Societe Haitienne d'histoire et de Geographie d'Haiti. Cesar reiterated his Lamplist report that the project is now complete, and that it came in under budget.
4. Brazilian documents digitizing project. Edmundo reported that additional microfilming has been completed at the Library of Congress, and the reels delivered to PFA for digitizing. Scott reported that the digitizing is continuing, and the image files are being mounted on the Internet. See Special Projects on CRL's Home Page and then Brazilian Serial Documents.
5. Irish-Argentine serials. Dan reported that filming of The Southern Cross is complete, and that Fianna and the Hibernian-Argentine Review are now under the camera.
6. Variedades. Dora reported that the materials are now in a filming queue at UCLA, per her electronic posting before the meeting.
7. Argentine and Mexican presidential messages. Dan, reporting for Mark Grover, noted that Preservation Resources is preparing preservation microform of the Mexican messages, and that the Library of Congress has filmed their Argentine counterparts. Preservation Resources will continue by digitizing these materials for the ARL Latin Americanist Research Resources project.
8. Don Quijote. Nelly Gonzalez referred the group to her written report of 10 April, distributed before the meeting.
9. LaFragua collection. Dan, reporting for Carl Deal, indicated that this project has cleared the political difficulties which formerly threatened.

Project reports: Proposals, possibilities, nibbles

1. Critica. A Lamplist posting reports that Berkeley has already filmed some of these materials. Pablo Fernando Filippo, LAMP's man in Buenos Aires, has been working with Argentina's Biblioteca Nacional to move ahead with this title. Peter Johnson indicated that the earliest years are the most important, since Critica was the first modern Latin American newspaper.
2. La Protesta. See Pablo Fernando Filippo's pre-meeting posting. We have not yet been able to confirm whether La Protesta has already been filmed in Holland. UCLA owns some hardcopy issues, many in poor condition. These will be used to fill in any gaps in holdings at the Biblioteca Nacional. The membership allocated $8,000 to this filming project pending clarification of whether any film already exists.
3. Cuban pamphlets. Peter Johnson reported for Carlos Forment. There is a lovely collection of pamphlets in Cuba's National Archives, and the Institute of History has several important periodical runs. The latter is a more reliable source for film, though there are technical problems to be addressed. The group, while interested, deferred further action. Peter will report more after his January trip to Cuba.
4. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. The University's "Biblioteca Publica' includes substantial holdings of nineteenth-century newspapers. Noemi Goldman's e-mail posting provides additional information. The group encouraged the Library to submit a concrete, fully-costed proposal.
5. CODEPU (Valparaiso): A Chilean human rights archives. No current information.
6. Caribbean Commission Reports. No current information.
7. Aramayo/COMIBOL Archive in Tupiza, Bolivia. See Erick Langer's written proposal and report. While LAMP will be unable to fund the entire project (cost estimated at $28,000-$40,000), the Executive Committee has authorized expenditures of up to $7,000 to get filming underway. Other sources might supply supplemental funds. Alfredo Montalvo offered the Biblioteca Inca as a place to hold the materials if their destruction appears imminent. The membership voted another $5,000 to the project bringing, its total allocation to $12,000.
8. Archivo del Terror, Paraguay. Dan reported that, while the materials are very promising, communications are difficult and immediate prospects uncertain.
9. Archivo de la Prefectura de la Municipalidad de Granada, Nicaragua. A long e-mail message was posted to the group. Dora reported that the current curator may not be long in his position. Thus far there is no costed-out proposal for LAMP members to evaluate. The membership, when choosing between allocating $7,000 as seed money in the absence of a specific proposal and waiting for further information, decided to wait.
10. Publications of Latin American communities in the United States. Dan explained that the Area Studies Council at CRL is exploring a possible project to film U. S. ethnic newspapers that have not been covered in the U. S. Newspaper Project. For materials produced by Latin American groups, this would dovetail with ongoing activities among Hispanic Americans. Roberto Trujillo suggested that the proposed activity would probably complement rather than compete with existing programs. Dan stressed that any such effort would not be a LAMP program since we have traditionally drawn our line at the Rio Grande. Members expressed reservations about entering into this area. Marlys stressed that LAMP would play a role in selection more than anything else. Dan proposed an up or out vote on whether to continue exploring a project- the group opted to keep the discussions underway.
11. Anais da Biblioteca Nacional. Nelly referred to her written summary and amended it to ask for a full run from 1890 to 1960. Reports that the title is widely held within the United States led to the proposal's withdrawal.
12. Peruvian human rights dossiers. Little information is available; Dan will try to find out more.
13. Brazilian newspapers. Paula Covington reported a search for some provincial and national newspapers that revealed not only an absence of regional newspapers, but gaps even in the national coverage. While She presented no formal proposal, Paula was prevailed upon to continue with her bibliographic searching. Pamela Howard will work with her to locate national newspapers in Rio de Janeiro.
14. El Sudcaliforniano. Karen Lindvall-Larsen proposed that the University of California-San Diego's 1986-1991 holdings of this major paper from Baja California Sur be deposited with LAMP, for later filming on a funds-available basis. She estimated that $6,000 would do for the filming. Dan proposed a multi-stage vote: receive the materials; make an allocation for filming; reject the proposal. The group agreed to take over the material, but not (for now) to film it.
15. Paraguayan Newspapers. Peter Briscoe referred to his written report dated 1 June, 1996, on three anti-Stroessner publications held at UC-Riverside (El Pueblo, El Radical, Sendero), that could be filmed for about $2,800. The membership approved this allocation, plus up to $1,000 more if additional issues can be located.

Issues and Policy

• Don Quijote. Nelly Gonzalez requested reimbursement of $1,270 for the purchase of sixty previously unavailable numbers of Don Quijote. The issues extend the holdings that the University of Illinois is already filming under a previous $2,000 allocation. Providing funds in order to acquire material to be preserved is a departure from LAMP practice. The membership voted 11 to 4 to authorize LAMP funds for the purchase of this important and very scarce title, but agreed that this action would not serve as a policy precedent.
• Nunca Mais indexing. Marlys followed up on her written handout by suggesting that a reel guide and index by name and processo/apelacao/recurso number be prepared in order to make LAMP's collection of some 543 microfilm reels more usable. Laurence Hallewell, who has seen the original twelve-volume printed set at the Columbia Law Library, recalled either a typewritten list or a commercially printed volume that serves as an index to the set. The membership authorized $1,800 for the preparation of an index, pending clarification of what is already available.
• LAMP Dues. Peter Johnson urged that membership dues, which have remained steady at $600 for many years, be increased over a three-year period. Increased costs for microfilm and labor, a stable membership, and greater reliance on the unique LAMP collection due to budgetary pressures in most of our institutions, all justify greater support. Alternative schemes for increasing funds, among them a flat $ 100 per year increase, indexing dues to actual cost figures, and additional members, were also considered. The membership authorized a three-year, phased increase in membership dues: these will rise by $50 the first year, another $55 the second, and $60 for the third. Subscription fees will thus be $650 in 1996/97, $705 in 1997/98, and $765 in 1998/99. LAMP's recruiting efforts will be helped if its publicity clarifies the benefits of and differences between membership in LAMP and in CRL, publicizes the accomplishments of the Project's twenty-five year history, and promotes its unique, million-dollar collection.
• LAMP Home Page. CRL's area studies projects, in coordination with the Area Studies Council, will develop home pages for their respective projects on the CRL server. David Block agreed to shepherd LAMP's home page, and invited suggestions. Members should contact him via e-mail.
• Pablo Fernando Filippo. The membership agreed that a letter of appreciation should be sent to Pablo Fernando Filippo, thanking him for his services as our 'expediter" in Buenos Aires. His work has been instrumental to the great progress in filming several Argentine titles in the last year and in identifying additional research materials for our consideration.

Related Issues and Plans

• Program for Latin American Libraries and Archives. Dan reported on a Mellon Foundation funded program at Harvard's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, aimed at making research materials within the region more accessible to scholars. Small grants, averaging $5,000-10,000, will be awarded to Latin American libraries and archives to assist them in preservation work such as microfilming, as well as in other activities such as acquiring personal computers for bibliographic control, finding replacement parts for photocopiers, etc. Spain's Fundacion Historica Tavera will collaborate as well. Dan will be directing the $400,000 effort, which will run for four years. Opportunities may arise for jointly funded projects between LAMP and the Program.
• Newspaper Summit. Plans are afoot to convene a Newspaper Summit to address the crisis facing institutions with an interest in foreign newspapers. Some of the key actors will be CRL, the Area Studies Council, the Library of Congress, and the Association of Research Libraries. It is hoped that the summit will begin to break the logjam of issues associated with this type of material.

Since the meeting room had to be vacated, the final three agenda items were dispatched with haste. Dan recognized Hans Rutimann, International Program Officer for the Commission on Preservation and Access, who attended our meeting and was programmed to speak on the Latin American Register of Microform Masters. Members were urged to attend Hans's theme panel presentation later in the conference. We expect to learn more within the next couple of months concerning foreign official gazettes. The final agenda item, regarding NEH, Mellon, digitizing, and preservation was set aside for future discussion.

The meeting adjourned at about 7:45 p.m.: not a record (!), but certainly long enough!

Recorders: Parts I and II, David Block; Parts III and IV, Dora Loh.

LAMP: Received
Since April 1995

ACCION
Asuncion, Paraguay, [s.n., 3. epoca, ano 1, no. I-ano 24, no. 130 (Apr. 1969-Nov. 1992).
$907.20

MF Neg. MF.
ACTUALIDAD PASTORAL [MICROFORM]
Buenos Aires : Actualidad Pastoral,
Center has:
MF-9982 LAMP (5 reels) v. 7, no. 68-v. 25, no. 195 (Feb. 1974-1992).
Neg. MF-at lab.
$748.63

CONVERGENCIA.
Rio de Janeiro : C.R.B., 1968-
[Ano 6, no. 55-ano 26, no. 258] (Mar. 1973-1992).
$1,768.25

MF Neg. MF.
CRISTO REY EN MEXICO [MICROFORM].
Leon, Gto., Mexico: Centro General de Propaganda del Monumento Votivo
Nacional a Cristo Rey de La Paz, [ 1953-1983].
Center has:
MF-9985 LAMP (15 reels) v. 1-30, no. 1/2/3/4 (1953-Jan./Feb./Mar./Apr. 1983).
Neg. MF-at lab.
$2,245.89

Catholic Church. Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano. Secretariado General.
DOCUMENTACION CELAM / CONSEJO EPISCOPAL LATINOAMERICANO.
Bogota, Colombia: El Consejo,
Ano 1, no. I-ano 8, no. 38 (1976-1983).
$755.00

Guatemala. Secretaria de Fomento.
MEMORIA.
1880-1943 (10 reels)

Peru. Ministerio de gobierno y policia.
MEMORIA.
1847-1946 (9 reels)

Uruguay. Ministerio del Interior.
MEMORIA.
1868/69-1935/36 (15 reels)

MF Neg. MF.
Brazil. Presidente.
MENSAGEM ...
Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional, 1895 -1950.
1901, 1947-1949, 1951, 1954, 1965, 1968-1970, 1972, 1974, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993.
$3,000

MF Neg. MF.
MENSAJERO VALDENSE MICROFORM].
Colonia Valdense, Uruguay: [s.n.], 1919
Center has:
MF-10373 LAMP (reel 3) v. 1, no. 1- 16 (May-Dec. 1919).
MF-10374 LAMP (14 reels) v. 2, no. 17-v. 74, no. 1324 (1920-1991);
LACKS: no. 413, 621, 1152, 1247, 1317.
Neg. MF-at lab.
$2,590.15

MF Neg. MF.
LA MONTANA DE CRISTO REY [MICROFORM].
Leon, Gto., Mexico: Centro General de Propaganda del Monumento Votivo Nacional a Cristo Rey de la Paz, [1983-
Issues for May/June 1983-1984 filmed with: Cristo Rey en Mexico, Jan./Feb./Mar./Apr. 1983.
Center has:
MF-9985 LAMP (1 reel) v. 1-2 (May/June 1983-1984).
MF-9986 LAMP (4 reels) v. 3-10, no. 37 (1985-1992).
Neg. MF-at lab.
$598.88

THE SOUTHERN CROSS.
Buenos Aires : Editorial Irlandesa, 1875-
1st shipment - Jan. 16, 1875-Dec. 26, 1942
Print neg. and 2 pos. on order.
Orig. commitment: $15,000
$ 3,000.00 for filming
$ 4,272.72 for filming
$ 537.10 shipping/customs
$ 7,809.82 $7190.18 remaining

MF Neg. MF.
TEOCOMUNICACAO [MICROFORM].
Porto Alegre, RS : Diretorio Academico do Instituto de Teologia da Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul,
Center has:
MF-9984 LAMP (8 reels) v. 6, no. 3-v. 24, no. 106 (Mar. 1976-1994).
Neg. MF-at lab.
$1,258.00

MF Neg. MF.
LA UNION VALDENSE [MICROFORM].
Colonia Valdense, Uruguay: [s.n.], -1919.
Center has:
MF-10373 LAMP (3 reels) v. 3, no. 26-v. 17, no. 197 (1905-Apr. 1919).
Neg. MF-at lab.
$555.00

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