education

Online courses

Preservation 101   

Preservation 101 is a comprehensive self-paced online course that focuses on the preservation of paper collections and related formats. Participants will learn about the basics of preservation in the context of small and moderately-sized library or archival collections – how to identify deteriorated materials, how to properly care for collections, and how to set priorities for preservation. 

A primary goal of this course is to enable you to gather the information needed for a general preservation planning survey of your institution, and to that end, several tools have been devised to assist you in using this course effectively. Once on the Preservation 101 home page, be sure to click on “Before You Begin” for an introduction to the many facets of this program.

Development of this course was funded by an Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grant. In 2004 and 2005, a live version of this course (in workshop format) was taught in the Pacific Northwest by the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), SOLINET, Amigos Library Services, and the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts. During the first half of 2006, NEDCC and their Web production and e-learning consultant, WGBH Educational Foundation in Boston, Massachusetts, produced this online version of the course.

The Northeast Document Conservation Center is proud to offer this unfacilitated course free of charge to both professionals caring for library and archival materials and individuals eager to preserve family collections.