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PRESERVATION 101
Preservation 101: Preservation Basics for Paper and Media Collections
The Online, Instructor-led Course
January 12, 2012 – July 20, 2012
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: December 30, 2011
Class size is limited to 24 participants.
COURSE FEE: $600
Benefits of Attending
In eight sessions, participants will learn strategies to make informed preservation decisions that can prolong the active life of collections and help reduce the costs of conservation treatment. The course includes eleven interactive webinars in conjunction with an online classroom environment in which participants work closely with the instructor and online classmates. Activities will guide participants through a full preservation assessment of their institution, yielding valuable data for grant applications. Participants will also create an institutional collections disaster plan, which will help prepare the institution for emergencies large and small. The course offers a unique opportunity to network with colleagues from different types of institutions. Each participant who completes the course will receive a Certificate of Completion.
Cost-effective Training
The Preservation 101 course is a cost-effective program that offers a total of 22 hours of instructor-led training time; online course work and homework assignments that help participants learn key concepts; and the ability to exchange ideas and coach one another via the class forum, at an affordable cost.
Who Should Attend
Preservation 101 is tailored to librarians, archivists, town clerks, curators, and collections or records managers who have (at least) part-time responsibility for preservation of historical or special collections or of primary research materials, including books, manuscripts, records, photographs, ephemera, maps, other paper-based or documentary formats, audiovisual materials, and digital collections.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After this course, participants will be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of the nature and structure of library and archival materials.
- identify agents of deterioration of library and archival materials (including multimedia collections), as well as accepted preservation activities that help mitigate deterioration.
- understand their building and systems and how the maintenance of these affects the preservation of their collections.
- explore and select appropriate storage materials and treatment and reformatting options.
- identify the elements of an effective disaster plan and describe methods for preventing, mitigating, and responding to disasters in cultural institutions.
- identify basic issues and understand emerging trends in digital preservation.
- recognize preservation as a central function that has implications throughout cultural institutions.
- identify potential sources of funding for preservation and conservation treatment and write effective proposals.
Preservation 101 consists of eight sessions. One or two webinars will be conducted for each session to present detailed information on each topic.
Webinar Sessions
Session 1: |
Introduction to Preservation |
Session 2: |
Deterioration of Paper Collections |
Session 3: |
Deterioration of Film and Electronic Media |
Session 4: |
The Building and Environment |
Session 5: |
Collections Care |
Session 6: |
Reformatting and Treatment |
Session 7: |
Disaster Planning |
Session 8: |
Building a Preservation Program |
Draft survey report and preliminary disaster plans due during the last weeks of the course.
Final report and disaster plan due by the end of the course
INSTRUCTOR
Angelina Altobellis, Preservation Specialist
15 Archival Recertification Credits (ARCs) will be awarded by the Academy of Certified Archivists to Certified Archivists who complete Preservation 101.
Each participant who completes the course will receive a Certificate of Completion.
Questions? Contact Angelina Alotbellis,
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REGISTRATION DEADLINE: December 30, 2011. Enrollment is limited to 24 participants.
To register please go to the Training Calendar and select Preservation 101 from the course listing.
