Current Training Programs

Registration deadline: September 14, 2018
Maximum class size: 20
Instructor: Danielle Spalenka, Preservation Specialist, NEDCC
Location: John James Audubon Museum and Nature Center 3100 US Highway 41 N Henderson, KY 42419

September 24 & 25, 2018

This two day workshop provides a basic introduction to the concepts and standards used to build an effective preservation program. The curriculum covers preservation policies, environmental and storage conditions, care and handling of collection materials, reformatting, emergency preparedness, and program assessment. The instructors will discuss realistic approaches to preservation at small and medium sized organizations, and small group work will encourage participants to discuss their own preservation goals together.

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Registration deadline: September 24, 2018
Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Becky Geller, Preservation Specialist, NEDCC
Location: Live Webinar

Originally developed by Tim Walsh at Concordia University, this webinar covers the identification of various removable media and organizing workflows for capturing and ingesting the data contained on these media at collecting institutions. For the capture of data, we will touch on disk imaging and digital forensics, and go over some of the programs that are being used to extract, package, and manage data for collections. We conclude with considerations for choosing whether to complete projects in-house or with a vendor.

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Registration deadline: October 1, 2018
Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Frances Harrell, Senior Preservation Specialist, NEDCC
Location: Live Webinar

Performing risk assessment is a helpful tool to identify the vulnerability of our collections to both short term and long term risks and the impact that hazards and disasters could have on them. In this webinar, you will learn the basics of risk assessment and how it can be a powerful foundation for taking action to better preserve your collections.

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Registration deadline: October 28, 2018
Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Danielle Spalenka, Preservation Specialist, NEDCC
Location: Live Webinar

Are you preserving your digital collections and ensuring that they will survive for future generations to access? Your organization may have recordings of oral histories, digital or digitized photographs and documents, reformatted video files, and other materials in digital form. You can determine your next steps toward preserving these materials by learning about ways to assess your digital preservation readiness. In this session you will gain an understanding of the challenges of digital preservation and the ways that assessment can make those challenges more manageable. Participants will be introduced to newly-released, free resources for assessing digital preservation of your collections.

 

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Registration deadline: October 29, 2018
Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Amanda Maloney, Associate Photograph and Paper Conservator, NEDCC
Location: Live webinar

From daguerreotype portraits to poster-sized panoramas, photographs are an integral part of many archival collections.  This webinar provides an introduction to the preservation of photographs, focusing on photographic prints and including a discussion of identification, deterioration, and conservation treatment.

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Registration deadline: October 24, 2018
Maximum class size: 30
Instructor: Becky Geller, Preservation Specialist, NEDCC
Location: Live Webinar Series

The Instructor-led Fundamentals of Audiovisual Preservation course give participants the foundation needed to be effective collections stewards for audiovisual materials. Over 6 sessions, this course covers risks to audiovisual materials; care and handling; inventory and assessment; planning, preparing, and implementing reformatting projects; managing digital audiovisual collections; and disaster preparedness and response. Fundamentals of Audiovisual Preservation provides participants with information they need to create inventories of audiovisual holdings, to develop a reformatting timeline for priority materials, and to outline a Statement of Work. The six live webinars supplement the online course textbook, which is available for self-guided study.

Class Dates:

10/31/2018 Session 1: Introduction to AV Preservation Challenges
11/07/2018 Session 2: Care and Handling of Physical Carriers
11/14/2018 Session 3: Inventory and Assessment of Audiovisual Collections
11/28/2018 Session 4: Reformatting
12/05/2018 Session 5: Managing Digital Audiovisual Collections
12/12/2018 Session 6: Disaster Preparedness and Response

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Registration deadline: October 31, 2018
Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Sean Ferguson, Preservation Specialist, NEDCC
Location: Live Webinar

This webinar introduces issues in digital preservation, beginning with basic terminology and a broad discussion of digital collections. This session will cover risks facing digital objects and the major strategies being used in cultural heritage institutions to care for them over time.

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Registration deadline: November 6, 2018
Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: David Joyall, Senior Photographer, NEDCC
Location: Live Webinar

This session provides an overview of digitizing scrapbooks, photo albums, and other unique bound items. Selecting, preparing, and imaging scrapbooks requires careful planning and the right equipment. Scrapbooks often include fragile binding, adhesives, and folded or tucked-in elements that require careful handling during the digitization process. This one-hour webinar addresses the benefits and drawbacks of various digitization methods, as well considerations related to file formats and resolution, in order to help you decide on an approach that is right for your project.

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Registration deadline: November 2, 2018
Maximum class size: 50
Location: The Nonprofit Center Boston, MA

Join us for a thought-provoking, one-day meeting grounded in the National Digital Stewardship Agenda. To ensure opportunities for discussion groups and interaction, attendance will be limited to 50 people. Coverage will include:

• the elements of the National Digital Stewardship Agenda
• how the Digital Assessment Training (DAT) program supports the goals of the agenda
• how the DAT program can be sustained over time and grow to address needs as they develop
• presentations from individuals and organizations that are working towards supporting the Agenda

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Registration deadline: November 14, 2018
Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Monique Fischer, Senior Photograph Conservator, NEDCC
Location: Live webinar

This webinar offers an in-depth introduction to the preservation of negatives, including their identification, deterioration, and care. Participants will learn how to recognize various formats and study the preservation problems associated with each format type. The webinar will also discuss storage concerns and preservation priorities, including environmental guidelines and proper care and handling. Participants are encouraged to submit negatives for examination and discussion.

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Registration deadline: November 8, 2018
Maximum class size: 30
Instructor: Danielle Spalenka, Preservation Specialist, NEDCC
Location: Davis & Elkins College The Myles Center for the Arts Joni and Buck Smith Arts Forum 100 Campus Drive Elkins, WV 26241

This two day workshop provides a basic introduction to the concepts and standards used to build an effective preservation program. The curriculum covers preservation policies, environmental and storage conditions, care and handling of collection materials, reformatting, emergency preparedness, and program assessment. The instructors will discuss realistic approaches to preservation at small and medium sized organizations, and small group work will encourage participants to discuss their own preservation goals together.

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Registration deadline: November 26, 2018
Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Frances Harrell, Senior Preservation Specialist, NEDCC
Location: Live Webinar

The first step to creating digital collections that are built to last is choosing appropriate methods and preferred outcomes for transfer, file formats, metadata, and more. Understanding community standards for these processing ensures digital collections are useful and preservable and supports simple,effective communication with vendors. This session will cover digitization standards for still images, recorded sound, and moving image collections.

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Registration deadline: November 28, 2018
Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Camille Breeze, Director, Museum Textile Services, http://www.museumtextiles.com/
Location: Live Webinar

Historic collections of textiles require careful storage and handling to promote long-term preservation. Organic materials like wool and silk are especially sensitive to unstable environments and pest damage. This webinar will discuss basic concepts of caring for historic textiles, and methods of safe exhibition and storage.

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Registration deadline: December 3, 2018
Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Sean Ferguson, Preservation Specialist, NEDCC
Location: Live Webinar

Pests and mold are common culprits for damage and loss in cultural heritage collections. While preventing infestation is central to good preservation practice, there may come a time when you discover pests or mold (or both) in your collections. This webinar covers strategies for preventing and mitigating issues in your library, archives and museum collections, as well as larger institutional policies and procedures that can be implemented to reduce the chance of infestation.

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Registration deadline: December 10, 2018
Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Danielle Spalenka, Preservation Specialist, NEDCC
Location: Live Webinar

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Registration deadline: December 12, 2018
Maximum class size: 95
Instructor: Danielle Spalenka, NEDCC Preservation Specialist
Location: Live webinar

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Registration deadline: December 31, 2018
Maximum class size: 30
Instructor: Danielle Spalenka, Preservation Specialist, NEDCC
Location: Live Webinar Series

The Instructor-led Preservation 101: Preservation Basics for Paper and Media Collections course gives participants the foundation needed to be effective collections stewards. This comprehensive introduction prepares participants to complete a preservation needs assessment and provides structured guidance on developing an institutional disaster plan. Revised and updated, the course uses the free online version of Preservation 101 as its textbook, adding expanded resources and assignments, interactive discussions, and new content covering audiovisual and digital formats and digital preservation. Putting theory into practice, participants will develop recommendations for improvement and a long-range preservation plan.

Preservation 101 is a hybrid course. A series of ten live webinars builds on self-paced study through assigned readings. Feedback will be provided by the instructor. The webinars are interactive, and are supported by NEDCC’s Preservation 101 Education Classroom. Participants will have access to webinar recordings, readings, and additional resources, and can communicate with the instructor and fellow participants.

01/10/2019  Introduction to Preservation
01/17/2019  The Building and the Environment
01/24/2019  Caring for Collections
01/31/2019  Caring for Paper Collections
02/07/2019  Caring for Photographs
02/14/2019  Media Collections
02/28/2019  Reformatting, Digitization, and Digital Preservation
03/07/2019  Emergency Preparedness
03/14/2019  Building a Preservation Program
03/21/2019  Final Assignment Due! Final Review and Discussion

 Meeting times are 2pm-4pm ET

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Registration deadline: January 28, 2019
Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Sean Ferguson, Preservation Specialist, NEDCC
Location: Live Webinar

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Registration deadline: February 11, 2019
Maximum class size: 97
Instructor: Ann Marie Willer, Director of Preservation Services, NEDCC
Location: Live Webinar

This webinar covers the issues that should be considered when preparing to submit an NEH Preservation Assistance Grant.  Emphasis will be on preparing the grant narrative, making the case for your project, getting requisite information from consultants, and putting together a good budget.

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Registration deadline: March 11, 2019
Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Sean Ferguson, Preservation Specialist, NEDCC
Location: Live Webinar

Part 1 - March 12, 2019
Part 2 - March 26, 2019

A disaster plan is an integral component of effective collections stewardship, but preparation of a plan can be daunting. This two session course will be an in-depth coverage of risk assessment and steps involved in creating a disaster plan.  The first session webinar introduces the central elements of emergency preparedness and explores ways to identify internal and external hazards in order to assess and mitigate the risks they pose. Natural, industrial, technological, building, and human hazards will be examined for mitigation and planning purposes. The second session will cover parts of a disaster plan, updating the plan, and training methods. Following the course, NEDCC will review and provide feedback on draft disaster plans submitted by participants.

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Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Becky Gellery, Preservation Specialist, NEDCC
Location: Live Webinar

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Registration deadline: May 6, 2019
Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Danielle Spalenka, Preservation Specialist, NEDCC
Location: Live Webinar

Disasters in or around our institutions can lead to loss in cultural heritage collections. While preventing and planning for disasters are important pieces of an overall preservation strategy, there may come a time when you need to recover your collections following an incident. This webinar covers strategies for prioritizing and triaging your collections for recovery, as well as provides hands-on techniques for salvaging books, works on paper, and audiovisual materials.

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Registration deadline: May 20, 2019
Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Sean Ferguson, Preservation Specialist, NEDCC
Location: Live Webinar

Cultural heritage organizations often look to their collections to create public exhibitions, but putting the spotlight on rare books and documents is inherently at odds with preservation.  Exhibits, though, provide a powerful avenue for outreach and also present opportunities for collection advocacy. Preparing collections for safe exhibition ensures that these materials remain accessible into the future. This webinar will help you understand the risks of exhibition so that you can develop policies and guidelines to mitigate those risks. Selection for exhibition will be covered, along with space considerations, safe handling, and display methods.

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Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Linda Tadic, CEO, Digital Bedrock
Location: On Demand

What can institutions that house audiovisual collections do to mitigate their environmental impact while also preserving their collections according to professional best practices? This important question is one that preoccupies Linda Tadic, CEO of Digital Bedrock.  This webinar will explore the relationship between AV collections, digital storage, and the environment. In particular it will cover how things such as staff actions, technology choices, and environmental planning can enable archivists to care for their collections responsibly. Webinar attendees will leave with a working knowledge of and a vocabulary pertaining to the relationship between the responsible custody of collections and the larger environment in which we live. No previous knowledge of the subject is required. The webinar will be taught by Linda Tadic, CEO of Digital Bedrock and former AMIA President.

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Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Hope O'Keeffe, Associate General Counsel, Library of Congress and Greg Cram, Associate Director of Copyright and Information Policy, New York Public Library
Location: On Demand

All too often researchers look to archivists and librarians for information regarding complex copyright law and fair use policies. This two-part webinar course aims to arm library and information professionals with a working knowledge of concepts relating to copyright and intellectual property, specifically as they relate to audiovisual collections, which present particular challenges. The webinar will begin at an introductory level—offering a basic discussion of copyright law, the public domain, and the implications for collections. The second webinar will be a “deep dive” into some of the broad concepts that are presented in Session 1. Issues such as creator and transfer rights and open access will be addressed. No previous knowledge of copyright law is required. Session 1 will be taught by Hope O’Keeffe, Associate General Counsel at the Library of Congress and Session 2 will be taught by Greg Cram, Associate Director of Copyright and Information Policy at the New York Public Library.

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Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Greg Cram, Associate Director of Copyright and Information Policy, New York Public Library and Hope O'Keeffe, Associate General Counsel, Library of Congress
Location: On Demand

All too often researchers look to archivists and librarians for information regarding complex copyright law and fair use policies. This two-part webinar course aims to arm library and information professionals with a working knowledge of concepts relating to copyright and intellectual property, specifically as they relate to audiovisual collections, which present particular challenges. The webinar will begin at an introductory level—offering a basic discussion of copyright law, the public domain, and the implications for collections. The second webinar will be a “deep dive” into some of the broad concepts that are presented in Session 1. Issues such as creator and transfer rights and open access will be addressed. No previous knowledge of copyright law is required. Session 1 will be taught by Hope O’Keeffe, Associate General Counsel at the Library of Congress and Session 2 will be taught by Greg Cram, Associate Director of Copyright and Information Policy at the New York Public Library.

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Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Mary Larson, Associate Dean for Special Collections, Oklahoma State University Library, and Sarah Milligan, Associate Professor and Head of the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program, Oklahoma State University
Location: On Demand

Oral histories, which are nearly ubiquitous in archival and cultural heritage collections, capture first-hand accounts of their subjects and are particularly valuable resources as they often record the histories and memories of underrepresented people and groups. However, oral history interviews may be maintained on a variety of media formats (both analog and digital), which can make them daunting to care for. This 90-minute webinar will offer guidance to those archivists charged with maintaining these important recordings and will present a workflow—from beginning to end—for how best to process, preserve, and make accessible oral history materials. The webinar will also introduce some important concepts that are particular to oral history collections, including conversations on ethical considerations, the use of outside vendors, and the role of transcription and index tagging. This is a beginner-level webinar and previous experience processing oral history and/or audiovisual collections is not required. The course will be taught by Mary Larson, Associate Dean for Special Collections at Oklahoma State University Library and former President of the Oral History Association and Sarah Milligan Associate Professor and Head of the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at Oklahoma State University.

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Maximum class size: 50
Instructor: Jean-Louis Bigourdan, Senior Research Scientist, Image Permanence Institute
Location: On Demand

Many audiovisual and moving image collections are at risk due to their material instability and the ever-growing issue of technological obsolescence. While reformatting is a valuable tool for both preservation and access, preserving the original objects nevertheless remains important.  Perhaps the most important action that archivists can take to guarantee the long-term preservation of audiovisual objects is to ensure that they are held in the proper storage conditions. This webinar provides an introduction and overview of best storage practices. It will identify appropriate packing and storage containers and include a detailed discussion of proper environmental standards. Formats covered during the webinar will include magnetic tape, motion picture film, and photographs. It is suitable for both new and experienced professionals and will be taught by Jean-Louis Bigourdan, Senior Research Scientist at the Image Permanence Institute.

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Instructor: Becky Geller, Preservation Specialist, NEDCC

PRESERVATION WEEK FREE WEBINAR

As members of the cultural heritage community, we want our collections and activities to reflect all people in our communities . Hosting a community scanning day is an interactive, participatory way to collect--and digitize--memories from our communities for the sake of documenting our own history. However, a lot of planning goes into hosting one, with a set of logistics consider, as well as selecting equipment, determining access and delivery systems of scanned content, and ensuring the rights to view and disseminate information online. This webinar provides an overview of each of these tasks and will help you organize your next event.

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Instructor: Claire Grund, Associate Conservator, NEDCC

PRESERVATION WEEK FREE WEBINAR

Looking for creative fundraising ideas for your book conservation project or other conservation / preservation initiative? Join us for tips on developing an Adopt-a-Book, or Adopt-an-Artifact program, using web content, crowdfunding, and social media. We’ll provide examples of successful initiatives and give you a check-list to follow, as well as resources to help with your fundraising efforts.

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Instructor: Bryce Roe, Manager of Audio Preservation Services, NEDCC and Karl Fleck, Audio Preservation Engineer

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Instructor: Frances Harrell, Senior Preservation Specialist

This webinar introduces participants to the key considerations of writing a preservation plan, an essential tool for coordinating preservation activities over time.  Participants will learn about the steps of preservation planning, including assessment, prioritization, and the identification of resource needs.  Different types of assessment for preservation planning will also be discussed as well as how to communicate the value of preservation planning to all stakeholders involved.  Participants will also leave having seen a sample preservation plan.

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