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Protecting the Collections
Preservation Awareness Project
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| Date/Time: | Tuesday, October 11, 2011 9:30am – 3:30pm |
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Exhibit Room |
| Registration: |
Members: $30 Registration Deadline: Tuesday, October 4 |
| Audience: |
Librarians and library staff from all types of libraries. |
| Support: | Funded in part by a grant from the New York State Discretionary Grant Program for Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials. |
This session will examine the roles housekeeping, shelving, storage, and handling play in disaster preparedness. Proper repair of bound materials will be discussed. Particular vulnerabilities of books, pamphlets, paper documents (manuscripts, maps, posters), and photographic materials to disasters will be described.
Follow the links below to register for additonal workshops in this series.
Presenters:
Michele Brown is head of Book Conservation at Cornell University, and a graduate of Fordham University. She received a certificate in Hand Bookbinding and Restoration from the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, England in 1977. She has been involved in book conservation since 1977, and has been a contract conservator for Harvard University, Dartmouth College, the Boston Athenaeum, and the University of Vermont, as well as a book conservator at the Boston Public Library, before taking over the management of the book conservation operation at Cornell in 1995. She has taught numerous bookbinding classes and conducted many workshops on care and handling of library materials, disaster preparedness, and mold remediation. She is a member of the Guild of Book Workers, and the American Institute for Conservation (AIC).
Michele Hamill is the paper and photograph conservator at Cornell University Library and will be involved with the interns in terms principally of photograph collections care and treatment. Ms Hamill is a 1991 graduate of the University of Delaware/Winterthur Museum program with a Master of Science degree in Art Conservation. Following her internship at the Library of Congress in 1990, she worked at the Library of Congress from 1991 to 1996. Before being appointed to her present position at Cornell in 1997, Ms Hamill worked at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. She is a Professional Associate of the American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.
Disasters & Quiet Catastrophes Series: Prevention and Recovery Related Sessions
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Preservation of Digital Media, Digitized and Online Collections Friday, 10/25/11 Danielle Mericle, Fiona Patrick BCPL, Binghamton, NY |
Participants will learn the latest techniques, standards, and best practices to ensure their digital collections will be preserved using the best possible techniques with current technologies. Reformatting/remastering in a digital age will also be covered. The viability and longevity of tapes, CDs, etc. and their players, viewers, and sustainability will be explored, as will backup copyright considerations. For more information go to: http://scrlc.org/DigitalPreservation |
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Recovery of Wet Materials Tuesday, 11/8/11 Michele Brown, Michele Hamill Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
This workshop will include instruction and hands-on practice in techniques for salvaging wet library materials. Particular concerns of recovering wet books, paper documents, and photographic materials will be demonstrated and through hands-on exercises. For more information go to: http://scrlc.org/WetMaterials |
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Planning the Work, Working the Plan Tuesday, 11/29/11 Barbara Eden, Michele Brown BCPL, Binghamton, NY |
In this workshop participants will create their own Disaster Plan to take back to their library on a flash drive for implementation. Templates, coaching, and hands-on plan development will assist attendees in preparing for “next steps” back at the library. For more information go to: http://scrlc.org/PlantheWork |
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