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Holdings maintenance - simple procedures that can prolong the life of records - is essential to any preservation program. These collection-level actions, such as upgrading boxes and folder and removing metal fasteners, can be easily incorporated into daily tasks. This workshop will examine ways to implement a successful holdings-maintenance program at minimal cost. Topics will include:

• Levels of collections care.
• Nature of materials and causes of deterioration.
• Storage and handling options.
• Procedures involved in holdings maintenance.
• Selection for preservation.

This course is designed for staff and volunteers who are involved in archival activities and would like an introduction to preservation issues and maintenance procedures.

Presenter:

Donia Conn, Northeast Document Conservation Center

Donia Conn was introduced to bookbinding through a required art class at St. Olaf College in Minnesota. While a Ph. D. student in Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin -Madison, she started working with Jim Dast in the library’s book repair department. She earned her MLIS with Advanced Certificate in Conservation from the University of Texas-Austin. Donia has interned with Tony Cains at Trinity College, Dublin and J. Frank Mowery at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC and has worked as a rare book and paper conservator in academic institutions across the US. Donia has also presented several preservation, conservation and disaster planning and recovery workshops throughout the Northeast. She is currently Field Services Representative at the Northeast Document Conservation Center.

Founded in 1973, the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) is the largest nonprofit, regional conservation center in the United States, specializing in treatment of paper-based materials. Its services include paper, book, and photograph conservation; preservation microfilming; photograph duplication; digitization of photographs and other visual materials; preservation education, workshops, and conferences; surveys and consulting; and disaster assistance. NEDCC’s mission is to improve the conservation efforts of libraries, archives, historical organizations, museums, and other repositories; to provide the highest quality services to institutions without in-house conservation facilities or those that seek specialized expertise; and to provide leadership in the preservation and conservation fields.

Registration

Special rate for Museum Association of NY and Upstate History Alliance members: $200 if you pay by credit card.

Save 20% - Register for this event and Collections Care (5/13/08). You just select the option in the form below and you will be registered for both events at the discounted rate.

Registration includes continental breakfast, lunch and all materials.

Please note you have two ways to register, by credit card (VISA and MasterCard only) or by having your institution billed if you are a Nylink member.

Please register by May 26, 2008.

Related conferences:

• Collections Care, May 13, 2008

Registration closed - Event canceled