ACQflash: ALCTS E-forum: Pass It On-Preservation Week @ Your Library

Subject: ALCTS E-forum: Pass It On-Preservation Week @ Your Library
From: "Spidal, Debra" <dspidal_at_wsu.edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:11:25 -0800


*Apologies for duplicate postings*

Pass It On—Preservation Week @ Your Library

February 1-2, 2011

Hosted by Jeanne Drewes and Karen Motylewski

Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!
Registration information is at the end of the message.

Each day, sessions begin and end at:
Pacific: 6am – 2pm
Mountain: 7am – 3pm
Central: 8am – 4pm
Eastern: 9am – 5pm

ALA, ALCTS, and a variety of partners including the Library of Congress 
and the Institute of Museum and Library Services initiated national 
collections preservation week to help address the serious needs found by 
the Heritage Health Index. Libraries can use Preservation Week 2011, 
April 24-30, to raise their profile as a dependable source of 
preservation information resources and to draw new audiences. Anyone 
interested in increasing knowledge about preserving personal or public 
collections, maximizing community outreach, or developing library 
programs and program partnerships with other community organizations can 
benefit from this session and is welcome to participate. Experienced 
library staff who participated in Preservation Week 2010 will join the 
conversation from time to time. Please explore the linked sites as an 
introduction to the conversation:

* Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/preserv/
* Institute of Museum and Library Services: 
http://www.imls.gov/collections/index.htm
* National Preservation Week: 
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/preswk/index.cfm and 
http://www.atyourlibrary.org/passiton
* Heritage Health Index: http://www.heritagepreservation.org/hhi/

Here are some frequently asked questions we hope will spur your interest 
in doing at least one thing, however small, to celebrate Pass It 
On—Preservation Week @ Your Library:

* How will my library benefit from allocating staff and resources to 
Preservation Week?
* What kinds of programs are appropriate for Preservation Week?
* What can I do on a shoe-string budget?
* If I want to plan an ambitious program for Preservation Week, where 
can I find funding?
* What help is ALA providing libraries for Preservation Week?
* What kind of Preservation Week partners would be most useful for my 
library?
* How can Preservation Week bring new audiences to the library?
* Where can I find local preservation information resources (people or 
publications)?
* Who else is participating in Preservation Week?

Jeanne Drewes is Chief of Binding and Collections Care for the Library 
of Congress (LC) Library Services Preservation Directorate in 
Washington, D.C. Jeanne Drewes has been the Chief of Binding and 
Collections Care in the Preservation Directorate at the Library of 
Congress since June 2006. Previously she was Assistant Director for 
Access and Preservation at Michigan State University Libraries, and head 
of Preservation at Johns Hopkins University Library where she directed 
all aspects of preservation management. She received her M.A.L.S. from 
the University of Missouri Columbia and was a Mellon Intern for 
Preservation Administration at the University of Michigan. She is a 
member of the American Library Association and is active in the 
Preservation and Reformatting Section. She serves on the Preservation 
and Conservation Committee of IFLA. She has published in the area of 
preservation, deacidification, disaster response and risk and insurance 
issues for libraries as well as binding and general collections care. 
She chairs the Working Group for Preservation Week.

Karen Motylewski is Special Liaison from the Institute of Museum and 
Library Services (IMLS) in Washington, D.C., assigned to the Library of 
Congress for Special Projects. Karen’s career has spanned multiple 
disciplines. After 12 years at the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical 
Observatory, she joined a conservation practice focusing on sculpture 
and decorative arts. In 1986 she became Director of Field Service at 
Northeast Document Conservation Center, providing consulting, education, 
and training for preservation. In 1995 she became director of 
Preservation and Conservation Studies at the University of Texas at 
Austin GSLIS. In 1999 she became IMLS’s Evaluation Officer, helping 
grantees strengthen evaluation and reporting for IMLS-funded projects. 
In January 2008 IMLS assigned her to the Library of Congress 
Preservation Directorate to help meet complementary IMLS and LC goals, 
with emphasis on preservation and conservation education and outreach. 
She has been IMLS’s Liaison for several ALA committees and task teams, 
currently its Preservation Week Working Group.

*What is an e-forum?*
An ALCTS e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss 
matters of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion 
list. The e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register 
your email address with the list, and then you will receive messages and 
communicate with other participants through an email discussion. Most 
e-forums last two to three days. Registration is necessary to 
participate, but it's free. See a list of upcoming e-forums at: 
http://bit.ly/upcomingeforum.

*To register:*
Instructions for registration are available at: 
http://bit.ly/eforuminfo. Once you have registered for one e-forum, you 
do not need to register again, unless you choose to leave the email 
list. Participation is free and open to anyone. If you have trouble 
subscribing to the discussion list or have questions, please contact 
alcts_at_ala.org. Or, contact E-Forum Coordinator, Kristin Martin, 
kmarti_at_uic.edu.



Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.
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