Subject: Celebrate Preservation Week, April 22-28
From: ALCTS-CE Announce <alcts.ce.announce_at_gmail.com>
Date: 4/6/2012 10:00 AM
*Apologies for duplicate postings*
From April 22-28, libraries across America will celebrate Preservation
Week @ your library. Themed "Pass it on," participating libraries will
help connect library users with preservation tools; promote the
importance of preservation; and will strive to enhance knowledge of
preservation issues among the general public.
During the week, libraries will focus on preservation themes including:
Monday, LP (vinyl) records; Tuesday, quilts; Wednesday, comic books;
Thursday, slides; Friday, digital photos; and Saturday, family letters.
Two free webinars will be offered. On April 24, Taking Care: Family
Textiles. On April 26, Preserving Personal Digital Photographs. Visit
the ALCTS website for more information:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/pres
New York Times best-selling author Steve Berry has been named the first
national spokesperson for Preservation Week. Berry is the author of nine
novels, including his most recent book,“The Jefferson Key,” the seventh
in the Cotton Malone series.
A devoted student of history, Berry and his wife, Elizabeth, founded
History Matters, a nonprofit organization dedicated to aiding the
preservation of the fragile reminders of our past. Since then, they have
traveled the world raising much-needed funds for a wide range of
historic preservation projects. Visit www.steveberry.org.
Mr. Berry has recorded public service announcements which can be
downloaded for use. You can get those at:
http://www.ala.org/news/mediapresscenter/presskits/pwpsas
For more information on Preservation Week @your library please visit:
http://www.ala.org/preservationweek . Downloadable artwork, events
information, videos and additional resources please visit the
Preservation Week press kit at: http://tinyurl.com/pw12pk.
Forwarded on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.
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