ALCTS Celebrates Preservation Week 2014!
From: ALCTS-CE Announce <alcts.ce.announce_at_gmail.com>
Preservation Week <http://www.ala.org/preservationweek> is a
presentation of the Association for Library Collections and Technical
Services (ALCTS), and will be held April 27–May 3, 2014.
Two free webinars will offered during that week: on April 29 affordable
ways to preserve family keepsakes will be highlighted and on May 1, the
session will cover the best ways to preserve scrapbooks. The webinars
will each begin at 1 p.m. CDT and will last about one hour. Registration
is required. To register and learn more go to ALCTS Events
<http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents>.
The webinars are:
Low-Cost Ways to Preserve Family Archives
<http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/042914> (Tuesday,
April 29). Presented by Karen E. K. Brown, preservation librarian for
the University at Albany, SUNY University Libraries. What can we do to
protect our collectables from damage even if we don’t think we have a
perfect place to keep them? Learn about possible risks from handling and
the environment, and practical, inexpensive ideas to keep collections
safe to help ensure what you have can be shared for many years to come.
ALCTS thanks Archival Products <http://www.archival.com/> for sponsoring
this webinar an supporting Preservation
Week.<http://www.ala.org/preservationweek>
Preserving Scrapbooks
<http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/050114> (Thursday,
May 1).
Presented by Melissa Tedone, conservator at Iowa State University Library.
Scrapbooks can be challenging to preserve since they often contain a
diversity of materials. Learn about common problems with long-term
preservation of scrapbooks and identify the most stable materials and
bindings for new scrapbooks. ALCTS thanks Gaylord <http://gaylord.com/>
for sponsoring this webinar and supporting Preservation Week.
There’s still time to learn how to create a Preservation Week event at
your library. The recording of the February 12, 2014 webinar, “How to
Host a Preservation Week Event
<http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/021214> ” is
available at no charge any time.
Simple ways to celebrate include:
* Invite your patrons to watch one of the two live webinar sessions or
the webinar recording (which will be made available immediately after)
* Download and print bookmarks
<http://www.ala.org/alcts/sites/ala.org.alcts/files/content/confevents/preswk/pdfs/bkmk_QuickTips14.pdf>
and flyers from our online Event Toolkit.
<http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/preswk/plan>
Be sure to share the details about your event by posting to our Event
Map <http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/preswk/events-speakers> and
Speaker Locator.
Or pose your most commonly asked preservation question to a preservation
professional in our Dear Donia preservation advice column.
<http://www.atyourlibrary.org/passiton/dear-donia> Every question
becomes an entry in our raffle for a free Document Preservation Kit from
Hollinger Metal Edge.
<http://www.hollingermetaledge.com/modules/store/index.html?dept=1&cat=360>
ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association.
Received on Fri Apr 11 2014 - 03:01:50 EDT