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• 2010
  • March
    • 3/10 Construction of Book Supports

      Fee: $60

      Date: March 10, 2010

      Location: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Responsible exhibition of books requires the use of exhibit mounts and supports to protect them from damage. In this hands-on session, participants will learn how to construct supports for use in exhibitions. Safe construction materials and mount design will be discussed.

      Speaker: Valeria Kremser, Book Conservation Technician, CCAHA * Limited to 15 participants.

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    • 3/24 Preparing for the Unexpected: Disaster Planning for Cultural Collections

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  • April
    • 4/14 Caring for Unusual Formats

      Date: April 14, 2010

      Location: Vox Populi Gallery

      Fee: $50

      Participants in this one-day workshop will learn the basics of caring for ephemera, three dimensional and oversize paper items, from paper dolls and stamps, to architectural drawings and oversized maps. Demonstrations and case studies will be used to demonstrate common preservation and handling issues with these unique materials. Simple storage solutions will also be discussed.

      Speaker: Samantha Sheesley, Paper Conservator, CCAHA

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  • May
    • 5/25 - 5/26 Managing and Preserving Archival Collections

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      Location: Charleston, WV

  • June
    • all month Focusing on Photographs: Identification and Preservation

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      Location: Baltimore, MD

  • July
    • 7/27 Environmental Management: Stewardship and Sustainability

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      Location: Washington, DC

    • 7/14 Disaster Planning: Be Prepared!

      Date: July 14, 2010

      Location: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

      Fee: $50

      Unanticipated disasters quickly remind us of the vulnerability of our collections and the responsibility of cultural institutions to preserve collections for future generations. This program will focus on the value of emergency preparedness and the major components of an emergency plan. Topics to be covered in this session include the disaster planning process, hazard identification and mitigation, initial response activities, supplies to have on hand, health and safety concerns, and staff training needs.

      Speaker: Laura Hortz Stanton, Director of Preservation Services, CCAHA

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  • October
    • all month A Space Odyssey: Storage Strategies for Cultural Collections

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      Location: Minneapolis, MN

    • 10/27 Digitization for Small Institutions

      Date: October 27, 2010

      Location: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

      Fee: $50

      New! Every institution struggles with pressure to be visible on the web and to make its collections accessible to wider audiences, but small institutions can face daunting hurdles to implementing digitization programs. This program will cover basic issues in digital preservation, including an introduction to digitization, and will provide information on handling guidelines for digitization, selection of materials, conducting pilot projects, creating access to digitized materials, funding sources, and the benefits of collaborating with other institutions.

      Speaker: Thomas F.R. Clareson, Senior Consultant for New Initiatives, Lyrasis

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  • November
    • all month Asian Art: Best Practices for Paper-Based Works

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      Location: Philadelphia, PA

    • 11/10 Preservation Best Practices

      Date: November 10, 2010

      Location: The Rosenbach Museum and Library

      Fee: $50

      Archivists, collections managers, librarians, curators and other staff members involved in collections care must manage a variety of tasks, including implementation of collections management plans and policies, management of environmental control and storage conditions, and provision for safe use and exhibition of collections. This program will provide participants with an overview of the preservation standards for the many aspects of collections care.

      Speaker: Laura Hortz Stanton, Director of Preservation Services, CCAHA

      To learn more about this program and to register, click here.

  • December
    • 12/15 Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutions

      Date: December 15, 2010

      Location: The Rosenbach Museum and Library

      Fee: $50

      An institution’s collections care and business practices are defined by its written policies and procedures. Institutional memory is often lost through staff changes, but best practices are encoded in these important documents. This program will provide an overview of policy and planning documents that are essential for collections care, such as collections management policies, handling guidelines and maintenance policies. Participants will learn the critical components of these documents and tangible examples of how to adapt them to different institutions will be given. Also, policy development, approval and implementation responsibilities of staff, volunteer and board will be discussed.

      Speaker: Laura Hortz Stanton, Director of Preservation Services, CCAHA

      For more information on this program and to register, click here.

       

Participants at an "Identifying and Caring for Photographs" workshop.