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- 2008
- May
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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
Location: The College of Physician
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Collecting institutions have a responsibility to preserve their collections for future generations. Yet an unanticipated emergency can put these collections at risk. Planning for the unexpected, from large scale emergencies to damage from leaks, pest infestations, mold, theft or fire, allows institutions to identify risks and mitigate damage to collections.
This two-day program will present information on assessing vulnerabilities; disaster planning; crisis communication; fire prevention, detection and suppression strategies; and evaluation and mitigation of security risks. In addition there will be interactive sessions on the “exercising” of disaster plans and on emergency recovery of paper-based materials.
This program is intended for staff charged with collections care, including librarians, archivists, curators, collections managers, and stewards of historic house museums, and for staff responsible for the safety of collections, such as site and facility managers and security and safety staff.
To encourage institutions to register staff involved in both collections care and safety and security, CCAHA is offering half-price registration to a second participant from the same institution.
SESSION ABSTRACTS
MONDAY, MAY 12, 2008
Disaster Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness This session is designed to help institutions develop effective strategies to minimize the likelihood of a disaster, to mitigate damage to collections, and to be prepared in the event of an emergency. Program participants will learn how to conduct a vulnerability analysis and assess risks to their institution and its collections. A pocket response plan template will be introduced that can be used to compile or update an emergency plan, including setting collection priorities, key emergency preparedness roles, and practical decision-making skills during an emergency.
Speaker: Julie Page, Co-Coordinator, California Preservation Program (CPP) and User Services, Western States & Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS)
Crisis Communication
The ability to communicate effectively with staff, volunteers, patrons and media during an emergency is vital to institutions and their collections. This session, presented by a crisis communication expert, will provide participants with communication strategies to be utilized at the time of an emergency and will address the impact of media communication on public perception.
Speaker: Michael Smith, PhD, Director, Graduate Program in Professional Communication, Department of Communications, La Salle University
Exercising the Plan
In this interactive session, attendees will learn how to both exercise a disaster plan and determine its effectiveness using emergency scenarios. Tools for training staff and volunteers in the use of an institutional disaster plan will also be covered.
Session Leader: Julie Page, Co-Coordinator, California Preservation Program (CPP) and User Services, Western States & Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS)
Recovery of Paper-Based Collections
In the context of a simulated disaster event, registrants will have a hands-on opportunity to learn and practice emergency salvage techniques for paper-based materials. Supplies to have on-hand, prioritizing item retrieval, and packing of items to be treated off-site or at a later date will be addressed.
Session Leader: Abby Haywood, Book Conservator, CCAHA
TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2008
Fire Safety: Detection, and Suppression Assessment and analysis of the hazards and risks faced by an institution are critical to making informed decisions on fire protection methods. This session will focus on the need to review current fire protection procedures and systems in historic and cultural institutions and will equip participants with current information in order to make decisions about the most appropriate systems and methodologies for their own institutions.
Speakers: Nick Artim, Director, Heritage Protection Group and John (Jack) M. Watts, Jr., PhD, Director, Fire Safety Institute
Understanding Security Risks
Without proper security procedures and systems in place, cultural institutions face risks to their staff, collections, and records. This session will provide participants with tools to evaluate their security risks and will include discussion of low cost solutions for improving institutional and collections security. The importance of technology security for business continuity will also be discussed.
Speaker: Steven R. Keller, CPP; Principal Consultant; Steve Keller & Associates, Inc.
LOCATION & TIME: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
8:45 AM – 9:15 AM Registration and Refreshments 9:15 AM – 5:00 PM Program
SPEAKER INFORMATION
Nick Artim, a licensed fire protection engineer and former Chief Fire Protection Engineer for the Architect of the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., is founder and principal of Heritage Protection Group. He is an author and lecturer on the topic of fire protection for historic buildings and cultural collections and is a principal member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Cultural Resources Committee.
Abby Haywood, Book Conservator at CCAHA, completed an advanced internship at the Newberry Library in Chicago and prior to that was the Rare Book Conservator at the Benson Latin American Collection in Austin, Texas. She co-teaches an annual course at the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation, presents workshops in book mending and paper salvage for CCAHA, and has conducted conservation assessment surveys of collection materials at numerous cultural institutions.
Steven R. Keller, CPP is President of Steve Keller & Associates, a consulting firm specializing exclusively in projects involving cultural properties. Prior to forming the consulting firm in 1986, he was Executive Director of Protection Services for the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2006 he was named to the AAM Centennial Honor Roll as one of the 100 most influential people in the museum field in the past 100 years.
Julie Page is the Co-Coordinator of the California Preservation Program (CPP) and User Services for the Western States & Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS). Formerly Preservation Librarian for the University of California, San Diego Libraries, she organized SILDRN (San Diego/Imperial County Libraries Disaster Response Network) and is a trainer for the American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (AIC) NEH-funded Emergency Response for Cultural Institutions program. She has presented programs for state and national library associations, the National Conference on Cultural Property Protection, Cultural Property Protection Group, and serves on working groups for the Heritage Emergency National Task Force and Alliance for Response forums.
Michael Smith, Ph.D., is Director of La Salle University’s graduate program in Professional Communication and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in public relations, organizational communication, and conflict. Smith has also taught in La Salle’s Master’s programs in Prague and Athens, and has worked with a number of nonprofit organizations and as a trainer for La Salle University’s Nonprofit Center.
John (Jack) M. Watts, Jr., PhD, is a fire protection engineer and Director of the Fire Safety Institute, a not-for-profit education and research organization. He was formerly Assistant Professor of Fire Protection Engineering at the University of Maryland and served as chair of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Committee on Protection of Cultural Resources. He is a Fellow of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) and co-author of the book Fire Safe Building Rehabilitation.
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- July
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Sessions:
Overview of Machine-Based AV Media Identification and Preservation
Funding Opportunities for AV Media Preservation
Reformatting Options for AV Media
Contracting for AV Preservation Service
Surveying and Selecting AV Media Materials for Preservation and Acce
Case Studies and Round Table Discussion
Lead Speaker:
Alan Lewis, Audiovisual Archives Consultant, Washington, DC
Speakers:
David Ackerman, Audio Preservation Engineer, Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
George Blood, President, Safe Sound Archive
Thomas F.R. Clareson, Program Director, New Initiatives, PALINET
Sarah Stauderman, Preservation Manager, Smithsonian Institution Archives
The fee for this two-day program is $200. Funders for this program include the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Registration will begin in April. Cosponsored by PALINET.
Local cosponsors include Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Harvard Libraries, Harvard University Library Weissman Preservation Center, and the Northeast Document Conservation Center.
Date: July 24 & 25, 2008
Location: Simmons College, Boston, MA Availability: spaces available
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- September
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New!
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Even paper-based heritage collections and archives often have textile materials in their midst. Staff involved in broader collections care activities must also know how to care for fabric-based objects in their collections. In this session, textile identification, storage, and display issues will be discussed and practical solutions based on textile conservation standards will be offered.
Speaker: Virginia Whelan, Textile Conservator, Filaments Conservation Studio
* Limited to 24 participants.
Location: Cliveden Carriage House
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Save the Date!
A SPACE ODYSSEY: STORAGE STRATEGIES FOR CULTURAL COLLECTIONS
September 23 & 24, 2008
Philadelphia, PA
This comprehensive 2-day program is intended for the care of archives, museum and library collections and will cover:
Planning for Storage Projects
• Deconstructing Collections Storage: The Essentials
• Allocating Resources and Funding for Collections Storage Projects
• Case Study on Funding, Planning and Building New Collections Storage at the Litchfield Historical Society
• Break-out Sessions:
--Space Planning: Getting the Most Out of Your Storage Spaces
--Off-site Storage: Factors in Selection
--Moving Collections: Preparing and Transporting Artifacts
--Open Storage: Benefits and Considerations
Environmental Control and Implementation
• Storage Environments: The Big Picture
• Sustaining Optimal Storage Environments
• Break-out Sessions
--Cold Storage: Is it Feasible for Your Collections?
--Storage Furniture: Factors in Selection
--Understanding HVAC Systems
--Instituting an Environmental Monitoring Program
--Funding and Budgeting for Collections Storage Projects
--Regulating Environments in Historic Structures
Speakers include:
Georgina Bath, Coordinator, Luce Foundation Center for American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Walt Crimm, Vice President Cultural Practice Group, EwingCole Architects
Cathy Fields, Executive Director; and Julie Frey, Curator of Collections, Litchfield Historical Society
Kristen Froehlich, Director of the Collection, Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia
Michael Henry, Watson & Henry Associates
Peter Herzog, Herzog/Wheeler Associates
Emily Kaplan, Conservator, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
James Reilly, Director, Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology
Barbara Lemmen, Photograph Conservator, Lee Price, Director of Development, and Glen Ruzicka, Director of Conservation, CCAHA
Cosponsored and hosted by the Abraham Lincoln Foundation of the Union League of Philadelphia.
The fee for this two-day program is $225 for CCAHA members and $250 for non-members.
This program is partially subsidized by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Claneil Foundation and the Independence Foundation.
Registration begins in May 2008. For more information, visit www.ccaha.org, call 215-545-0613 or email pso@ccaha.org .
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- October
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New!
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This program will familiarize collections care staff who care for paper-based artifacts, photos and books with object condition assessment and provide tools for identifying condition issues.
Participants will learn to determine when an object requires immediate treatment and when there are more passive condition issues that can be addressed later. Attendees will practice new knowledge in small working groups.
Speaker: Stephanie Lussier, Paper Conservator, CCAHA
* Limited to 20 participants.
Location: The Rosenbach Museum & Library
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- November
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New!
In this continuation of our previous Protective Enclosures program, participants will learn how to make additional simple enclosures for paper artifacts. All attendees will create their own sets of enclosure samples through hands-on practice. A selection of storage materials will be reviewed.
Speaker: Anna Yates Krain, Senior Conservation Assistant, CCAHA
Location: Cliveden Carriage House
* Limited to 12 participants and requires and additional $10 materials fee.
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- May
Participants at an "Identifying and Caring for Photographs" workshop.