New England Preservation Calendar

Calendar of Preservation-related Workshops and Events in New
England and Environs
September 1995 - March 1996

 Date:          14 Sep 95
 Time:          9:00 - 4:00
 Subject:       "Instituting a Conservation Environment Monitoring
                Program"
 Sponsor:       Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
 Speaker:       William Lull of Garrison/Lull, Inc.
 Location:      Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust
                Street, Philadelphia, PA
 Registration:  Registration fee of $50.00 includes lunch and
                materials.  Contact Ann Craddock, Preservation
                Services Representative, CCAHA, 264 South 23rd
                Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 545-0613,
                (215) 735-9313 (Fax), ccaha [at] shrsys__hslc__org

 Date:          Sep 18 20 95
 Time:          All Day
 Subject:       Preservation Microfilming
 Sponsor:       Presbyterian Historical Society
 Speaker:       Steve Dalton and Others
 Location:      Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
 Registration:  Contact Gail Pfeifle, NEDCC, (508) 470-1010

 Date:          28 Sep 95
 Time:          10:00 - 1:00
 Subject:       "Long Range Preservation Planning for Libraries"
 Sponsor:       Central Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:       Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:      Gale Free Library, Holden, MA
 Registration:  Limit of 25, open enrollment, Contact CMRLS, Maureen
                Boyda, (508) 799-1654 or (800) 922-8326

 Date:          2 Oct 95
 Time:          TBA
 Subject:       Disaster Planning
 Sponsor:       New England Library Association
 Speaker:       Beth Patkus
 Location:      Providence, RI
 Registration:   Contact NELA, 4 Summit Drive, #215, Reading, MA 01867

 Date:          5 Oct 95
 Time:          10:00 - 1:00
 Subject:       "Long Range Preservation Planning for Libraries"
 Sponsor:       Western Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:       Gregor Trinkaus-Randll
 Location:      WMRLS Headquarters, Hatfield, MA
 Registration:  Limit of 25, open enrollment, Contact WMRLS, Dodie
                 Gaudet at (413) 247-9306 or (800) 282-7755

 Date:          Oct 20 21 95
 Time:          All day
 Subject:       Various preservation topics and archival planning
 Sponsor:       New England Archivists
 Speaker:       Numerous
 Location:      Clark University, Worcester, MA
 Registration:  Cynthia Shenette, Goddard Library, Clark University,
                Worcester, MA, (508) 793-7206

 Date:          Oct 23 25 95
 Time:          All Day
 Subject:       Preservation Microfilming
 Sponsor:       Archivists Round Table
 Speaker:       Steve Dalton
 Location:      American Bible Society, New York, NY
 Registration:  Contact Gail Pfeifle, NEDCC, (508) 470-1010.

 Date:          10 Nov 95
 Time:          1/2 day
 Subject:       "Storage and Care of Photographs"
 Sponsor:       New England Museum Association
 Speaker:       Gary Albright
 Location:      Springfield, MA
 Registration:  Contact NEMA, Boston National Historic Park,
                Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston,
                MA 02129, (617) 242-2283.

 Date:          13 Nov 95
 Time:          10:00 - 4:00
 Subject:       "Instituting a Conservation Environment Monitoring
                Program"
 Sponsor:       Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
 Speaker:       Thomas E. Newbold of Landmark Facilities Group, Inc.
 Location:      Hill-Stead Museum, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington, CT
 Registration:  Registration fee of $50.00 includes  box lunch and
                materials.  Contact Ann Craddock, Preservation
                Services Representative, CCAHA, 264 South 23rd
                Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 545-0613,
                (215) 735-9313 (Fax), ccaha [at] shrsys__hslc__org

 Date:          5 Dec 95
 Time:          9:30 - 1:30
 Subject:       "Getting It Right: Good In-House Repairs for General
                Collections"
 Sponsor:       Central Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:       Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:      Marlborough Public Library, Marlborough, MA
 Registration:  Contact CMRLS, Maureen Boyda, (508) 799-1654 or
                (800) 922-8326

 Date:          Dec 10 12 95
 Time:          All Day
 Subject:       RESTORATION 95 (2)
 Sponsor:       RAI/EGI Exhibitions, Inc.
 Speaker:       Numerous
 Location:      San Francisco, CA
 Registration:  Contact (617) 933-6663 for visitor information

 Date:          6 Feb 96
 Time:          10:00 - 1:00
 Subject:       "Long Range Preservation Planning for Libraries"
 Sponsor:       Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:       Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:      TBA
 Registration:  Limit of 25, open enrollment. Contact EMRLS, Ellen
                Rauch, (617) 536-4010.

 Date:          13 Feb 96
 Time:          10:00 - 1:00
 Subject:       "Long Range Preservation Planning for Libraries"
 Sponsor:       Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:       Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:      TBA
 Registration:  Limit of 25, open enrollment. Contact EMRLS, Ellen
                Rauch, (617) 536-4010.

 Date:          27 Feb 96
 Time:          10:00 - 1:00
 Subject:       "Long Range Preservation Planning for Libraries"
 Sponsor:       Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:       Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:      TBA
 Registration:  Limit of 25, open enrollment. Contact EMRLS, Ellen
                Rauch, (617) 536-4010.

 Date:          Mar 17 19 96
 Time:          All Day
 Subject:       RESTORATION 96
 Sponsor:       RAI/EGI Exhibitions, Inc.
 Speaker:       Numerous
 Location:      Baltimore, MD
 Registration:  Contact (617) 933-6663 for visitor information

 Date:          Apr 25 26 96
 Time:          All day
 Subject:       Museum Design
 Sponsor:       Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
 Speaker:       Steve Dalton
 Location:      Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
 Registration:  Contact Gail Pfeifle, NEDCC, (508) 470-1010.

 Preservation-Related Grant Sources and Deadlines

 Agency:        National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of
                Preservation and Access
 Address:       Room 802, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,
                Washington, D.C. 20506
 Telephone:     (202) 606-8570
 FAX:           (202) 606-8243
 E-mail:        preservation [at] neh__fed__us
 Areas of Funding:

                Preservation microfilming project conducted by
                individual libraries and archives, or by individuals
                acting as a consortium

                Conservation treatment of endangered materials,
                where transfer to a more stable medium is not
                appropriate

                Projects to preserve material culture collections

                Projects that will provide intellectual access to
                textual, non-textual and object collections

                Education and training projects on a regional or
                national level

                Work of regional preservation services

                Preparation of statewide preservation plans

                Research and demonstration projects to improve
                procedures and technology for preservation and
                access

                Projects involving preservation and access issues of
                national significance to the library and archives
                field

 Deadlines:     July 1 deadline for subsequent May 1 start date.

 Agency:        National Historical Publications and Records
                Commission
 Address:       NHPRC - NP, National Archives Building, Room 607,
                Washington, D.C. 20506
 Telephone:     (202) 501-5610
 FAX:           (202) 501-5601
 Areas of Funding:

                To help local organizations preserve records and
                make them accessible by providing grants to state
                historical records coordinators and boards for state
                regrants (October 1)

                To increase access to and use of records, based on
                recommendations in the reports of the Historical
                Documents Study and the Society of American
                Archivists' Task Force on Goals and Priorities
                (October 1) To help carry out the national agendas
                for archival progress put forward by the Society of
                American Archivists and the National Association of
                Government Archives and Records Administrators, with
                particular attentionto needs for preservation,
                planning, training and institutional self-evaluation
                (February 1)

 Contact:       In Massachusetts: contact Archivist of the
                Commonwealth, Massachusetts Archives, (617) 727-2816

                In other states: State Archivist or Chair of the
                State Historical Records Advisory Board

 Deadlines:     February 1 and October 1 (see above for specifics)


 Agency:        Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
 Address:       648 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215-2070
 Telephone:     (617) 267-9400 or (800) 952-7403 (in-state)
 FAX:           (617) 421-9833
 E-mail:   gtrinkaus [at] mecn__mass__edu
 Areas of Funding:

                To help public libraries conduct a
                preservation/conservation survey of the
                collection(s) to determine individual item
                conservation requirements, the needs for proper
                storage, care and handling.

                To help public libraries determine priorities for
                materials to be conserved and implement an action
                plan for their preservation.

                To assist multi-type libraries to acquire equipment
                and supplies, including proper physical containers
                to house collections in all formats to assist in the
                preservation of at-risk materials.

                To encourage and support evaluation and remediation,
                where needed, of physical facilities housing library
                materials in multi-type libraries.  To develop
                cost-effective methods of sharing preservation
                resources, including staff training,
                microfilming/reformatting, shared storage facilities
                and emergency preparedness.

 Contact:       Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
Deadline:       Letters of Intent will be due at the M.B.L.C. on
                September 21, 1995.  Proposals due February 22,
                1996.

 Agency:        Institute of Museum Studies
 Address:       1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 609,
                Washington, DC 20506
 Telephone:     (202) 606-8539
 Areas of Funding:

                CAP grants support a 2-day site visit to assess a
                museum's collections and environmental conditions.

 Contact:        Kelly Chisholm, NIC, 3299 K. Street, NW, Suite 602,
                Washington, DC 20007. (202) 625-1495.
 Deadline:      December 1995; Request applications by October 1,
                1995.
 Agency:        National Endowment for the Arts
 Address:       Museum Program, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room
                624, Washington, DC 20506.
 Telephone:     (202) 682-5442

 Areas of Funding:

                 Care of Collections: Conservation Collections Maintenance

 Deadline:      September 1995.

Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
Collection Management/Preservation Specialist
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
648 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215-2070
617-267-9400
Fax: 617-421-9833

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