NEDCC workshop on preservation microfilming

Preservation Microfilming Workshop to be Held in Lexington, KY


The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) will present a
three-day workshop on preservation microfilming from March 4 - 6,
1996 at the University of Kentucky at Lexington at the Singletary
Center for the Arts.  The program is designed to train project
administrators in libraries, archives, and other research
institutions to plan, implement, and manage filming projects.  It
will also present information on digital technologies and their role
in hybrid systems.  In addition, participants will learn skills for
planning preservation microfilming projects; for selecting materials
for filming; for developing specifications; and for writing
contracts with vendors.

Speakers will include Susan Wrynn, Director of Reprographic Services
at NEDCC; Andrew Raymond, Regional Advisory Officer, New York State
Archives; Paul Conway, Head, Preservation Department, Sterling
Memorial Library, Yale University; Lisa Fox Preservation Consultant,
Bob Mottice, President of Mottice Micrographics Inc. and Christina
Craig, Coordinator, Preservation Microfilm Service, Solinet.

The cost to participants is $190.  The price of the workshop
includes the cost of Preservation Microfilming: A Guide for
Librarians and Archivists, 2d ed., edited by Lisa Fox, Preservation
Consultant. If a participant does not wish to order the book, the
cost of the workshop is $150.

For more information about the workshop or to register contact:
Gail Pfeifle at the Northeast Document Conservation Center at (508)
470-1010; FAX 508 475-6021; email: pfeifle <nedcc [at] world__std__com>.

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