New England Preservation Calendar

 Calendar of Preservation-Related
 Workshops and Events in New England and Environs

 March 1996 -  October 1996

 Date: 14 Mar 96
 Time:               All Day
 Subject: Disaster Planning
 Sponsor:            NELINET.
 Speaker:            Beth Patkus
 Location:           NEDCC, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA
 Registration:       NELINET, (617) 969-0400 or 1-800-NELINET

 Date: 17 Mar 19
 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: 26 Mar 96
 Time:               All Day
 Subject: "Old Wine in New Bottles: Reformatting Information for
                         Preservation and Access"
 Sponsor:            New Jersey State Library
 Speaker:            Steve Dalton, NEDCC
 Location:           Millburn Public Library, Millburn, NJ
 Registration:       $10. Contact: Betty Steckman, NJ State Library,
                         609-984-3282

 Date: 27 Mar 96
 Time:               All Day
 Subject: "Old Wine in New Bottles: Reformatting Information for
                         Preservation and Access"
 Sponsor:            New Jersey State Library
 Speaker:            Steve Dalton, NEDCC
 Location:           New Jersey State Library, Trenton, NJ
 Registration:       $10. Contact: Betty Steckman, NJ State Library,
                         609-984-3282

 Date: 28 Mar 96
 Time:               All Day
 Subject: "Old Wine in New Bottles: Reformatting Information for
                         Preservation and Access"
 Sponsor:            New Jersey State Library
 Speaker:            Steve Dalton, NEDCC
 Location:           Vineland Public Library, Vineland, NJ
 Registration:       $10. Contact: Betty Steckman, NJ State Library,
                         609-984-3282

 Date: 2 Apr 96
 Time:               10:00 - 1:00
 Subject: "Library Binding as a Preservation Option"
 Sponsor:            Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:            Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:           Memorial Hall Library, Andover, MA
 Registration:       Open enrollment. Contact EMRLS, Ellen Rauch,
                         (617) 536-4010.

 Date: 3 Apr 96
 Time:               10:00 - 1:00
 Subject: "Library and Archival Security"
 Sponsor:            Central Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:            Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:           Westborough Public Library, Westborough, MA
 Registration:       Open enrollment. Contact CMRLS, Maureen Boyda,
                         (508) 799-1654 or (800) 922-8326

 Date: 9 Apr 96
 Time:               10:00 - 1:00
 Subject: "Library and Archival Security"
 Sponsor:            Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:            Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:           Stevens Memorial Library, North Andover, MA
 Registration:       Open enrollment. Contact EMRLS, Ellen Rauch,
                         (617) 536-4010.

 Date: 18 Apr 96
 Time:               10:00 - 2:00
 Subject: "Getting It Right: Good In-House Repairs for General
                         Collections, I"
 Sponsor:            Western Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:            Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:           WMRLS Headquarters, Hatfield, MA
 Registration:       Limit of 25, open enrollment. Contact WMRLS, Dodie
                         Gaudet, (800) 282-7755

 Date: 19 Apr 96
 Time:               9:30 - 3:30
 Subject: "Issues of Intellectual Access in Our Electronic Age"
 Sponsor:            Rutgers SCILS
 Speaker:            Sanford Berman, R. Elliott Shore, Jennifer Tobias.
 Location:           Ramada Inn, East Brunswick NJ
 Registration:       $85 Contact: Rutgers SCILS, Professional Development
                         Studies, 4 Huntington St., New Brunswick NJ 08903

 Date: 23 Apr 96
 Time:               10:00 - 1:00
 Subject: "Library Binding as a Preservation Option"
 Sponsor:            Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:            Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:           Newton Free Library, Newton, MA
 Registration:       Open enrollment. Contact EMRLS, Ellen Rauch,
                         (617) 536-4010.

 Date: 25 Apr 26
 Time:               All day for 2 days
 Subject: "The New Museum Climate: Standards and Technologies"
 Sponsor:            Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
 Speakers:           Stefan Michalski, CCI; Arthur Beale, MFA; James
                         Reilly, IPI; Richard Kerschner, Shelburn
                         Museum; Anne Hawley, I.S. Gardner Museum;
                         Brigid Sullivan, NSP, and others.
 Location:           Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
 Registration:       Contact Gay Tracy, NEDCC, 100 Brickstone Square,
                         Andover, MA 01810 (508) 470-1010, Fax: (508)
                         475-6021, nedcc [at] world__std__com for
                         registration information.  Cost is $150 for
                         the two days.

 Date: 30 Apr 96
 Time:               10:45 - 12:00
 Subject: "Special/Local History Collections"
 Sponsor:            Massachusetts Library Association
 Speaker:            Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:           Framingham Tara, Framingham, MA
 Registration:       Invited Presentation, Massachusetts Library
                         Association

 Date: 7 MAY 96
 Time:               10:00 - 1:00
 Subject: "Library and Archival Security"
 Sponsor:            Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:            Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:           Sherborn Library, Sherborn, MA
 Registration:       Open enrollment. Contact EMRLS, Ellen Rauch,
                         (617) 536-4010.

 Date: 8 MAY 96
 Time:               3:30
 Subject: "Preserving Family Collections"
 Sponsor:            Chelmsford Public Library
 Speaker:            Beth Patkus, NEDCC
 Location:           Chelmsford Public Library
 Registration:       Open enrollment.  Open to the public.

 Date: 9 MAY 96
 Time:               10:00 - 1:00
 Subject: "Library Binding as a Preservation Option"
 Sponsor:            Central Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:            Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:           Northborough Public Library, Northborough, MA
 Registration:       Open enrollment. Contact CMRLS, Maureen Boyda,
                         (508) 799-1654 or (800) 922-8326

 Date: 16 MAY 96
 Time:               10:00 - 1:00
 Subject: "Library and Archival Security"
 Sponsor:            Western Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:            Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:           WMRLS Headquarters, Hatfield, MA
 Registration:       Open enrollment. Contact WMRLS, Dodie Gaudet,
                         (800) 282-7755

 Date: 17 MAY 96
 Time:               TBA
 Subject: "Protecting Collections from Mold"
 Sponsor:            Vermont Library Association Meeting
 Speaker:            Steve Dalton
 Location:           Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
 Registration:       Invited Presentation, Vermont Library Association.
                         Contact: Robin Galbraith, (802) 456-1207, email:
                         vtlibrcons [at] aol__com

 Date: 23 MAY 96
 Time:               10:00 - 2:00
 Subject: "Getting It Right: Good In-House Repairs for General
             Collections, II"
 Sponsor:            Central Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:            Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:           Westborough Public Library, Westborough, MA
 Registration:       Limit of 25, open enrollment. Contact CMRLS,
                         Maureen Boyda, (508) 799-1654 or (800) 922-8326

 Date: 23 MAY 96
 Time:               9:30 - 3:30
 Subject: "Magnetic Tape Deterioration: Tidal Wave at our Shore."
 Sponsor:            Rutgers SCILS
 Speaker:            Jim Lindner
 Location:           Ramada Inn, East Brunswick NJ
 Registration:       $95.  Contact: Rutgers SCILS, Professional
                         Development Studies, 4 Huntington St., New
                         Brunswick NJ 08903

 Date: 24 MAY 96
 Time:               9:30 - 3:30
 Subject: "Preserving Slides and Transparencies: Today's
                         Realities and Tomorrow's Technologies"
 Sponsor:            Rutgers SCILS
 Speaker:            Christine Sundt
 Location:           Ramada Inn, East Brunswick, NJ
 Registration:       $95.  Contact: Rutgers SCILS, Professional
                         Development Studies, 4 Huntington St., New
                         Brunswick, NJ 0890

 Date: 30 MAY 96
 Time:               10:00 - 1:00
 Subject: "Library Binding as a Preservation Option"
 Sponsor:            Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:            Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:           Bridgewater Public Library, Bridgewater, MA
 Registration:       Open enrollment. Contact EMRLS, Ellen Rauch,
                         (617) 536-4010.

 Date: 3 Jun 96
 Time:               All day
 Subject: "Have You Got the Blues?  Architectural Records: Their
                         Identification, Management, Storage, and Treatment"
 Sponsor:            CCAHA and the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
 Speaker:            Lois Olcott Price, Conservator of Library
                         Collections, Winterthur Library; Bruce
                         Laverty, Gladys Brooks Curator of
                         Architecture, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia;
                         and Ann Craddock, Preservation Services
                         Representative, Conservation Center for Art
                         and Historic Artifacts
 Location:           The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
 Registration:       $75.00, including supplementary materials.  Ann
                         Craddock, Preservation Services
                         Representative Conservation Center for Art
                         and Historic Artifacts 264 South 23rd Street
                         Philadelphia, PA 19103. Tel: 215.545.0613
                         Fax: 215.735.9313  email:
                         ccaha [at] shrsys__hslc__org. Registration will be
                         limited to 30.

 Date: 4 Jun 96
 Time:               10:00 - 1:00
 Subject: "Library and Archival Security"
 Sponsor:            Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:            Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:           Middleborough Public Library, Middleborough, MA
 Registration:       Open enrollment. Contact EMRLS, Ellen Rauch,
                         (617) 536-4010.

 Date: 12 Sep 96
 Time:               Several days
 Subject: "Preservation Management Coordinated Workshop Series,"
                         5 sessions
 Sponsor:            Northeast Document Conservation Center
 Speaker:            Steve Dalton, Lisa Fox
 Location:           NEDCC, Andover, MA
 Registration:       TBA in late spring or early summer. Gay Tracy,
                         NEDCC, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA
                         01810 (508) 470-1010, Fax: (508) 475-6021,
                         nedcc [at] world__std__com for registration
                         information.

 Date: 19 Sep 96
 Time:               All Day
 Subject: "Instituting a Conservation Environment Monitoring
                         Program"
 Sponsor:            CCAHA and the Virginia Historical Society
 Speaker:            William P. Lull, principal and senior
                         conservation environment consultant of
                         Garrison/Lull Inc., Princeton Junction, NJ,
                         and co-author of Conservation Environment
                         Guidelines for Libraries and Archives
 Location:           The Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA.
 Registration:       $50.00, including a box lunch and supplementary
                         materials. Ann Craddock, Preservation
                         Services Representative Conservation Center
                         for Art and Historic Artifacts, 264 South
                         23rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19103. Tel:
                         (215) 545-0613  Fax: (215) 735.9313  email:
                         ccaha [at] shrsys__hslc__org

 Date: 4 Oct 96
 Time:               All day
 Subject: "Have You Got the Blues?  Architectural Records: Their
     Identification, Management, Storage, and Treatment"
 Sponsor:            CCAHA and the Heinz Architectural Center, the Carnegie
                         Museum of Art
 Speaker:            Lois Olcott Price, Conservator of Library
                         Collections, Winterthur Library; Dennis
                         McFadden, Curator, the Heinz Architectural
                         Center, the Carnegie Museum of Art; and Ann
                         Craddock, Preservation Services
                         Representative,Conservation Center for Art
                         and Historic Artifacts
 Location:           Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
 Registration:       $75.00, including supplementary materials.  Ann
                         Craddock, Preservation Services
                         Representative Conservation Center for Art
                         and Historic Artifacts, 264 South 23rd
                         Street Philadelphia, PA 19103. Tel: (215)
                         545-0613   Fax: (215) 735-9313  email:
                         ccaha [at] shrsys__hslc__org. Registration will be
                         limited to 30.

 Date: 7 Oct 96
 Time:               3-Day Workshop
 Subject: "Preservation Microfilming
 Sponsor:            TBA
 Speaker:            Susan Wrynn
 Location:           American Bible Society, New York, NY
 Registration:       Gail Pheifle, NEDCC, 100 Brickstone Square,
                         Andover, MA 01810 (508) 470-1010, Fax: (508)
                         475-6021, nedcc [at] world__std__com for
                         registration information

 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) 606-8639
 E-mail:             preservation [at] neh__fed__us
 Areas of Funding:
                     Preservation and access projects including
                     support for education and training, regional
                     field service programs, and research and
                     demonstration projects

                     The stabilization and documentation of materials
                     culture collections

                     U.S. Newspaper program

 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 attention to
                     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 1996.  Proposals due February 1997.

 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 (1).

                     Conservation Project Support Program.  Funding
                     to museums for conservation activities including
                     treatment, surveys, and implementation (2).

 Contact:            Kelly Chisholm, NIC, 3299 K. Street, NW, Suite 602,
                         Washington, DC 20007.
 Telephone:          (202) 625-1495.
 Deadline:           (1) December 6, 1997. Request application in
                         early October 1996.
                     (2) March 1, 1997

 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

                     Heritage and Preservation

 Deadline:           March 1997.

 Agency:             New Jersey State Library
 Address:            185 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625-0520
 Telephone:          (609) 984-3282
 Areas of
      Funding:       Funding for preservation/conservation of
                         collections of interest for New Jersey
 Contact:            Betty Steckman
 Deadline:           February 1997.

 Agency:             New York State Library
 Address:            Division of Library Development
                     New York State Library
                     10-C-47 Cultural Education Center
                     Albany, NY 12230
 Telephone:          (518) 474-6971
 Areas of Funding:
                     Funding to preserve unique library materials in
                     all types of nonprofit institutions within New
                     York State

 Deadline:           December 1997.

 Agency:             Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance
 Address:            Shelburne Museum
                     P.O. Box 10
                     Shelburne, VT 05482
 Telephone:          (802) 985-3346 x 323
 Areas of
      Funding:       Vermont Collections Care
 Deadline:           Call for deadline and information

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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