New England Preservation Calendar

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

May 1996 -  October 1996

 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: 13 May 96
 Time:               7:00 - 9:00 pm
 Subject: "Preserving Historic Textiles"
 Sponsor: Pilgrim Hall Museum and the Plymouth Public
     Library
 Speaker: Deirdre Windsor, Conservator, Museum of American Textile
     History
 Location:           Plymouth Public Library, Plymouth, MA
 Registration:       Free Admission

 Date: 15 May 96
 Time:               6:30 pm
 Subject: Student Presentations (New England Conservation Association)
 Sponsor:            New England Conservation Association
 Speaker:            Several
 Location: Sackler Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
 Registration:       Unknown

 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: 20 May 96
 Time:               TBA
 Subject: Disaster Planning
 Sponsor:            Maine Library Association
 Speaker:            Beth Patkus
 Location:           Orono, ME
 Registration: Contact either the Maine Library Association or Kim
     O'Leary, NEDCC, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810-1404
     (508) 470-1010 nedcc [at] world__std__com for further information

 Date: 20 May 96
 Time:               7:00 - 9:00 pm
 Subject: Researching House and Neighborhood
 Sponsor: Pilgrim Hall Museum and The Plymouth Public Library
 Speaker: Virginia H. Adams, Director of the Architectural Projects
     Department, Public Archaeology Laboratory, Pawtucket, RI
 Location:           Plymouth Public Library, Plymouth, MA
 Registration:       Free Admission

 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 November
     7, 1996. Proposals due January 23, 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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                  Conservation DistList Instance 9:75
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