New England Preservation Calendar

Calendar of Preservation-Related
Workshops and Events in New England and Environs
September 1996 - September 1997

 Date: Sep 11 13 96
 Time: All day
 Subject: "School for Scanning: Working in A Digital World"
 Sponsor: National Park Service and the Northeast Document
     Conservation Center
 Speaker: Howard Besser (University of California at Berkeley), Paul
     Conway (Yale University), Steve Dalton (NEDCC), Carl
     Fleischauer (Library of Congress), Henry Kelly (Government
     Office of Technology Policy), Steve Puglia (NARA), Jim Reilly
     (Image Permanence Institute)
 Location: Smithsonian Institution
 Registration: Cost: $150. Registration materials, including the
     full agenda, are available from Gail Pfeifle, NEDCC, 100
     Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810-1494, (508) 470-1010, Fax:
     (508) 475-6021, e-mail: nedcc@world. std.com.

 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: 26 Sep 96
 Time: All day
 Subject: "Basic Book Repair"
 Sponsor: NELINET
 Speaker: Todd Pattison
 Location: NEDCC, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA
 Registration: Contact Anne Copponi at NELINET, (617) 969-0400,
     (800) NELINET, (617) 332-9634 (fax). $80 members, $100
     non-members.

 Date: 30 Sep 96
 Time: All day
 Subject: "Paper Preservation Seminar"
 Sponsor: PALINET
 Speaker: James Burd, president of Preservation Technologies,
     producer of BOOKKEEPER
 Location: Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD
 Registration: PALINET, (800) 233-3401, (215) 382-0022 (fax), or
     palinet [at] palinet__org

 Date: 1 Oct 96
 Time: All day
 Subject: "Paper Preservation Seminar"
 Sponsor: PALINET
 Speaker: James Burd, president of Preservation Technologies,
     producer of BOOKKEEPER
 Location: New Jersey State Library, Trenton, NJ
 Registration: PALINET, (800) 233-3401, (215) 382-0022 (fax), or
     palinet [at] palinet__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: 8 Oct 96
 Time: All day
 Subject: "Paper Preservation Seminar"
 Sponsor: PALINET
 Speaker: James Burd, president of Preservation Technologies,
     producer of BOOKKEEPER
 Location: PALINET office, Philadelphia, PA
 Registration: PALINET, (800) 233-3401, (215) 382-0022 (fax), or
     palinet [at] palinet__org

 Date: Oct 7 9 96
 Time: 3-Day Workshop
 Subject: "Preservation Microfilming"
 Sponsor: NEDCC, New York State Library, and METRO
 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

 Date: 9 Oct 96
 Time: 2 - 3 days at a time
 Subject: "Managing Preservation for Library and Archives
     Collections" 5 sessions
 Sponsor: Northeast Document Conservation Center
 Speaker: Steve Dalton, Lisa Fox
 Location: NEDCC, Andover, MA
 Registration Cost: $450. Contact Steve Dalton or Beth Patkus,
     NEDCC, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810 (508) 470-1010,
     Fax: (508) 475-6021, nedcc [at] world__std__com for registration
     information.

 Date: 17 Oct 96
 Time: All day
 Subject: "Intermediate Book Repair"
 Sponsor: NELINET
 Speaker: Todd Pattison
 Location: NEDCC, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA
 Registration: Contact Anne Copponi at NELINET, (617) 969-0400,
     (800) NELINET, (617) 332-9634 (fax). $80 members, $100
     non-members.

 Date: 18 Oct 96
 Time: All day
 Subject: "Fundraising" (Lecture)
 Sponsor: National Institute for Conservation
 Speaker: Ann Russell
 Location: Maine Library Association, Bucksport, ME
 Registration: For further information contact NEDCC at (508)
     470-1010

 Date: 24 Oct 96
 Time: All day
 Subject: "Conservation of Paper Documents"
 Sponsor: Rutgers SCILS Professional Development Series
 Speaker: TBA
 Location: Joint Free Public Library, Morristown, NJ, includes a
     tour of Morris Co. Regional Conservation Lab
 Registration: $45. Contact (908) 932-7169 or (908) 932-9314 (fax)

 Date: 28 Oct 96
 Time: All day
 Subject: "Recovery from Mold"
 Sponsor: Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
 Speaker: Thomas Parker, Pest Control Services
 Location: Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, PA
 Registration: Contact (215) 545-0613 or (215) 735-9313 (fax)

 Date: 14 Nov 96
 Time: TBA
 Subject: "Russian Exchange Program" (Lecture)
 Sponsor: American Association for the Advancement of Slavic
     Studies
 Speaker: Ann Russell
 Location: AAASS Conference, Boston, MA
 Registration: For further information contact NEDCC at (508)
     470-1010

 Date: Nov 14 16 96
 Time: All Day
 Subject: "New Directions in Library Binding"
 Sponsor: Association for Library Collections & Technical Services,
     Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS)
 Speaker: Mark Berkey (Stratford Automation), Mary P. Bogan (MIT),
     Wesley Boomgaarden (OSU), Robert DeCandido (NYPL), Carol Eyler
     (Mercer University), Lisa Fox (Preservation Consultant), Fritz
     James, Library Binding Service, Inc.), Jan Merrill-Oldham
     (Harvard University), Paul Parisi (Acme Bookbinding Company)
 Location: Commander Hotel, Cambridge, MA
 Registration: You may register by phone,or e-mail. A brochure and
     registration form are available on the ALA web page:
     http://www.ala.org. Follow the path The Organization/ALA
     Divisions/ALCTS/ALCTS Gopher/ALCTS Institutes. Information is
     also available from LaTisha Reynolds at 800-545-2433, ex. 5035.
     Cost: ALA/ALCTS Personal Member $145., ALA Personal Member
     $190., Non-ALA Member $235.

 Date: 17 Nov 96
 Time: TBA
 Subject: "Protection from Light" (Lecture)
 Sponsor: Art Complex Museum
 Speaker: Beth Patkus
 Location: Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
 Registration: For information contact the Museum at (617)
     934-6634

 Date: 25 Nov 96
 Time: 10:00 am
 Subject: "Disaster Preparedness"
 Sponsor: WMRLS
 Speaker: Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location: Stockbridge Library Association
 Registration: Contact Dodie Gaudet at the Western Massachusetts
     Regional Library Association, (413) 247-9306 or (800) 282-7755

 Date: 25 Nov 96
 Time: 10:00 am
 Subject: "Leaky Pipes and Broken Windows: Disaster Preparedness for
     Libraries and Archives"
 Sponsor: Western Massachusetts Regional Library Association
 Speaker: Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location: Stockbridge Library Association
 Registration: Open enrollment. Contact Dodie Gaudet at the WMRLS,
     (413) 247-9306 or (800) 282-7755

 Date: 5 Dec 96
 Time: All day
 Subject: "Digitizing Information for Preservation and Access"
 Sponsor: Rutgers SCILS Professional Development Series
 Speaker: Dr. Paul Conway, Yale University
 Location: Ramada Inn, East Brunswick, NJ
 Registration: $95. Contact (908) 932-7169 or (908) 932-9314 (fax)

 Date: 5 Dec 96
 Time: 10:00 am
 Subject: "Getting It Right I: Good In-House Repairs of Library
     Materials"
 Sponsor: Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker: Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location: TBA
 Registration: Open enrollment. Contact Ellen Rauch at the EMRLS,
     (617) 536-4010

 Date: 6 Dec 96
 Time: All day
 Subject: "Microfilming and Scanning Technology: A Day at
     Preservation Resources"
 Sponsor: Rutgers SCILS Professional Development Series
 Speaker: Preservation Resources staff
 Location: Preservation Resources, Bethlehem, PA
 Registration: $125. Contact (908) 932-7169 or (908) 932-9314 (fax)

 Date: 12 Dec 96
 Time: 10:00 am
 Subject: "Getting It Right I: Good In-House Repairs of Library
     Materials"
 Sponsor: Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker: Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location: TBA
 Registration: Open enrollment. Contact Ellen Rauch at the EMRLS,
     (617) 536-4010

 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-randall [at] state__ma__us
 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 1996.

 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
800-952-7403 (in-state)
Fax: 617-421-9833

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