New England Preservation Calendar

Preservation-Related Workshops and Events in New England and Environs

March - November 1997

 Date:          March 14, 1997
 Time:          All day
 Subject:       "Ethics and Options: Another Look at Conservation"
 Sponsor:       Ephemera Society
 Speaker:       Mary Todd Glaser
 Location:      Ephemera Society, Cazenovia, NY
 Registration:  Ephemera Society, (315) 655-2810

 Date:          March 18, 1997
 Time:          All Day
 Subject: "What is Being Done to Control Insects and Fungi Now that
     Systematic Fumigation Has Ended?"
 Sponsor:       National Archives and Records Administration
 Speaker: Diana Alper Roley, NARA; Carol Butler, National Museum of
     Natural History; Mary Lou Florian, Royal British Columbia
     Museum; Albert Greene, General Services Administration; Margaret
     Hacker, NARA; Wendy Claire Jessup, Wendy Jessup and Associates;
     Tom Strang, Canadian Conservation Institute
 Location:      Archives II, College Park, MD
 Registration: Preregistration is required, $50.00. Conference
     Coordinator (NNP), National Archives at College Park, 8601
     Adelphi Road, Room 2800, College Park, MD 20740-6001, (301)
     713-6705, Fax: (301) 713-6653, preserve<-a t->nara< . >gov

 Date:          March 19, 1997
 Time:          1:00 pm
 Subject:       "Managing and Preserving Our Historic Archives"
 Sponsor: Provincetown Public Library, Provincetown Town Clerk's
     Office, and The Heritage Museum
 Speaker:       Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location: Judge Welsh Room, Provincetown Town Hall, Provincetown,
     MA
 Registration:  Contact the Provincetown Town Clerk at (508) 487-7013

 Date:          March 24, 1997
 Time:          7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
 Subject: "Zoelite Molecular Traps and Their Use in Preventative
     Conservation"
 Sponsor:       New England Conservation Association
 Speaker:       Siegfried Rempel
 Location:      Sackler Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

 Date:          April 1, 1997
 Time:          10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
 Subject: "Getting It Right: Good In-House Repairs for Library
     Materials"
 Sponsor:       Fisher Watkins Library, Cushing Academy
 Speaker:       Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location: Fisher Watkins Library, Cushing Academy, Ashburnham,
     MA
 Registration: Contact Liz Vezina, Fisher Watkins Library, Cushing
     Academy, 39 School Street, Ashburnham, MA, (508) 827-7038

 Date:          April 1, 1997
 Time:          9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
 Subject:       "Preserving Diversity Through Photographs"
 Sponsor:       NEDCC
 Speaker: Gary Albright, NEDCC; Julie Bernson, Addison Gallery of
     American Art; Dalia Diaz, Publisher of Rumbo, Spanish Language
     Newspaper in the Merrimack Valley
 Location:      NEDCC, Andover, MA
 Registration: Cost is $20 which includes lunch. For information
     about the workshop and registration, contact Gay Tracy at NEDCC,
     (508) 470-1010 or nedcc<-a t->nedcc< . >org.

 Date:          April 12, 1997
 Time:          10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
 Subject:       Stained Glass Restoration
 Sponsor:       New England Conservation Association
 Speaker:       Staff
 Location:      Cummings Glass Studio, North Adams, MA

 Date:          April 26, 1997
 Time:          1 session
 Subject:       "Environmental Control for Small Repositories"
 Sponsor:       New England Archivists
 Speaker:       Beth Patkus
 Location:      NEA Meeting, Orono, ME
 Registration: Invited presentation, Contact the New England
     Archivists at (207) 581-1891 or http://www.lib.emb.edu/newengarch

 Date:          May 5, 1997
 Time:          All Day
 Subject: "Instituting a Conservation Environment Monitoring
     Program"
 Sponsor:       Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
 Speaker:       William P. Lull
 Location: Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Senator John
     Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, Pittsburgh, PA
 Registration: $50.00, including a box lunch and supplementary
     materials. Contact Susan W. DuBois, Preservation Services
     Office, CCAHA, 265 South 23rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
     (215) 545-0613, Fax: (215) 735-9313, ccaha<-a t->shrsys< . >hslc< . >org

 Date:          May 6-8, 1997
 Time:          All Day
 Subject: "Reformatting for Preservation in a Digital World: To Scan
     or To Film." A workshop on preservation microfilming and digital
     scanning
 Sponsor:       Northeast Document Conservation Center
 Speaker: Susan Wrynn, NEDCC; Lisa Fox, Preservation Consultant; Bob
     Mottice, Mottice Micrographics; Andrew Raymond, New York state
     Archives
 Location: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA II),
     8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740
 Registration: Registration must be received by April 15, 1997.
     Attendance is limited to 15 participants. Cost is $225 including
     Preservation Microfilming: A Guide for Librarians and
     Archivists, 2nd ed., edited by Lise Fox. (Without the book the
     cost is $160). For information contact Susan Wrynn
     (wrynn<-a t->nedcc< . >org). To request a flier and an application contact
     Gay Tracy (tracy<-a t->nedcc< . >org) or either at (508) 470-1010.

 Date:          May 13, 1997
 Time:          9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
 Subject: "Leaky Pipes and Broken Windows: Disaster Planning for
     Libraries"
 Sponsor:       Central Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:       Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:      Ayer Public Library, Ayer, MA
 Registration: Contact Maureen Boyda, CMRLS, (508) 799-1654, Fax:
     (508) 799-1652

 Date:          May 13, 1997
 Time:          3-day workshop
 Subject:       "Preservation Reformatting"
 Sponsor:       National Archives
 Speaker:       Susan Wrynn
 Location:      National Archives, College Park, MD
 Registration: For information about the workshop and registration,
     contact Gail Pfeifle at NEDCC, (508) 470-1010 or nedcc<-a t->nedcc< . >org.

 Date:          June 3, 1997
 Time:          9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
 Subject: "Have You Got the Blues? Architectural Records: Their
     Identification, Management, Storage, and Treatment"
 Sponsor:       Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
 Speaker: Lois Olcott Price, Conservator of Library Collections,
     Winterthur Library; Joan Irving, Conservator, CCAHA
 Location: The Octagon, The Museum of the American Architectural
     Foundation, Washington, D.C.
 Registration: $75.00, including supplementary materials.
     Registration will be limited to 30. Contact Susan W. DuBois,
     Preservation Services Office, CCAHA, 265 South 23rd Street,
     Philadelphia, PA 19103. (215) 545-0613, Fax: (215) 735-9313,
     ccaha<-a t->shrsys< . >hslc< . >org

 Date:          June 4, 1997
 Time:          10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
 Subject: "Getting It Right: Good In-House Repairs for Library
     Materials"
 Sponsor:       Western Massachusetts Regional Library System
 Speaker:       Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:      WMRLS Headquarters, Hatfield, MA
 Registration:  Contact Dodie Gaudet at WMRLS, (800) 282-7755

 Date:          September 23, 1997
 Time:          All Day
 Subject: "Instituting a Conservation Environment Monitoring
     Program"
 Sponsor:       Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
 Speaker:       William P. Lull
 Location:      The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA
 Registration: $50.00, including a box lunch and supplementary
     materials. Contact Susan W. DuBois, Preservation Services
     Office, CCAHA, 265 South 23rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
     (215) 545-0613, Fax: (215) 735-9313, ccaha<-a t->shrsys< . >hslc< . >org

 Date:          November 5, 1997
 Time:          9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
 Subject: "Have You Got the Blues? Architectural Records: Their
     Identification, Management, Storage, and Treatment"
 Sponsor:       Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
 Speaker: Lois Olcott Price, Conservator of Library Collections,
     Winterthur Library; Joan Irving, Conservator, CCAHA
 Location:      Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, N.Y.
 Registration: $75.00, including supplementary materials.
     Registration will be limited to 30. Contact Susan W. DuBois,
     Preservation Services Office, CCAHA, 265 South 23rd Street,
     Philadelphia, PA 19103. (215) 545-0613, Fax: (215) 735-9313,
     ccaha<-a t->shrsys< . >hslc< . >org

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<-a t->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:
     1) 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)

     2) 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)

     3) 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: 1) In Massachusetts: contact Kathryn Hammond Baker at the
     Archives of the Commonwealth, (617) 727-2816 or
     archives<-a t->mecn< . >mass< . >edu 2) 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:        gregor.trinkaus-randall<-a t->state< . >ma< . >us
 Areas of Funding:
     1) 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.

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

     3) 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.

     4) To encourage and support evaluation and remediation, where
     needed, of physical facilities housing library materials in
     multi-type libraries.

     5) 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. in September
 1997. Proposals due early in 1998.

 Agency:        Institute of Museum and Library Services
 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 1997. Request application in early October
     1997. (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
800-952-7403 (in-state)
Fax: 617-421-9833

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