New England Preservation Calendar

Preservation-Related Workshops and Events in New England and
Environs

May - November 1997

 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, Fax:
     (413) 247-9740

 Date:          JUNE 20, 1997
 Time:          10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
 Subject: "Getting It Right: Good In-House Repairs for Library
     Materials"
 Sponsor:       Fall River Public Library
 Speaker:       Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
 Location:      Fall River Public Library, Fall River, MA
 Registration:  Contact Regina Slezak at (508) 324-2700

 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: $45.00 for CCAHA members and $50.00 for non-members,
     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:          October 1-3, 1997
 Time:          3-day workshop
 Subject:       "School for Scanning"
 Sponsor:       NEDCC and the National Park Service
 Speaker:       Steve Dalton et al
 Location:      New York Academy of Medicine, New York City, NY
 Registration: Contact Kim O'Leary at NEDCC, (508) 470-1010,
     oleary<-a t->nedcc< . >org

 Date:          October 23, 1997
 Time:          10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
 Subject:       "Basic Book Repair"
 Sponsor:       NELINET
 Speaker:       Todd Pattison
 Location:      NEDCC, Andover, MA
 Registration:  Contact NELINET at (617) 969-0400

 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: $70.00 for CCAHA members and $75.00 for non-members,
     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:          November 13, 1997
 Time:          10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
 Subject:       "Intermediate Book Repair"
 Sponsor:       NELINET
 Speaker:       Todd Pattison
 Location:      NEDCC, Andover, MA
 Registration:  Contact NELINET at (617) 969-0400

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:
     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 Kathryn Hammond Baker at the
     Archives of the Commonwealth, (617) 727-2816 or
     archives<-a t->mecn< . >mass< . >edu 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:
     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. 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, 1998

 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 1998.

 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 1998.

 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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                  Conservation DistList Instance 10:97
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