Preservation Management Institute

Preservation Management Institute

The biennial Preservation Management Institute (PMI) will be offered
next by Rutgers University beginning in Fall 2000.

PMI allows you to combine your full-time work with intensive
preservation training, and it provides a structure for you to engage
in preservation activities at your home institution.  Completion of
the program leads to a certificate in preservation.

Funding for the Preservation Management Institute is still pending,
so we can't give you registration fee information just yet.  This
notice is being posted because many people have asked us to announce
dates early for planning purposes.

PMI 2000-2001

November 13 - 17 - first weeklong session in central New Jersey
Major topics to be covered during this week include

    *   an overview of preservation management
    *   environmental issues of collections
    *   pest control basics
    *   collection conservation issues
    *   preservation microfilming, including a field trip to a lab
    *   how to conduct a preservation survey, including a case study
        walk-through of a local library
    *   participants will return home at the end of the week and
        have three months to conduct a survey of their institutions

April 23 - 27 - second weeklong session in central New Jersey Major
topics to be covered during this week include

    *   the nature of composition and preservation of photographs
    *   the nature of composition and preservation of slides and
        other audio-visual material
    *   field trip to a conservation lab
    *   exhibition of materials
    *   selection for preservation
    *   disaster planning
    *   participants will return home at the end of the week and
        have three months to draft a disaster plan

August 13 - 17  - final weeklong session in central New Jersey Major
topics to be covered during this week include

    *   digital imaging
    *   preservation management--analyzing preservation priorities
    *   field trip to a library with a significant preservation
        department
    *   funding for preservation--grant writing basics

The head instructor for the Preservation Management Institute is
Evelyn Frangakis, Preservation Officer of the National Agricultural
Library, former head of the Preservation Department at the
University of Maryland Libraries, and former Preservation Program
Director for the Society of American Archivists (SAA).

Other instructors during the three weeks of training include subject
experts in fields such as pest control, photographic preservation,
and digital imaging.

For more information about the Preservation Management Institute,
contact Karen Novick at pds [at] scils__rutgers__edu or call her at
732-932-7169.

Karen Novick
Director of Professional Development Studies
School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
Rutgers University
4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ  08901-1071
732-932-7169
Fax: 732-932-9314

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