Program on library buildings

Library Buildings: Evaluating for Preservation
A One-day Seminar
Johnson Hall
Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA
The Los Angeles Preservation Network  (LAPNet)
Tuesday, March 14, 2000

Program:
8:30    Registration
9:00    Welcome and Introduction
9:15    David H. Richards, AIA, Fields Deveraux Architects and
        Engineers
10:00   Susan E. Parker, Associate Dean, University Library,
        California State University, Northridge
10:40   Break
11:00   James Weiner, Fields Deveraux Architects and Engineers
11:30   Susan Rogers, The Lloyd E. Cotsen Chief Preservation
        Officer, The Huntington Library
12:15   Lunch
1:30    Walk through the Occidental College Library
2:45    Panel Discussion
4:00    End

The program will be held in Room 200 of Johnson Hall, which is
northeast of the Library.  Closest parking is near Bell Field. See
<URL:http://www.oxy.edu/oxy/welcome/directions/> for directions to
Occidental College:

In presenting this program, for the first time The Los Angeles
Preservation Network (LAPNet) addresses the buildings in which
library materials are housed. The speakers will discuss such topics
as the structure of the building, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air
conditioning) systems, lighting,  shelving, maintenance, talking the
"Facilities Language", interim measures, the effect of the building
on materials housed in it, and librarians as part of the facilities
team. With our speakers as guides, participants will have the
opportunity to walk through the Occidental College Library with an
eye towards evaluating the building as a facility for housing
library collections. Participants will then have an opportunity to
discuss their findings with the speakers and to ask questions.

This program will present library preservation issues to consider in
evaluating existing library buildings that participants can apply at
their own institutions.

About our speakers:

David H. Richards and James Weiner, from the firm of Fields
Deveraux, have worked on several library renovation projects, and
are currently involved in the Doheny Memorial Library earthquake
retrofitting and preservation project at USC. Susan E. Parker has
been directly involved in responding to mold infestation in the CSU
Northridge Library following the Northridge earthquake. Susan Rogers
has years of experience as a paper conservator and was recently
appointed as Chief Preservation Officer at the Huntington Library.

For registration information, contact:

    Tony Gardner, CSU Northridge
    818-677-2597
    Fax:  818-885-2676
    tony.gardner [at] csun__edu

Christopher Coleman
Reference Librarian and Preservation Librarian
YRL 11630 D, Box 951575
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
310-825-0559
Fax: 310-825-6795




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