Seminar on prioritization

   "There's so much [to preserve / conserve / digitize] ... people
    need skills in how you select the right materials ... how you
    make the decisions and what you have to bear in mind"
        --Focus group research into preservation training needs,
        June 2009.

In all organisations, especially in cash-straitened times,
priorities have to be established. This seminar looks at
methodologies in use in different libraries and archives to
prioritize what should be preserved, conserved or digitized, and how
to establish which actions are most important. It offers the
opportunity to learn from others and share experiences.

Programme:

    09.30       Registration and coffee

    10.00       Welcome and Introduction

    10.15       Risk Assessment as a collection management tool at
                The National Archives

    10.45       The Preservation Assessment Survey: prioritising
                collections and preservation actions

    11.15       Break

    11.30       The British Library's preservation prioritization
                system

    12.00       Discussion and sharing of experiences

    12.30       Lunch

    13.30       Prioritizing for digitization at the Stadsarchief,
                Amsterdam (Amsterdam City Archives)

    14.00       Approaches to preservation prioritization at King's
                College London

    14.30       How prioritizing preservation can work in practice:
                a case study from the University of Birming

    15.00       Break

    15.30       Discussion and sharing of experiences

    16.00       End

Cost: UKP95 + VAT (GBP) including lunch and refreshments (UKP71 +
VAT (GBP) for members of Research Libraries UK)

To book please visit <URL:http://www.bl.uk/npo/prioritization.html>

This seminar is part of the collaborative British Library
Preservation Advisory Centre and Research Libraries UK preservation
learning programme.

Preservation Advisory Centre
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
United Kingdom
+44 20 7412 7798


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