Subject: Preservation Management Institute
Applications are now being accepted for the 2010-2011 Preservation Management Institute through Rutgers University. You can access an electronic version of the Institute's brochure online: <URL:http://tinyurl.com/rutgerspmi2010> The Preservation Management Institute (PMI) is designed to give those responsible for collection care a grounding in the range of preservation issues, technologies, and management strategies to advance a preservation program. PMI includes three week-long sessions held in central New Jersey at the New Brunswick Hyatt at Rutgers University 's New Brunswick campus: Session I: October 11 - 15, 2010 Session II: March 21 - 25, 2011 Session III: October 10 - 14, 2011 In-between the three weeks of classes, participants conduct guided preservation planning activities for their home institutions, including conducting a preservation survey and drafting a disaster plan. Our instructors are among the most respected professionals in the field today and are led by Evelyn Frangakis, Chief Librarian for Preservation of The New York Public Library. Enrollment in the Institute is strictly limited to 20 people. Participants from 30 states and 3 countries have participated in this program since it began in 1998. For application/registration information, PMI curriculum, previous participants' feedback, scholarship details and other funding suggestions, please visit the Institute's web site: <URL:http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/ professional-development/ preservation-management-institute.html> **** Moderator's comments: The above URL has been wrapped for email. There should be no newline. Laura Stanik Assistant Director, Professional Development Studies School of Communication and Information Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 732-932-7169 Fax: 732-932-9314 *** Conservation DistList Instance 24:4 Distributed: Sunday, June 13, 2010 Message Id: cdl-24-4-019 ***Received on Thursday, 3 June, 2010