Library of Congress Topics in Preservation Series (TOPS)

The Preservation Directorate of the Library of Congress announces a
special 60th Topics in Preservation Series (TOPS) lecture event:

"Conservation Education: Commemorating the Library Conservation
    Education Programs at Columbia University (1981-1992) and the
    University of Texas at Austin (1992-2009)"
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20540
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
10 - 11:30 am

Whittall Pavilion
Thomas Jefferson Building
Ground floor (request ADA accommodations 5 business days in advance
at 202-707-6362 or ada<-a t->loc< . >gov)

To participate via live webcast, send an email at least 3 days in
advance to Angela Burgess, abur<-a t->loc< . >gov

Speakers:

    Deanna Marcum
    Associate Librarian for Library Services, Library of Congress

    Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa
    Adjunct Assistant Professor, Art Conservation Department,
    University of Delaware

    Karen Motylewski
    Evaluation Officer, Institute of Museum and Library Services

    Claire Dekle
    Preservation Specialist, Conservation Division, Library of
    Congress

    James Thurn
    Preservation Specialist, Conservation Division, Library of
    Congress

    Benjamin Bahlmann
    Preservation Specialist, Conservation Division and Acting Head
    of Collections Care, Binding and Collections Care Division,
    Library of Congress

About the Lecture: Thirty years ago, the School of Library Service
at Columbia University initiated the first degree-granting program
for library conservation and preservation in the United States. The
program was developed by Paul Banks, who had headed the Conservation
Department at the Newberry Library in Chicago from its inception in
1964, where many leading book conservators had trained through
traditional apprenticeships. Collaborating with the Conservation
Center at the Institute of Fine Arts (New York University), which
had educated art conservators since 1960, Columbia's School of
Library Service offered a three-year program for library
conservation and a two-year program for preservation administration.

In 1992, when Columbia's School of Library Service closed, the
conservation and preservation program moved to the University of
Texas at Austin (UT Austin). In the past 30 years, alumni of the
programs at Columbia and UT Austin have led preservation departments
and conserved library and archive collections across the nation,
bringing their unique combination of library science and
preservation/conservation knowledge to bear upon the particular
challenges presented by library and archive collections.

This 60th TOPS event remembers and celebrates the Columbia and Texas
programs and the graduates who keep that legacy alive. Budget cuts
forced the closure of the Texas program in 2009, but education in
library and archive preservation in this country continues at the
three graduate schools for art conservation, which have piloted new
programs through the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation.

This special TOPS series started in November 2010, celebrating the
50th anniversary of the program at New York University. This year
marks the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the program in
library conservation and preservation at Columbia University and the
University of Texas at Austin.

For further details and updated information about the series, please
visit

    <URL:http://www.loc.gov/
        preservation/outreach/tops/commem-cu_uta/index.html>

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Dianne van der Reyden
Director for Preservation
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. S.E.
Washington, DC 20540-4500
202-707-1024


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