Preservation Week

The Library of Congress celebrates Preservation Week 2013 with a
special focus on saving the mementos-digital and analog
correspondence, photos, videos, scrapbooks and albums-of military
members and their families.

All the events are free and open to the public, and will take place
in the Library's James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E.,
Washington, D.C. The Library's Preservation Week celebration also
includes an online exhibition, a webinar, and an international
lecture streamed live from the Library.

    Online Exhibition. Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans
    History Project
    April 21-April 27, 2013
    <URL:http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/ex-war-preservation.html>

        The Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress
        presents seven collections that represent the wide variety
        of concerns that must be addressed when preserving the
        first-hand accounts of America's veterans.

    Library Workshop. Preserving Your Memories: Print and Digital
    Photographs
    Washington, DC
    Library of Congress
    April 22, 2013
    12:00 noon-1:30 pm
    <URL:http://www.loc.gov/preservation/outreach/workshops/public/2013PW1.html>

        Library staff highlight basic preservation measures one can
        do at home for digital and print photographs and share
        information on how to participate in the Library's Veterans
        History Project. The 2012-2013 Fellow in Book Conservation
        presents tips for making a long lasting scrapbook with
        examples from a scrapbook that required conservation
        treatment.

    Forum. Rosenzweig Forum on Technology and the Humanities:
    Preserving and Interpreting Born-Digital Collections
    Washington, DC
    Library of Congress
    April 22, 2013
    6:00 to 7:30 pm
    <URL:http://chnm.gmu.edu/rosenzweigforum/rosenzweig-forum-on-technology-and-the-humanities-preserving-and-interpreting-born-digital-collections/>

        Presenters discuss how their organizations are acquiring,
        managing, analyzing, preserving and providing access to
        born-digital collections. The Rosenzweig Forum for the
        Digital Humanities is a collaboration of the Roy Rosenzweig
        Center for History and New Media at George Mason University,
        the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship at
        Georgetown University, and the Maryland Institute for
        Technology in the Humanities at the University of Maryland.

    Film Screening. These Amazing Shadows: The Movies That Make
    America
    Washington, DC
    Library of Congress
    April 23, 2013
    12:00 noon-2:00 pm
    <URL:http://www.loc.gov/preservation/outreach/workshops/public/2013PW2.html>

        Screening of the 2011 documentary about the National Film
        Registry, the Library's collection of 600 films-with up to
        25 added every year-identified as culturally, historically,
        or aesthetically significant.

    Library Workshop. Preserving Your Memories: Traditional and
    Digital Albums and Scrapbooks
    Washington, DC
    Library of Congress
    April 24, 2013
    12:00 noon-1:00 pm
    <URL:http://www.loc.gov/preservation/outreach/workshops/public/2013PW3.html>

        Library staff highlight basic preservation measures one can
        do at home for digital and print albums, scrapbooks, and
        scrapbooking, and share information on how to participate in
        the Library's Veterans History Project. The 2012-2013 Fellow
        in Photograph Conservation presents research and treatment
        of a WWI photograph album.

    Webinar. Preserving Your Personal Digital Photographs
    April 24, 2013
    2:00-3:00 pm EDT

        The Library's National Digital Information Infrastructure
        and Preservation Program presents information about learning
        to care for digital photos. Hosted by the Association for
        Library Collections and Technical Services.

        Free; registration required at <URL:https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/876436809>

    Lecture. PAC: A Packed Agenda for Conserving Libraries'
    Heritage--20 years of Changes and Development
    Washington, DC
    Library of Congress
    April 26, 2013
    12:00 noon-1:00 pm,
    available as a live webstream (register at above URL)
    <URL:http://www.loc.gov/preservation/outreach/workshops/public/2013PW4.html>

        Christiane Baryla, Director, International Federation of
        Library Associations and Institutions, Core Activity on
        Preservation and Conservation (IFLA-PAC), Bibliotheque
        nationale de France, discusses the evolution of PAC since
        its establishment in 1984.

Contact:

    Mary Oey
    Preservation Directorate
    Library of Congress
    101 Independence Ave SE
    Washington DC, 20540
    <URL:http://www.loc.gov/preservation>
    202-707-8345


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