[PADG:126] Battling the Bloom: Mold in Archives, Libraries, and Museums

[Robert James <robert.james@xxxxxxxx>]

                          Battling the Bloom     
                Mold in Archives, Libraries, and Museums

         North Carolina Preservation Consortium Annual Conference

                            September 10, 2004

                             9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

                     North Carolina Museum of History
                          Raleigh, North Carolina


The 2004 North Carolina Preservation Consortium annual conference will
address preventing and recovering from mold outbreaks in book and paper
collections.  Mold feeds on paper, bindings, and adhesives.  Valuable
collections in the South are especially vulnerable due to our climate's
high temperature and humidity.  Mold is potentially hazardous to people as
well and may require closing access to collections.  Don't wait for mold to
strike first.  Arm yourself with knowledge and resources to battle the
bloom.

Speakers
Elizabeth Ferguson, Field Service Officer at SOLINET Preservation Services,
will discuss the prevalence of mold in the southeast, identifying mold, and
working with consultants, conservators, and vendors .  Hilary Kaplan,
Archives Conservator at the National Archives and Records Administration,
will address health and safety issues for staff and patrons.  Glen Ruzicka,
Director of Conservation at the Conservation Center for Art and Historic
Artifacts, will present methods for removing mold from books and paper.
There will be a panel question and answer session with the speakers
following their presentations.

Location
The conference will be held at the North Carolina Museum of History in
Raleigh, North Carolina.  The museum is located in downtown Raleigh,
between the Capitol and Legislative buildings, at 5 East Edenton Street.
The main entrance faces Bicentennial Plaza pedestrian mall linking Jones
and Edenton Streets.  For more information about the area visit these web
sites;

North Carolina Museum of History
http://ncmuseumofhistory.org

Driving Directions and Parking Information
http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/GenInfoPAV.html

Raleigh-Durham International Airport
http://www.rdu.com/

Hotels in and near Raleigh
http://www.visitraleigh.com/visit/lodging.html

Schedule
The conference will begin at 9:00 AM and conclude at 4:00 PM.  Lunch is not
provided, but there are many local restaurants.  A restaurant list will be
provided at the conference.  Morning and afternoon refreshments will be
served in the vendor exhibition room.

Scholarships
Three scholarships are available for those needing financial assistance for
travel and lodging.  Staff in North Carolina archives, historic sites,
libraries, museums, and record centers, and students in library science and
public history graduate programs, are eligible to apply.  The maximum award
per person is $300.  Please include a short letter with a statement of need
with you registration form.

Conference Registration
Advanced mail registration is $20.00.  On-site registration is $25.00.

Please print and complete the online registration form at
http://www.ncpreservation.org/Conference%20Registration%20Form.pdf
and mail the form with your check to:

North Carolina Preservation Consortium
Post Office Box 2651
Durham, NC  27715-2651

Additional Information
For more information about the conference or NCPC please contact;

Robert James
NCPC Executive Director
Phone (919) 660 - 1157
E-Mail  robert.james@xxxxxxxx

In Appreciation
The North Carolina Preservation Consortium annual conference is made
possible by the generous financial support of our institutional members;

Sustainers $ 1,000

Duke University Libraries
   Divinity School Library
   Perkins Library System
   Fuqua School of Business Library
   Law Library
   Medical Center Library

North Carolina State University Libraries


Members $ 100

Appalachian Regional Library
Appalachian State University Libraries
Asheville-Buncombe County Library
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (Holly Learning Resources
Center)
Belmont Abbey College (Abbot Vincent Taylor Library)
Davidson College Library
East Carolina University (Joyner Library)
Elon University (Carol Grotnes Belk Library)
Etherington Conservation Center
Forest History Society Library
Haywood County Public Library
Moravian Archives
Moravian Music Foundation
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (F.D. Bluford
Library)
North Carolina Archives and History
North Carolina Central University (School of Library and Information
Sciences)
North Carolina Museum of Art
North Carolina Wesleyan College
Presbyterian Church (USA) Department of History
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
Southern Highland Craft Guild
Southern Pines Public Library
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
State Library of North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Asheville (D. Hiden Ramsey Library)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (School of Information and
Library Science)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (University Libraries)
   Academic Affairs Library
   Health Sciences Library
   Kathrine R. Everett Law Library
University of North Carolina at Charlotte (J. Murry Atkins Library)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Walter Clinton Jackson Library)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Weatherspoon Art Museum)
University of North Carolina at Pembroke (Sampson-Livermore Library)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Research Triangle Park Library)
Wake County Register of Deeds
Wake Forest University (Z. Smith Reynolds Library)
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (Coy C. Carpenter Library)
Wake Technical Community College (Bruce I. Howell Library)
Warren Wilson College (Ellison Library)
Western Carolina University (Hunter Library)

The North Carolina Preservation Consortium (NCPC) is a 501C3 nonprofit
organization dedicated to the preservation of educational, historical, and
cultural collections in our state's archives, libraries, museums, historic
sites, document depositories, and record centers.  Our preservation mission
addresses the proper care and handling of materials; storage and
environmental control; disaster preparedness and recovery; the repair,
reformatting and conservation of damaged items; and collection security.
NCPC supports the preservation of information content, and the medium as
artifact, in new and traditional formats for present and future
generations.

Membership
We would like to welcome your institution to the preservation consortium.
Our minimum annual membership fee is only $100.00.  Higher levels of
support are voluntary.  Members receive discounts on our preservation
workshops.  Employees of institutional members, and individual members, are
eligible to hold leadership positions as officers and on the consortium's
board of directors, committees, and task groups.  The success of our state
wide preservation program depends on the talents, diversity, and generosity
of our colleagues.  Together we can make a difference in the survival of
North Carolina's heritage collections.  Join NCPC today!

A membership application is available on the NCPC web site.
http://www.ncpreservation.org/instapplication.html