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[padg] Disaster Preparedness and Response Program - Registration deadline approaching!



CCAHA’s Philadelphia Disaster Preparedness and Response Program – Registration deadline approaching.

Last date to register is Monday, April 28!

 

PREPARING FOR THE UNEXPECTED: PROTECTION AND SECURITY FOR CULTURAL COLLECTIONS

Presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

 

May 12 and 13, 2008

Philadelphia, PA

 

Cosponsored and Hosted by:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

 

Sessions:

·        Disaster Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness

·        Crisis Communication

·        Exercising the Plan (an interactive session)

·        Recovery of Paper-Based Collections (a hands-on interactive session)

·        Fire Safety: Detection and Suppression

·        Understanding Security Risks

 

Speakers:

Nick Artim, Director, Heritage Protection Group

Abby Haywood, Book Conservator, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

Steven R. Keller, CCP, Principal Consultant, Steve Keller & Associates, Inc.

Jane Long, Vice President, Emergency Programs, Heritage Preservation

Julie Page, Co-Coordinator, California Preservation Program (CPP) and User Services, Western States & Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS)

Michael Smith, PhD, Director, Graduate Program in Professional Communication, Department of Communications, La Salle University

John (Jack) M. Watts, Jr., PhD, Director, Fire Safety Institute

 

 

The fee for this two-day program is $185 for CCAHA member institutions and $210 for non-members.  To encourage institutions to register staff involved in both collections care and safety and security, CCAHA is offering half-price registration to a second participant from the same institutionThis program is intended for staff charged with collections care, including librarians, archivists, conservators, curators, collections managers, and stewards of historic house museums, and for staff responsible for the safety of collections, such as site and facility managers and security and safety staff.

 

Download a brochure and register now at http://www.ccaha.org/workshop_cal.php.

 

For more information, contact the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts:  call 215-545-0613, email pso@xxxxxxxxx or visit www.ccaha.org.

 

This program is partially subsidized through funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Independence Foundation, the Claneil Foundation, the Sand Dollar Fund, BELFOR USA, and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

 

 

 

 

Kim Andrews

Preservation Services Officer

CONSERVATION CENTER for Art and Historic Artifacts

264 S. 23rd Street

Philadelphia, PA  19103

215-545-0613 (phone)

215-735-9313 (fax)

kandrews@xxxxxxxxx

www.ccaha.org

 

Are you a member institution of the Conservation Center?  Click here to become a member and take advantage of our great member benefits!

 


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