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FYI Bob Schnare
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From: Charles Wilt [mailto:cwilt@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 4:35 PM
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Subject: [digipres] Ann Russell of NEDCC retiring
In case you haven't seen this already.
From: Ann Russell [mailto:annr@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 3:18 PM
Subject: RE: 30 Years
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
I write to let you know that I will be retiring as Executive Director of
NEDCC on November 1, 2008. Serving as the Center's leader for the past
30 years has been a wonderful experience.
When I was appointed to the post in 1978, NEDCC was a small, floundering
start-up effort. No one could have anticipated that it would achieve
national and international recognition for the expertise of its staff
and the breadth of its educational services. Positioning the Center for
the 21st century has been especially rewarding, from launching the
legendary School for Scanning conferences, to the development of free
publications and tools on the Center's Website (5 million hits per
year), to expanding its high-end digitization services.
It has been a privilege to work with so many remarkable and skilled
people who are dedicated to preserving cultural heritage. To the many
organizations and individuals who have participated in NEDCC's programs
and continue to support the Center, thank you.
Warm regards,
Ann
Ann Russell
Executive Director
Northeast Document Conservation Center
100 Brickstone Square
Andover, MA 01810
tel: 978 470 1010
fax: 978 475 6021
email: annr@xxxxxxxxx
www.nedcc.org
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NEDCC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANN RUSSELLTO RETIRE
For Immediate Release
contact: Julie Martin
October 2008
978.470.1010
Andover MA - Dr. Ann Russell has announced that she will retire from her
position as President and Executive Director of the Northeast Document
Conservation Center (NEDCC) on November 1, 2008. Assuming the title of
Director Emeritus, she will help to assure a seamless transition of
leadership.
Following her appointment as Executive Director in 1978, Dr. Russell has
led the growth of NEDCC for three decades. Under her leadership, the
Center established a national and international reputation for the
quality of its work and the impact of its educational programs.
She positioned the Center to undertake the conservation of many of the
most significant documentary and photographic objects in the country,
e.g. the State Charter, Declaration of Independence, and Bill of Rights
from the Massachusetts Archives; and the Lewis and Clark Journals from
the Missouri Historical Society. The Center's core services include
conservation of paper, books, and photographs; preservation
microfilming; photograph duplication; digitization of visual materials;
surveys and consultations; conferences and workshops; and disaster
assistance.
NEDCC collaborates with other regional conservation and preservation
centers to address national priorities, such as outreach to underserved
areas and response to area-wide disasters. It works in partnership with
national organizations, such as the American Institute for Conservation,
Heritage Preservation, the Museum Computer Network, and the Center for
Research Libraries, to develop new tools and on-line publications.
NEDCC's Web sites receive more than 6 million hits per year.
Highlights of Ann Russell's career at NEDCC include:
* Initiated the Center's field service office and obtained ongoing
grant funding to support staff positions
* Recruited a top caliber staff of conservators who are
hardworking, productive, and flexible in meeting clients' needs
* Funded and launched internship programs that have seeded at
least 50 conservators into the profession at labs across the country and
advanced the careers of more than 75 international conservators
* Planned and launched the Center's successful School for Scanning
conferences, and put in place funding and expertise to make NEDCC a
first-rate center for digitization services and expertise
* Instituted a preservation course at the Simmons College Graduate
School of Library and Information Science in 1981 and taught there as an
adjunct professor for 20 years
* Initiated and organized conservator exchange programs in Eastern
and Central Europe, Mongolia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and South
Africa
* Obtained a Treasury Department License for travel to Cuba for US
conservators to participate in the preservation of the Hemingway Papers
at the Hemingway House in Havana, and provided training for the
conservators at Cuban libraries, archives, and museums
* Co-authored two books and numerous articles on preservation
issues. On behalf of United States funders reported on the conservation
of the Sistine Chapel vault in 1986, and investigated the preservation
needs of the St. Petersburg museums 1993-4
* Launched and raised funds for free, online preservation courses,
and envisioned and raised funds for dPlan, an innovative online disaster
planning tool. More than 2,400 individuals have logged on to dPlan to
write institutional disaster plans
* Raised more than $20,000,000 for the Center from outside sources
over a thirty-year period
Dr. Russell also provided the energy and resources to reposition NEDCC
through a business planning process in 2002, with the goal of increasing
its earned income as well as the national impact of its field service
programs. Other accomplishments include serving as the Chair of the
Association of Regional Conservation Centers for 10 years and planning
and raising funds for the 1990 renovation of the Center's facility at
Brickstone Square in Andover.
Russell indicated that while she is stepping away from her role as CEO
at NEDCC, she is interested in remaining professionally active in
advocacy efforts for preservation and conservation. She will continue
to serve as Treasurer of the Society of American Archivists.
According to the Chairman of the Center's Board of Directors, Rob Maier,
Director of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, the Board
will make a national search for Russell's successor.
The Northeast Document Conservation Center is a non-profit, regional
conservation center that specializes in preserving paper-based
materials. Its mission is to provide conservation and imaging services,
including digitization, to institutions that lack in-house expertise; to
enable libraries, museums, and archives to improve their preservation
programs; and to provide leadership to the conservation and preservation
fields. For more information contact Julie Martin at jmartin@xxxxxxxxx,
or visit the Center's Web site at www.nedcc.org.