SOLINET, Inc., the Southeastern Library Network, is pleased to announce our
Spring Preservation Workshops (Please excuse cross-posting):


****************AUDIOVISUAL COLLECTION MANAGEMENT******************

This one-day session will be held Thursday, May 23, 2002 at the University
of Kentucky, Lexington, KY from 9am - 4pm.

This session will concentrate on the principles and practices of managing
equipment-dependent magnetic media, motion picture film, and mechanical
sound recording collections. Topics include: preservation activities for
sight and sound recordings, appraisal considerations, and guidelines for
care, handling, and storage. Attendees are invited to bring in equipment
and/or recording media for discussion and identification during the session.
Instructor of the session is Alan Lewis, Audiovisual Preservation Expert in
the Special Media Archives Services Division, National Archives and Records
Administration.

Cost for $95 SOLINET members, all membership categories, ($85 early bird,
$120 late registration); $135 Non-SOLINET members ($125 early bird, $160
late registration). Any institution within Kentucky qualifies for the member
rate.


***************ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND MONITORING*****************
PRESERVING COLLECTIONS IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT

Monday, May 13, 2002 at the Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans, LA
from 9am - 4 pm.

The most cost-effective strategy to preserve our documentary resources is by
controlling temperature, relative humidity, and pollutants. This workshop
will help library staff identify the source of problems, monitor the
environment, and develop strategies for affecting change in their
institution. It will include an extensive packet of resource materials, plus
exhibits of state-of-the-art monitoring equipment. Instructor is Dr. Michael
Trinkley, Director of Chicora Foundation.

Cost for $95 SOLINET members, all membership categories, ($85 early bird,
$120 late registration); $135 Non-SOLINET members ($125 early bird, $160
late registration). Any institution within Louisiana qualifies for the
member
rate.


***********FUNDAMENTALS OF BOOK REPAIR*******************

Tuesday-Wednesday, May 7-8, 2002 at Duke University, Durham, NC from 8:30 am
- 5 pm.

This two-day workshop is designed for staff members who perform book repair
in libraries and those who supervise repair units. The workshop teaches
simple, economical, and preservation quality repairs for materials in
general, circulating and reference collections. The procedures covered are
tightening hinges, endsheet replacement, spine replacement, paper mending,
tip-ins and hinge-ins.

The workshop will NOT cover techniques for the repair of materials that are
special, rare, or archival. Instructors are Christine Wiseman, SOLINET
Preservation Education Officer and Tina Mason, SOLINET Preservation Field
Services Officer.

Cost is $155 SOLINET members, all membership categories, ($145 early bird,
$180 late registration); $195 Non-SOLINET members, ($185 early bird, $220
late registration). Any institution within North Carolina qualifies for the
member rate.

NOTE: This workshop is co-sponsored by the North Carolina Preservation
Consortium (NCPC).  NCPC members may request reimbursement for half of the
registration fee.  For more information, Please contact Roger Loyd,
[log in to unmask] or (919) 660-3452.


******************HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS********************
SURVIVING THE BIG ONE

This workshop is scheduled for, Tuesday, June 11, 2002 at the Tower Road
Branch Library, Gainesville, FL from 9 am - 4 pm.

Learn about steps that can be taken before a storm hits that can increase an
institution's chances for minimizing damage; and steps that can be taken to
minimize loss after a storm. This one and a half day workshop focuses on the
nature of hurricanes, general issues in developing a disaster plan, making
your institution storm-proof, activities before, during and after the storm,
and sources of assistance. Instructor for this session is Dr. Michael
Trinkley, Director of Chicora Foundation.

Cost for $95 SOLINET members, all membership categories, ($85 early bird,
$120 late registration); $135 Non-SOLINET members ($125 early bird, $160
late registration). Any institution within Florida qualifies for the member
rate.  NOTE: Members of the Northeast Florida Library Information Network
(NEFLIN) should register directly with NEFLIN.



Partial funding for these workshops has been provided by a grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access.

For more information or to register, contact Vanessa Richardson at
800-999-8558, [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or visit our website at
www.solinet.net for full descriptions and online registration.

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