Libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions must expand
their fund-raising efforts to new horizons as the current political
climate causes uncertainty about the future of federal funding for
cultural organizations, programs, and projects.

"Capitalize on Collections Care:  A Fund-Raising Workshop," to be held
March 29, 1996, in Austin, Texas, will show how organizations can use
their collections care programs to strengthen their development efforts
and to target new funding sources, including the private sector and state
and local governments.

A diverse group of sponsors is making the program possible.  The National
Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property developed the
project, and is taking the workshop around the country.  In the
Southwest, the sponsors are AMIGOS Bibliographic Council, Inc,;
Preservation and Conservation Studies, Graduate School of Library and
Information Science, University of Texas at Austin; the Harry Ransom
Humanities Research Center; and the Texas Association of Museums.

The program presenters represent a diversity of backgrounds.  Bill
Huebsch, Executive Director of the Upper Midwest Conservation Association
in Minneapolis will "Make the Case for Collections Care" in his opening
comments.  Valerie Hotchkiss, Director of the Bridwell Library at
Southern Methodist University, will speak on her library's fund-raising
successes with "Old Books and New Funding: Special Collections and
Development Strategies."  Victoria Steele, Head of the Department of
Special Collections at the University of Southern California, and
coauthor of _Becoming a Fundraiser: The Principles and Practice of
Library Development_, will cover important fund-raising tenets in her
talk, "Steele's Fund-raising 101: The Real Truth about Raising Funds."

Thomas F. Staley and four members of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research
Center's Development Initiative Team will describe an exciting approach
to a large development campaign.  Carlton Schwab, Director of Development
for the Graduate School of Library and Information Science and Lyndon
Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin,
ends the day with a "Development Outlook."

The full-day workshop will demonstrate how institutions can incorporate
preservation and conservation creatively into fund-raising activities,
benefitting both the collections care program and the whole institution.
The session will be held from 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 29
at the Joe C. Thompson Conference Center, 26th and Red River Streets, at
the University of Texas at Austin.

The registration fee for the session is $85.00 for the first registrant
($75.00 for AMIGOS members), $65.00 for the second, and $50.00 from the
third registrant from a single institution.  For further information, or
to receive the registration brochure for the session, contact Tom
Clareson, AMIGOS Preservation Service Manager, at 800/843-8482 or
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Steve Smith
AMIGOS Bibliographic Council, Inc.
12200 Park Central Drive, Suite 500
Dallas, TX 75251
800/843-8482  214/991-6061 (fax)
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