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Due to the serious problems we have been experiencing with e-mail at
our new building, some of the requests for information and registration
forms for the workshop "Assessing and Managing Risks to Your
Collections" may not have been received.  If you sent such a request and
did not receive a response within 2 days of sending it, please send it
again.  Just to be on the safe side you may also want to send in by
facsimile.

Because of this difficulty and the delay in sending out the original mailing,
please note that the deadline for registration has been extended to
May 20, 1997.  Otherwise the information is  the same as in the original
posting.

Contact :  Wilda Corcoran, tel. (613) 566-4771/ 566-4244, fac. (613)
364-4022, e-mail : [log in to unmask]  Send payment to : CMN
Risk Workshop, c/o Wilda Corcoran, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa,
ON, K1P 6P4, CANADA.


Original Posting :

ASSESSING AND MANAGING RISKS TO YOUR COLLECTIONS
INTERACTIVE TRAINING WORKSHOP

Canadian Museums Association (CMA) Annual Conference
June 9-10, 1997
Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa

PROTECTING AN INVALUABLE HERITAGE
Museum collections continue to grow and their maintenance is
increasingly costly.  These collections often contain irreplaceable objects
and represent centuries of painstaking work and incalculable monetary
investment. Every institution must invest in preventive conservation to
protect this invaluable heritage for generations to come.  In these
challenging times of public accountability and financial restraint, it is
becoming increasingly important to manage these collections in a cost-
effective manner.  It is critical to establish priorities of action to ensure
their care and safekeeping.

THE WORKSHOP:
This 2-DAY non-technical workshop has been designed for directors,
managers, administrators, curators, collection managers, researchers,
conservators, preparators, volunteers, indeed any stakeholder in
collection preservation.  It will highlight a methodology developed by the
Canadian Museum of
Nature which gives a global framework for establishing priorities in the
area of preventive conservation.  The methodology is based on risk
assessment processes and risk management principles applied in
business and industry.

During the workshop, participants will learn how to:
 -  identify all agents of deterioration,
 -  identify risk types,
 -  estimate magnitudes of risks,
 -  rank their relative importance,
 -  mitigate risks, and
 -  evaluate the relative costs, benefits and collateral risks of
implementing the proposed mitigation measures.

The workshop is a highly interactive training session which includes both
theoretical and practical components in which participants play an
important part. Information is obtained through lectures, demonstrations,
brainstorming in small groups, assembling of ideas, presentation and
discussion.  The teaching approach fosters team-building and mutual
understanding.
Participants will receive different learning tools including the workshop
manual which contains the complete course content, exercises,
references and a glossary of terms.

KEY BENEFITS FOR YOUR STAFF AND INSTITUTIONS
This workshop will enable anyone involved with collections to:
 -  communicate clearly preventive conservation issues, requirements
and their relative importance to other staff and to management and
funding bodies,
 -  convince management and funding bodies of the importance of the
issues and of the necessity to invest in preventive measures,
 -  consider all issues related to proposed mitigation strategies from an
institutional perspective,
 -  compare different risks among different collections,
 -  prioritise and identify preventive conservation issues and mitigation
measures,
 -  work in teams within their own institution,
 -  develop cost-effective plans to reduce overall risks.

The workshop will be presented by Robert Waller (Chief,
Conservation) and Sylvie Marcil (Senior Conservator) of the
Canadian Museum of Nature, at its Victoria Memorial Museum
Building location, McLeod at Metcalfe St., Ottawa.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Registration is limited to 60 participants.  Final deadline for registration is
May 20, 1997.  Registration fees are 235$ before April 15,
1997 and 255$ before May 20, 1977, and include lunch both days.  To
obtain a registration form or more details please contact Wilda Corcoran,
tel. (613) 566-4771/ 566-4244, fac. (613) 364-4022, e-mail :
[log in to unmask], or write to CMN
Risk Workshop, c/o Wilda Corcoran, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa,
ON, K1P 6P4, CANADA.