Registration deadline extended four days to Tuesday, May 26.  For more information and to register online, go to

http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?5S,M3,08b626c9-5e91-496b-a5bc-656c25cd23a8                 

 

For archivists, librarians, curators, registrars, collections managers and anyone who works with archival materials!

 

MANAGING AND PRESERVING ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS

presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

Pittsburgh, PA

Thursday, June 4, 2009 and Friday, June 5, 2009

This two-day program will explain how to:

·        Institute proper archival procedures 

·        Manage preservation activities

·        Gain intellectual control over collections

·        Increase collections accessibility

·        Implement long-term preservation initiatives   

 

Day 1

An Introduction to Archival Management: Appraisal, Arrangement, and Description

Speaker: Beth Bensman, Certified Archivist, Archives Specialist, National Archives and Records Administration, Mid-Atlantic Region

Day 2

Archives Preservation: Maintaining and Protecting Collections

Speaker: Hilary A. Kaplan, formerly Senior Conservator in Preservation Programs, now Training Specialist in Modern Records Programs, National Archives and Records Administration

 

Registration Fee: $175.00 CCAHA member fee/$195.00 Non-member fee

Students pay just $100! Use discount code “STUDENT” when registering.  Proof of matriculation must be faxed or emailed to receive the special student rate.

 

Cosponsored by the University of Pittsburgh, University Library System (ULS).

Major funding for this program was generously provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

 

For more information and to register online for CCAHA’s Managing and Preserving Archival Collections two-day program, go to

http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?5S,M3,08b626c9-5e91-496b-a5bc-656c25cd23a8  or visit our Education Program Calendar at www.ccaha.org.

 

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)

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www.ccaha.org

 

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