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We interrupt our regularly scheduled posting to bring you a roundup of emergency preparedness links, in anticipation of Hurricane Irene this weekend. Even if she fizzles out (which certain of us would really appreciate, ok, Irene?), it’s good to be prepared, and to learn about helping your museum be prepared.
The NEDCC, always prepared, sent out this list of tips earlier this week:
TIPS TO HELP YOU PREPARE:
– review your disaster plan
– double-check your insurance policy
– check your gutters and downspouts
– move priority collections out of basements and off floors
– inventory disaster recovery supplies
– hold a planning meeting with staff today!
LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION:
Preparing Your Institution for Hurricanes ( Heritage Preservation)
Emergency Preparedness ( Library of Congress)
Track the Storm (NOAA)EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES, STATE-BY-STATE:
Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
We’ve covered this topic before on the TMSB, too. Here are a few useful posts with tips, learning resources, and other good information:
With a hat tip to Tufts Instructor Margherita Desy for pointing this out to us, the hopeful conservators and curators among you should go check out this workshop!
Care of Paintings Workshop
October 5, 2011
Workshop Location: Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
______________________________NEDCC’s Care of Paintings workshop is part of a collaborative program with the Balboa Art Conservation Center and was developed in partnership with the New England Museum Association.This workshop will cover the issues to consider when developing a collections care policy for traditional paintings on canvas or board. The workshop will be helpful whether you are establishing new procedures or making improvements to existing collections care policies.
Topics will include environmental issues, such as temperature, relative humidity, and pollutants; storage and display options; “best practices” for handling and transporting paintings; and housekeeping procedures. Participants will also learn practical remedial care methods and will be provided with guidelines for working with a conservator.
The workshop will be led by a professional paintings conservator from the Balboa Art Conservation Center in San Diego, CA.
Workshop Time: 9 AM to 3:30 PM
Workshop cost: $150 ($130 early bird registration)To register online, click here.
This is a great course of instruction offered fairly inexpensively by one of the best institutions in New England. What’s not to love?
Register Now for NEDCC’s Fall 2011
FUNDAMENTALS OF DIGITIZATION
WEBINAR SERIES
Thursday, September 22
INTRODUCTION TO IMAGE CAPTURETuesday, September 27
DIGITAL PROJECT PLANNINGTuesday, October 18
METADATATuesday, October 25
SUSTAINABLE DIGITAL COLLECTIONSTuesday, November 15
HANDLING COLLECTION MATERIALS DURING DIGITIZATIONThursday, November 17
REFORMATTING SCRAPBOOKSThursday, November 22
DIGITAL DISASTER PLANNING
The Fundamentals of Digitization webinars are designed for those who wish to explore the basic concepts and components of creating and maintaining sustainable digital collections.
Time: 2 to 4 PM
Cost: $95 ($80 Early-bird registration. See webinar listings for deadlines.)COMPLETE COURSE INFORMATION AND ONLINE REGISTRATION
QUESTIONS?
Contact:
Donia Conn
NEDCC Education and Outreach Coordinator
dconn@nedcc.org
(978) 470-1010 ext. 220
From NEDCC comes a really interesting-looking online course in the basics of preservation. At only $600, it’s actually relatively inexpensive in the grand scheme of things:
Preservation 101:
Preservation Basics for Paper and Media Collections
The Online, Instructor-led CourseCourse Dates: January 12, 2012 – July 20, 2012
Registration Deadline: December 30, 2011
Course size is limited to 24 participants – register early!Course Cost: $600
Benefits of Attending
In eight sessions, participants will learn strategies to make informed preservation decisions that can prolong the active life of collections and help reduce the costs of conservation treatment. The course includes eleven interactive webinars in conjunction with an online classroom environment in which participants work closely with the instructor and online classmates. Activities will guide participants through a full preservation assessment of their institution, yielding valuable data for grant applications. Participants will also create an institutional collections disaster plan, which will help prepare the institution for emergencies large and small.Cost-effective Training
The Preservation 101 course is a cost-effective program that offers a total of 22 hours of instructor-led training time; online course work and homework assignments that help participants learn key concepts; and the ability to exchange ideas and coach one another via the class forum – all at an affordable cost.Who Should Attend
Preservation 101 is tailored to librarians, archivists, town clerks, curators, and collections or records managers who have (at least) part-time responsibility for preservation of historical or special collections or of primary research materials, or those who are interested in preservation training for professional development. The course covers the preservation of materials including: books, manuscripts, records, photographs, ephemera, maps, other paper-based or documentary formats, audiovisual materials, and digital collections.Preservation 101 consists of eight sessions
One or two webinars will be conducted for each session to present detailed information on each topic. Session topics: Introduction to Preservation, Deterioration of Paper Collections, Deterioration of Film and Electronic Media, The Building and Environment, Collections Care, Reformatting and Treatment, Disaster Planning, and Building a Preservation Program.
For complete information and to register online:
Preservation 101
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