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Preservation basics - last few places remaining
RLUK/British Library Preservation Advisory Centre Training Day
Edinburgh: 8 July 2010
Causewayside Building (National Library of Scotland),
33 Salisbury Place
Edinburgh EH1 1SL
"It underpins everything." Focus group research into preservation training needs, June 2009. Preservation of collections is an important part of the day to day work of librarians and archivists who have to maintain access to collections. The day will explore what is meant by preservation; the risks that can affect collections and how these can be addressed. By the end of the day, participants will have a greater awareness of what the preservation issues are for library and archive collections and how they can address them as part of their work. The day is targeted at those who are new to preservation of library and archive collections.
This event is part of a Preservation Learning Programme jointly sponsored by RLUK and the British Library Preservation Advisory Centre.
Programme
09:45 Registration
10:00 Welcome and introductions
10:10 Preservation overview - what is preservation? Risk management, prioritization, preservation policies
11:30 Break
11:45 Storage of physical collections - environmental conditions, accommodation, pollutants and pests
Minimum requirements for digital collections - storage of data, data format, error checking
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Use of collections - key risks and their mitigations, policies and procedures
14:45 Break
15:00 Working with other professionals - what can they do for you?
15:30 Other sources of support
15:45 Discussion and questions
16:15 End
Cost: £95 + VAT including lunch and refreshments (£71 + VAT for members of Research Libraries UK)
To book please visit: http://www.bl.uk/blpac/basics.html
Alison Faraday
Preservation Advisory Centre
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
United Kingdom
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