Current preservation management training review
This six-month project (ending Feb 2000), funded by the Library and
Information Commission, is a review of current preservation management
(preventive conservation) training for traditional materials in libraries
and archives in the UK and abroad. The review is being achieved through
direct contact with a range of organisations in different sectors in the UK
and overseas, and through a search of appropriate web sites and printed
sources. Deliverables will be:
· a database of trainers and training materials
· a report which will review preservation management training in the
UK, including gaps in provision.
The results should contribute significantly to the work of the National
Preservation Office and facilitate development of a national preservation
strategy. Preservation managers in libraries and archives will also
benefit from the findings, as will those with responsibility for training.
Your help is required in ensuring that we know of training that you have
either delivered or undertaken which relates specifically to preservation
management of traditional materials (we are not looking at materials in
digital format at this stage, though the training used might well include
digital resources).
If you have not already received this information via direct mailing, we
would like you to contact us with details of any resources - manuals /
websites; courses - in-house / external; training organisations that you
have used and which you feel should be included in our database. If you
would like a pro forma to guide you, please email me direct and I will send
one. However I am quite happy to receive information via email or
documents through the post. If you would prefer to receive a form in the
post, require a reply-paid label or have any other queries about the
project, please contact: Stella Thebridge, Researcher, Centre for
Information Research and Training (CIRT), University of Central England in
Birmingham (UCE), Perry Barr, Birmingham, B42 2SU.
Tel: 0121-331 6732 Fax: 0121-331 5675 email: [log in to unmask]
This is your last opportunity to have your training provision included in
this review. Please make contact now if you have not already done so.
Thank you for your time and help.
Many thanks
Stella
Stella Thebridge
Researcher
Centre for Information Research and Training (CIRT)
School of Information Studies
University of Central England in Birmingham (UCE)
Perry Barr
Birmingham
B42 2SU
Tel: 0121-331 6732 Fax: 0121-331 5675
email: [log in to unmask]
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