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With apologies for cross-posting: Preservation Management Summer School 20th - 22nd August, 2002 Venue: London Metropolitan Archives, 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB This course is primarily intended for people working with archives and records across the heritage sector seeking to gain more in-depth knowledge of preservation issues. The course will be suitable for people at all levels from archive assistants to librarian managers of archives repositories. It will focus on presenting the big picture of effective preservation management with detailed examination of key areas. The tutors will be Jonathan Rhys-Lewis a leading consultant in preservation management and Janet Foster and Margaret Crockett of the Archive-Skills Consultancy. The course is intensive and highly participative: participants are encouraged to prepare by thinking about preservation issues in their own repositories. The programme is designed to enable you to evaluate your preservation needs and develop your notes throughout the course into an achievable strategy for implementation in the workplace. A course resource pack will be provided which includes: · supporting papers for the course content · bibliography · webliography · glossary · list of conservation suppliers · product information · basic cleaning kit In addition to the resource pack, the course fee of £375 includes tea and coffee and light refreshments. Participants will need to make their own lunch arrangements. COURSE AIMS · to give participants an overview and understanding of preservation management issues · to facilitate participants in assessing and developing their own preservation strategy · to provide practical introductions to specific techniques for protecting archival material PROGRAMME Day 1 · Introductions and overview of course · Evaluation of your preservation needs · Definitions, preservation at the heart of archives management, chemistry of paper · Building blocks of preservation management · Developing strategies and policies · Audit of holdings Day 2 · Field trip to conservation lab (Graham Bignell at Standpoint Studios) · Storage, Good housekeeping (cleaning), packaging and Handling · Other media Day 3 · Emergency planning and disaster recovery · Surrogates · Surgery · Individual strategy development · Round up ------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- APPLICATION FORM Send to: TASC, May Cottage, 1 Fountayne Road, London N16 7EB or email to: [log in to unmask] Full nameEmployer PositionAddress Telephone Fax Email ¨ I enclose a cheque for £375 payable to the Archive-Skills consultancy (TASC) ¨ Please send me a receipt ¨ Please invoice my employer (give details if different from above) [pss/08.02] www.archive-skills.com