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ALCTS Webinar: How to Host a Preservation Week Event

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Sessions begin at 11 am Pacific | 12 Mountain | 1 pm Central | 2 pm Eastern and last about an hour.

This webinar will help librarians who are thinking about hosting a Preservation Week event plan for choosing a topic and finding a speaker and will offer guidance on resources to answer preservation questions that may come up after the event.

This webinar features a live question-and-answer session. Participants should come to the webinar having watched the previously recorded "How to Host a Preservation Week Event" presentation from February 2014.

Questions can be submitted ahead of time through a web form or raised during the live session.

Submit a question now.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will learn strategies to host a successful 2015 Preservation Week program.

Who Should Attend?

Librarians thinking about planning a Preservation Week event or those already working on one.

Course Level & Prerequisites

Beginning to intermediate level. No prerequisites.

Presenter

Donia Conn is an independent consultant for small and mid-sized cultural heritage institutions. She has worked in the fields of conservation and preservation for almost twenty years, specializing in book conservation and preservation training. She teaches and consults on the full spectrum of collections care topics and is an adjunct faculty for the Simmons College School of Library and Information Science.

Donia is a Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC). She earned her BA in mathematics from St. Olaf College and her MLIS with Advanced Certificate in Conservation from the University of Texas-Austin.

Fee

Free

How to Register

Although there is no fee, registration is required. Register here.

Contact

For questions about registration, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or jreese@ala.org.

Sponsor

ALCTS Preservation & Reformatting Section's Preservation Week Committee

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.