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Posted by nwsoadmin on December 20th, 2012
Posted in: Emergency Preparedness, News From NNLM PNR, Training & Education
Heritage Preservation has announced Caring for Yesterday’s Treasures – Today – http://www.connectingtocollections.org/courses – a series of free, online courses about the preservation of archival and historical collections. Tailored to meet the needs and schedules of staff and volunteers at libraries and archives, each course includes four to six 90-minute, interactive webinars presented by preservation experts. Participants are encouraged to submit specific questions about collections care to ensure that the courses are directly relevant to their needs.
The series will be conducted via the Connecting to Collections Online Community – http://www.connectingtocollections.org. Each course will have its own Web page with handouts and links to additional resources. When each course concludes, participants will be able to continue to conversation with instructors and classmates via the Connecting to Collections online community.
Course Schedule
Collections Care Basics: Where Do I Begin? – January 2013
Risk Evaluation: First Step in Disaster Planning – February 2013
Protecting Your Collections: Writing a Disaster Response Plan – March 2013
Caring for Digital Materials: Preventing a Digital Dark Age – April 2013
Caring for Photographic Materials: May 2013
For more information, and to register, visit the Connecting to Collections course site here: http://www.connectingtocollections.org/courses
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