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Course Details
Online
Description:
Three Tuesday's, January 21, 28 & February 4, 2014
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
Preservation is a fundamental component to any archival program. This class will provide students with a practical approach to preserving the manuscript collections and records housed in their repositories and can significantly benefit an institution, regardless of its size or scope. The emphasis will be on stabilizing materials (for example, by removing damaging fasteners), re-housing, flattening rolled or folded documents, encapsulation, photocopying, and segregating fragile items. Through the preventive actions characteristic of collection stabilization, archivists contribute to extending the useful life of collections entrusted to their care. This class will be presented in three two hour sessions.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this class participants will be able to:
Recognize the physical composition of the materials found in archives and the preservation problems they pose
Identify factors that cause the deterioration of materials (environment, chemicals, and physical deterioration)
Prioritize collections for preservation and carry out collection stabilization activities
| Course Format: | Online |
| Address: | N/A |
| Duration: | Three 2 hour sessions |
| Audience Category: | Archives staff and those who have found themselves responsible for archival collections as a basic introduction to preservation issues and the collection stabilization activities performed during arrangement, description and storage. |
| Level: | Beginner |
| Instructor(s): | Alix Bentrud |
| Maximum Attendees: | N/A |
| Cost Range: | $230 |
| Provider: | LYRASIS |
| Sponsored by: | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access |
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This information is provided as a convenience for informational purposes only; it does not constitute an endorsement by the Library of Congress.
