<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">ALCTS-CE Announce</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alcts.ce.announce@gmail.com">alcts.ce.announce@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 3:19 PM<br>Subject: [padg] ALCTS Celebrates Preservation Week 2014!<br>To: <a href="mailto:alcts-announce@ala.org">alcts-announce@ala.org</a><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Preservation Week <</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/preservationweek" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/preservationweek</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> is a presentation of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), and will be held April 27–May 3, 2014.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Two free webinars will offered during that week: on April 29 affordable ways to preserve family keepsakes will be highlighted and on May 1, the session will cover the best ways to preserve scrapbooks. The webinars will each begin at 1 p.m. CDT and will last about one hour. Registration is required. To register and learn more go to ALCTS Events <</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The webinars are:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Low-Cost Ways to Preserve Family Archives <</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/042914" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/042914</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> (Tuesday, April 29). Presented by Karen E. K. Brown, preservation librarian for the University at Albany, SUNY University Libraries. What can we do to protect our collectables from damage even if we don’t think we have a perfect place to keep them? Learn about possible risks from handling and the environment, and practical, inexpensive ideas to keep collections safe to help ensure what you have can be shared for many years to come. ALCTS thanks Archival Products <</span><a href="http://www.archival.com/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.archival.com/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> for sponsoring this webinar an supporting Preservation Week.<</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/preservationweek" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/preservationweek</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Preserving Scrapbooks</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/050114" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/050114</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> (Thursday, May 1).</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Presented by Melissa Tedone, conservator at Iowa State University Library.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Scrapbooks can be challenging to preserve since they often contain a diversity of materials. Learn about common problems with long-term preservation of scrapbooks  and identify the most stable materials and bindings for new scrapbooks. ALCTS thanks Gaylord <</span><a href="http://gaylord.com/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://gaylord.com/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> for sponsoring this webinar and supporting Preservation Week.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">There’s still time to learn how to create a Preservation Week event at your library. The recording of the February 12, 2014 webinar, “How to Host a Preservation Week Event <</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/021214" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/021214</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> ” is available at no charge any time.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Simple ways to celebrate include:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">* Invite your patrons to watch one of the two live webinar sessions or the webinar recording (which will be made available immediately after)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">* Download and print bookmarks</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/sites/ala.org.alcts/files/content/confevents/preswk/pdfs/bkmk_QuickTips14.pdf" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/alcts/sites/ala.org.alcts/files/content/confevents/preswk/pdfs/bkmk_QuickTips14.pdf</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and flyers from our online Event Toolkit.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/preswk/plan" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/preswk/plan</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Be sure to share the details about your event by posting to our Event Map <</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/preswk/events-speakers" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/preswk/events-speakers</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> and Speaker Locator.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Or pose your most commonly asked preservation question to a preservation professional in our Dear Donia preservation advice column.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><</span><a href="http://www.atyourlibrary.org/passiton/dear-donia" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://www.atyourlibrary.org/passiton/dear-donia</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> Every question becomes an entry in our raffle for a free Document Preservation Kit from Hollinger Metal Edge.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Kristen Kern<br>Fine and Performing Arts Librarian<div>Portland State Library<br>503-725-5218<br><a href="mailto:kernk@pdx.edu" target="_blank">kernk@pdx.edu</a><br>
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