Preservation
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Friday, December 19th, 2014Care and Identification of Photographs (from daguerreotypes to digital) February 16-19, 2015: Amherst, MA Location: This workshop is hosted by the Amherst College Library (Amherst, MA) For further details and online registration: http://gawainweaver.com/workshops/ What are the defining characteristics of individual photographic processes? How does environment affect the lives of photographic objects? In this 4-day intensive […]
Cultural Heritage Disaster Webinars
Monday, November 10th, 2014There is still time to register for Heritage Preservation’s webinar series! Be sure not to miss out on these free presentations, covering important emergency management programs offered at the state and federal level. Ample time is built into each 90-minute webinar for Q&A. Mitigation and Mitigation Planning Thursday, November 13, 2014 3:00 – 4:30 pm […]
Blackstone Heritage Corridor Grant Program
Thursday, November 6th, 2014Blackstone Heritage Corridor Grant Program A new funding source is available for municipalities, nonprofit organizations and state agencies who work in the 24 cities and towns of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. Blackstone Heritage Corridor, Inc. announced a grant program to help others support its work in the region to: tell the story […]
Library and Museum Preservation: Stressed About Pests?
Friday, August 22nd, 2014Free webinar and Chat Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern) Insect and rodent pests inflict irreparable damage to museum objects every single day. This webinar will cover the history and concepts of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and how one can incorporate IPM within museum environments to prevent pest damage. A few of the […]
Grants Available from the RI Supreme Court Historical Society Fund
Thursday, August 21st, 2014The Rhode Island Foundation is accepting applications for grants from the Rhode Island Supreme Court Historical Society Fund. Grants from this fund may support nonprofit organizations that wish to provide programs that preserve the history of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and the Rhode Island judicial system, preserve artifacts and records of the courts system, […]
Digital Preservation Education
Friday, July 18th, 2014Digital Preservation Education How prepared is your library or archives to provide long-term, durable access to its mission-critical digital content? What skills and experience do staff need to address the digital preservation needs of their organization? The Library of Congress Digital Preservation Outreach and Education (DPOE) Program is conducting a survey designed to capture the […]
MayDay MayDay!
Thursday, May 1st, 2014Today is MayDay. For some that means a traditional New England May Breakfast and for others it’s International Workers Day. For librarians, archivists and other cultural heritage stewards it’s also the day they pledge “do just one thing” for preservation in their library or archive. Protecting the Past – RI promoted MayDay by creating and […]
FREE Webinars for Preservation Week!
Friday, April 25th, 2014The Northeast Document Conservation Center is offering FREE webinars for Preservation Week! Preserving Family Collections – April 30, 2-4 PM Eastern Beginner’s Guide to Digitizing Collections – May 1, 12:30 -1:30 View this previously recorded webinar: Preserving Your Digital Life: Tips for Saving What’s Important For compete information and to register Learn more about Preservation […]
Document Preservation Grants Available
Monday, December 23rd, 2013In a bequest to The Rhode Island Foundation in 1994, Joseph O’Neill Ott, a leader in the preservation and antiquities community in the state, established a permanent endowment dedicated to document preservation. He requested that the income generated be used to preserve historical manuscripts, documents, and municipal records dating from the 19th century and earlier […]
Extreme Weather, Emergency Preparedness
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013Emergency Preparedness Summit The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region will be hosting a half-day Emergency Preparedness Summit at University of Massachusetts Medical School on Friday November 22, 2013 from 8:30am-4:30pm. The theme is Extreme Weather. With a large percentage of New England being located along the northeastern seaboard the potential for […]
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