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Security for Collections: Preventing Loss and Planning for Any Budget
Join us in the virtual meeting room on Wednesday, May 23 at 1:00 pm EDT for a C2C live chat webinar with Stevan Layne of Layne Consultants International to learn how to incorporate smart security into your collections care plan ...
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| Question re: attaching paper to a textile box | 7 | Rachel Higgins | ||
| ERS: Emergency Response and Salvage By NCPTT National Park Service | 1 | Linda Deaton | ||
| Labeling pottery | 4 | Tamara Hemmerlein | ||
| "Selecting a Conservator" Recording is up! | 1 | Elsa Huxley | ||
| Illinois Connecting to Collections offers second webinar | 2 | Bronwyn Eves | ||
| Free webinar on disaster preparedness | 4 | Elsa Huxley | ||
| Disaster Recovery | 7 | Amanda Jovanovic | ||
| Why Do Old Books Smell? | 9 | Mark Rocco | ||
| Illinois Connecting to Collections offers Free Webinars | 3 | Bronwyn Eves | ||
| Navajo rug display | 8 | Anne Murray |
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Webwise Reprise: Live Online Webinars
Heritage Preservation, in cooperation with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS),  is presenting WebWise Reprise, two online events based on the IMLS WebWise 2012 conference.  The first event, on June 14 at 2:00 pm EDT, will be “Sharing Public History Work: Crowdsourcing Data.” The second event, on June 28 at 2:00 pm EDT, [...]
Selecting a Conservator
Even the most well-meaning and well-informed personnel cannot and should not perform all the collections care tasks that their artifacts need. Â Consulting a conservator is good practice when planning any collections care activity but hiring one is particularly recommended when working with specialized collections, delicate conditions, extensive projects, or dangerous materials. How does one find [...]
