Simplifying Preservation Planning Using Worksheets

How a small organization with limited funds and two staff members developed a successful strategy to meet its preservation and access needs.

The Hawaiian Historical Society is a small, non-profit membership organization founded in 1892 during the time of the Hawaiian Kingdom for the purpose of providing a library on the history of Hawai’i and Polynesia. Their primary goals are the preservation, care and access of their collections. This webinar will show you, in the context of a case study, how to make a long-range preservation plan using worksheets. See the steps the Hawaiian Historical Society took to identify and articulate their preservation and access needs, how they set priorities, and how they developed a long-range action plan for successfully addressing those needs. Finally, we will look at how the staff of two implemented their plan and what they have accomplished. There will be lots of handouts and practical suggestions to get you started using the worksheet method for better preservation planning in your own institutions.

Sherelyn Ogden is the book and paper conservator at the Minnesota Historical Society. In addition, she has a private consultation and treatment practice for the preservation of library and archival materials. Previously she held the positions of Director of Field Services at the Midwest Art Conservation Center and Director of Book Conservation at the Northeast Document Conservation Center. She has more than thirty-five years of experience in the field as a practicing conservator, consultant and teacher and has written and edited dozens of professional publications. She is the author of Preservation Planning: Guidelines for Writing a Long-Range Plan. Sherelyn holds a BA from Bucknell University and an MA from the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago. She is a Fellow of both the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.

Recorded: Thursday, March 5th, 2015
Duration: Approximately 44 minutes

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