New England Preservation Calendar

                    CALENDAR OF PRESERVATION-RELATED
                        WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS IN
                        NEW ENGLAND AND ENVIRONS

                    NOVEMBER 1994 - FEBRUARY 1995

  Date: 8 Nov 94
  Time:          9:00-1:00
  Subject: "Getting It Right II: Good In-House Repairs for
                      General Collections"
  Sponsor:       Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library System
  Speaker:       Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
  Location:      Peabody Institute Library, Danvers, MA
  Registration:  Limit of 25, open enrollment.  Contact EMRLS, Ellen
                      Rauch, (617) 536-4010.

  Date: 10 Nov 94
  Time:          9:00-1:00
  Subject: "Getting it Right II: Good In-House Repairs for
                      General Collections"
  Sponsor:       Central Massachusetts Regional Library System
  Speaker:       Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
  Location:      Leominster Public Library, Leominster, MA
  Registration:  Limit of 25, open enrollment.  Contact CMRLS,
                      Maureen Boyda, (508) 799-1654 or (800) 922-
                      8326.

  Date: 10 Nov 94
  Time:          7:00-9:00 p.m.
  Subject: "Does Your Mind Go Bank When You Hear The Word
                      Insurance? Insurance Can Be Boring Except When
                      It Happens to You."
  Sponsor:       New England Conservation Association
  Speaker:       Jim Moss
  Location:      Trustees' Room, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  Registration:  Use West entrance and tell guard you are attending
                      the NECA meeting.

  Date: 11 Nov 94
  Time:          1:00-5:00
  Subject: "Your Family Collections are Worth Saving: A Free
                      Clinic"
  Sponsor:       NEDCC
  Speaker:       Staff from NEDCC and Skinner, Inc., Auctioneers and
                      Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Arts
  Location:      Northeast Document Conservation Center, Andover, MA
  Registration:  Call for an appointment, (508) 470-1010.  Walk-ins
                      will be accommodated.  EXAMINATIONS AND
                      APPRAISALS ARE FREE.

  Date: 15 Nov 94
  Time:          9:00-4:00
  Subject: "Getting it Right: Good In-House Repairs for General
                      Collections"
  Sponsor:       Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library System
  Speaker:       Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
  Location:      Flint Memorial Library, North Reading, MA
  Registration:  Limit of 25, open enrollment.  Contact EMRLS, Ellen
                      Rauch, (617) 536-4010

  Date: 17 Nov 94
  Time:          9:00-1:00
  Subject: "Getting it Right II: Good In-House Repairs for
                      General Collections"
  Sponsor:       Western Massachusetts Regional Library System
  Speaker:       Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
  Location:      WMRLS Headquarters, Hatfield, MA
  Registration:  Limit of 25, open enrollment.  Contact WMRLS, Dodie
                      Gaudet, (413) 247-9306 or (800) 282-7755.

  Date: 2 Dec 94
  Time:          Evening
  Subject: New Recommendation for Climate Controls and a
                      Description of NEDCC's Exchange Program with
                      Conservators from St. Petersburg.
  Sponsor:       New England Conservation Association
  Speaker:       Karen Motylewski and Mary Todd Glaser
  Location:      NEDCC, Andover, MA
  Registration:  TBA

  Date: 14 Jan 95
  Time:          TBA
  Subject: "Organizing the Masses," Restoration of a church
  Sponsor:       New England Conservation Association
  Speaker:       Mary Lou Davis
  Location:      TBA
  Registration:  TBA

  Date: Feb 26 28 95
  Time:          All Day
  Subject: Restoration 95
  Sponsor:       RAI/EGI Exhibitions, Inc.
  Location:      Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
  Registration:  For further information contact Steve Schuyler at
                      (617) 933-9055, FAX (617) 933-8744

            PRESERVATION-RELATED GRANT SOURCES AND DEADLINES

  Agency:        National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of
                      Preservation and Access
  Address:       Room 802, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,
                      Washington, D.C. 20506
  Telephone:     (202) 606-8570
  FAX:           (202) 606-8243
  E-mail:        NEHPRES [at] gwuvm__gwu__edu
  Areas of
     Funding:    Preservation microfilming project conducted by
                      individual libraries and archives, or by
                      individuals acting as a consortium
                 Conservation treatment of endangered materials,
                      where transfer to a more stable medium is not
                      appropriate
                 Projects to preserve material culture collections
                 Projects that will provide intellectual access to
                      textual, non-textual and object collections
                 Education and training projects on a regional or
                      national level
                 Work of regional preservation services
                 Preparation of statewide preservation plans
                 Research and demonstration projects to improve
                      procedures and technology for preservation and
                      access
                 Projects involving preservation and access issues of
                      national significance to the library and
                      archives field
  Deadlines:     July 1 deadline for subsequent May 1 start date.

  Agency:        National Historical Publications and Records
                      Commission
  Address:       NHPRC - NP, National Archives Building, Room 607,
                      Washington, D.C. 20506
  Telephone:     (202) 501-5610
  FAX:           (202) 501-5601
  Areas of
     Funding:    To help local organizations preserve records and
                      make them accessible by providing grants to
                      state historical records coordinators and
                      boards for state regrants (October 1)
                 To increase access to and use of records, based on
                      recommendations in the reports of the
                      Historical Documents Study and the Society of
                      American Archivists' Task Force on Goals and
                      Priorities (October 1)
                 To help carry out the national agendas for archival
                      progress put forward by the Society of American
                      Archivists and the National Association of
                      Government Archives and Records Administrators,
                      with particular attention to needs for
                      preservation, planning, training and
                      institutional self-evaluation (February 1)
  Contact:       In Massachusetts, contact Dr. Albert H. Whitaker,
                      Archivist of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts
                      Archives, (617) 727-2816
  Deadlines:     February 1 and October 1 (see above for specifics)

  Agency:        Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
  Address:       648 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215-2070
  Telephone:     (617) 267-9400 or (800) 952-7403 (in-state)
  FAX:           (617) 421-9833
  Areas of
       Funding:  To help public libraries conduct a preservation/
                      conservation survey of the collection(s) to
                      determine individual item conservation
                      requirements and needs for proper storage, care
                      and handling.
                 To help public libraries determine priorities for
                      materials to be conserved and implement an
                      action plan for their preservation.
                 To assist multi-type libraries to acquire equipment
                      and supplies, including proper physical
                      containers to house collections in all formats,
                      to assist in the preservation of at-risk
                      materials.
                 To encourage and support evaluation and remediation,
                      where needed, of physical facilities housing
                      library materials in multi-type libraries.
                 To develop cost-effective methods of sharing
                      preservation resources, including staff
                      training, microfilming/reformatting, shared
                      storage facilities and emergency preparedness.
  Contact:       Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
  Deadline:      Letters of Intent will be due at the M.B.L.C. in
                      late September 1995.  Proposals due in February
                      1996.

  Agency:        Institute of Museum Studies
  Address:       1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 609,
                      Washington, DC 20506
  Telephone:     (202) 606-8539
  Areas of
       Funding:  CAP grants support a 2-day site visit to assess a
                      museum's collections and environmental
                      conditions.
  Contact:       Gretchen Wolf, NIC, 3299 K. Street, NW, Suite 403,
                      Washington, DC 20007.  (202) 625-1495.
  Deadline:      December 1994; Request applications by October 1,
                      1994.

  Agency:        National Endowment for the Arts
  Address:       Museum Program, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room
                      624, Washington, DC 20506.
  Telephone:     (202) 682-5442
  Areas of
       Funding:  Care of Collections: Conservation
                 Collections Maintenance
  Deadline:      September 1995.

Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
648 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02215-2070
617-267-9400 or
800-952-7403 (in-state)

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                  Conservation DistList Instance 8:35
                 Distributed: Tuesday, November 8, 1994
                        Message Id: cdl-8-35-001
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