Workshop on disaster preparedness

Water, Water Everywhere: Good Decision Making When Recovering
Water-Damaged Paper Collections
The Maryland Historical Society
201 West Monument Street
Baltimore, MD  21201-4674
Wednesday, July 19, 2000
  9 am              Registration and Refreshments
  9:30 am 4:30 P.M. Workshop

Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) announces
a day-long program, "Water, Water Everywhere: Good Decision Making
When Recovering Water-Damaged Paper Collections".  The program is
partially funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

The registration deadline is Wednesday, July 5, 2000

The goal of this one-day program is to provide a basic understanding
of the decisions involved in organizing recovery of water-damaged
paper collections.  Tools for assessing damage, evaluating available
resources, and selecting recovery methods will be illustrated
through lectures, slides, and emergency scenarios.  Scenarios will
include small- to mid-sized emergencies involving a variety of
paper-based collections.  Priority setting, handling issues and
drying methods and procedures for recovering damaged paper
collections will be reviewed.

This workshop is intended for librarians, archivists, curators,
collection managers, stewards of historic house museums and
collection care professionals involved in safeguarding paper-based
collections and in recovery during an emergency.

Speakers:

    Betty Fiske
    Paper Conservator
    Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library

    Glen Ruzicka
    Director of Conservation
    Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA).

Fees: The registration fee is $65.00 for members of CCAHA, and
$75.00 for non-members.  Lunch is not included. For further
information and a registration form:

Complete program information and printable registration form will
soon be available at <URL:http://www.ccaha.org/> or contact:

    Preservation Services Office
    Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA)
    264 South 23rd Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19103
    215-545-0613
    Fax: 215-735-9313
    ccaha [at] ccaha__org


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