Forum on skills development

'Doing more with less?'
Forum on skills development
British Library Conference Centre
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
United Kingdom
30 November 2009

Caring for library and archive collections today demands new
knowledge and new skills--responding to climate change and
environmental impact, ensuring the survival of modern materials,
incorporating information technology into our professional talent
base. The first annual forum of the British Library Preservation
Advisory Centre showcases recent research and latest developments in
preservation learning and provides an opportunity to hear how
different methods of learning have been successfully applied to
preservation training. Discussion sessions will inform the future
skills development programme of the Preservation Advisory Centre.

Programme:

    09:30       Registration

    10.00       Welcome and introduction
                Caroline Peach, Head, British Library Preservation
                Advisory Centre

    10.15       Strategic challenges for preservation in libraries
                and archives
                Helen Shenton, Head of Collection care, British
                Library

    10.45       Preservation training needs in Research Libraries UK
                and higher education libraries
                Jane Arthur, Preservation Training Coordinator,
                British Library Preservation Advisory Centre

    11.05       Break

    11.25       The benefits of partnerships in preservation
                projects
                Shelia Hingley, Head of Heritage Collections, Durham
                University Library

    11.45       Action Conservation: engaging volunteers hands-on
                Vicki Marsland, National Trust Conservator South

    12.05       Panel discussion

    12.30       Lunch

    13.30       Distance learning at Northumbria University
                Jean Brown, Programme Leader, Preventive
                Conservation, Northumbria University

    13.50       Work-based learning opportunities at the British
                Library
                Catherine Atkinson, Head of Conservation Learning
                and Development, British Library

    14.10       Digital preservation - what do I need to know?
                William Kilbride, Executive Director, Digital
                Preservation Coalition

    14.30       Break

    14.50       Preserving sound
                Sound Archive, British Library

    15.10       Modern materials: new problems, new skills?
                Cordelia Rogerson, Acting Head of Conservation,
                British Library

    15.30       Preservation Advisory Centre's skills development
                programme

                Caroline Peach, Head, British Library Preservation
                Advisory Centre

    16.20    Close

Registration fee:
    UKP80.50
    Students: UKP46.00

To register, please visit  <URL:http://www.bl.uk/npo/forum.html> or
email blpac<-at->bl<.>uk


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