ALA/PARS Discussion Group Agenda

[cwiseman@xxxxxxxxxxx (Christine Wiseman)]

     ALA/PARS COOPERATIVE PRESERVATION PROGRAMS DISCUSSION GROUP 
     Saturday, January 10, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
     New Orleans Convention Center, Room 90
     
     During the first hour updates will be given from attending cooperative 
     preservation programs, The National Endowment for the Humanities, 
     Council on Library and Information Resources, Institute of Museum and 
     Library Service, and the Regional Alliance for Preservation (RAP)
     
     The second hour will be devoted to the following topic:
     Working Together:  The relationship between large cooperatives and 
     smaller cooperatives, groups, and associations found within their 
     area. Several questions will be raised for discussion.  1) What is 
     currently being done to foster cooperation between these groups?  2) 
     How is participation facilitated and/or fostered?  3) Have you 
     encountered any resistance and why? 
     
     
     Chair:  Sharla Richards, Preservation Field Service Officer, SOLINET, 
     sharla_richards@xxxxxxxxxxx
     
     
     
     ALA/PARS PRESERVATION COURSE AND WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS DISCUSSION GROUP 
     Sunday, January 11, 1998, 9:00 am to 11:00 am
     Raddison - Audubon E
     
     Topic:  Why reinvent the wheel?:  Creating a web site for sharing 
     preservation education materials. Discussion will address the 
     following issues:  proposal to create a task force to establish and 
     maintain the site; gather input about the structure and content of the 
     web site; ideas for future expansion of the site.  
     
     Also featured is an update on the Preservation and Conservation 
     Studies program at the University of Texas at Austin followed by a 
     discussion about issues of interest to instructors of full-semester 
     preservation courses.
     
     Chair:  Christine Wiseman, Preservation Field Service Officer, 
     SOLINET, christine_wiseman@xxxxxxxxxxx