[padg] Preservation Education Curriculum - Now Available from NEDCC

["Julie Martin" <jmartin@xxxxxxxxx>]

PRESERVATION EDUCATION CURRICULUM NOW AVAILABLE
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The Northeast Document Conservation Center and Simmons Graduate School of
Library and Information Science are pleased to announce that the 
PRESERVATION EDUCATION CURRICULUM: 
AN INTRODUCTION TO PRESERVATION 
is now available online for free. 
 
FOR THE FIRST TIME, INSTRUCTORS AT GRADUATE SCHOOLS of librarianship and
archives can find lesson outlines, resources, activities, and images - all
in one place.

LESSON PLANS COVER THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
- Introduction to Preservation
- Context for the Cultural Record
- Structure and Deterioration of Paper-based Materials
- Structure and Deterioration of Multimedia Materials
- Building-wide Concerns
- Collections Care
- Surveys and Assessments
- Treatment Options
- Preservation Reformatting
- Creating Sustainable Digital Collections
- Disaster Planning
- Building a Preservation Program

TO ACCESS the Preservation Education Curriculum, go to:
http://www.nedcc.org/curriculum/lesson.introduction.php

THE PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE included distinguished library and archives
educators, institutional preservation administrators, library
administrators, and digital experts.

WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK and encourage you to let us know what you think
about the curriculum. Your comments will assist us in evaluating its
usefulness as it now stands and enable us to make improvements. After you've
examined the curriculum, please take a moment to complete a brief online
survey, which is also accessible from the Web site. Thank you for your
interest in this project.

THIS PROJECT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY a grant from the Institute of Museum and
Library Services and in partnership with Simmons Graduate School of Library
and Information Science. 

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