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Banks/Harris Preservation Award to Barclay Ogden
One of his major contributions to the field of preservation
has been in disaster planning and assistance. The National Endowment for the
Humanities recognized the California Preservation Program as a model that could
be adapted readily to regional disaster planning. To respond to this challenge,
Barclay co-created the Western States and Territories Preservation Assistance
Service (WESTPAS) (http://westpas.org/). The
service recruits preservation experts throughout the area to serve as trainers
and consultants. Thanks to Ogden’s leadership and vision, much-needed
emergency response training is available in 14 Western states and Pacific
territories. Another major accomplishment
that should be lauded is Ogden’s work in the development of CALIPR (http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/CALIPR/introduction.html).
Developed in 1991, CALIPR was one of the first automated preservation
collection assessment tools for print-based collections and has been used for
years by libraries worldwide. Recently, he initiated the adaptation of CALIPR
for use in assessing vast collections of audiovisual materials. The Banks/ Harris Preservation Award honors the memories of
Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris, early leaders in library preservation, and
teachers and mentors for many in the field of preservation and conservation. The Banks/Harris Award is given each year by the
Preservation and Reformatting Section of the Association for Library Collections
& Technical Services a division of the American Library Association. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ |