How can you prepare for a disaster? What can go wrong? What will you
say to the press and public? Will your staff be safe during recovery
efforts?
Preparing for the Unexpected: Protecting Collections and Staff from Disaster
presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
October 27 & 28, 2008
Poughkeepsie, NY
For libraries, museums and archives collections care staff, including
librarians, archivists, curators, collections managers, conservators,
and stewards of historic house museums, and for staff responsible for
the safety of collections, such as site and facility managers and
security and safety staff.
Register now at http://www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar.
Sessions:
* Disaster Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness
* Crisis Communication
* Exercising the Plan (an interactive session)
* Recovery of Paper-Based Collections (a hands-on interactive
session)
* Fire Safety: Risk Assessment, Detection, and Suppression
* Ensuring Health and Human Safety in an Emergency
Speakers:
Nick Artim, Director, Heritage Protection Group
Susan Bing, Conservation Assistant, Conservation Center for Art and
Historic Artifacts (CCAHA)
Jane Long, Vice President, Emergency Programs, Heritage Preservation
Julie Page, Co-Coordinator, California Preservation Program (CPP) and
User Services, Western States & Territories Preservation Assistance
Service (WESTPAS)
Monona Rossol, M.S., M.F.A., Industrial Hygienist, Arts, Crafts &
Theater Safety, Inc. and Safety Officer, United Scenic Artist's, Local
USA829, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)
Michael Smith, PhD, Director, Graduate Program in Professional
Communication, Department of Communications, La Salle University
John (Jack) M. Watts, Jr., PhD, Director, Fire Safety Institute
The fee for this two-day program is $215 for both CCAHA and Lower Hudson
Conference member institutions and $240 for non-members. Lunch will be
provided both days. To encourage multiple staff members to attend,
enjoy half-price registration for a second participant from the same
institution! Register now at
http://www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar.
Cosponsored by the Lower Hudson Conference of Historical Agencies &
Museums, a Greater Hudson Heritage Network.
Hosted by the Locust Grove Estate, Poughkeepsie, NY
For more information, contact the Conservation Center for Art and
Historic Artifacts: call 215-545-0613, email pso(a)ccaha.org or visit
www.ccaha.org.
Kim Andrews
Preservation Services Officer
CONSERVATION CENTER for Art and Historic Artifacts
264 S. 23rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-545-0613 (phone)
215-735-9313 (fax)
kandrews(a)ccaha.org <mailto:kandrews@ccaha.org>
www.ccaha.org
Are you a member institution of the Conservation Center? Click here
<http://www.ccaha.org/index.php/support/member> to become a member and
take advantage of our great member benefits!
Primary Research Group has published: The International Survey of
Library & Museum Digitization Projects, ISBN 1-57440-105-X.
The study presents data from more than 100 library & museum
digitization programs from academic,
public and special libraries and museums in the United States, Canada,
Australia, Italy, the UK and other countries. The mean annual budget
for the digitization projects that contributed to the sample was
$122,408, with a
range from $0 to $1.963 million. The reports presents data on sources
of funding, the outlook for raising money for additional projects,
collaboration within and outside of institutions, staffing of
digitization projects, spending on
hardware and software, practices on rights, permissions and copyright
clearance, outsourcing, staff training, impact of digitization on
preservation mediums, cataloging issues, marketing of digitization
projects and other aspects of library and museum digitization project
management.
Data is broken out by size and type of digitization project and by
size and type of institution.
Data is presented separately for text, photograph, audio, and
film/video intensive projects.
Just of few of the report's many findings are that:
More than 60% of the funding for the projects in the sample is derived
from the library budget itself. For U.S. libraries, close to 64% of
funds for digitization projects comes from the library budget.
A shade more than 20% of the organizations in the sample believe that
the outlook for raising money for digitization projects from outside
sources is not favorable, while more than 43% characterize it as "not
too bad," more than
32% call it "pretty good" and more than 4% characterize it as excellent.
More than 53% of the organizations in the sample have teamed up with
another department or faculty of the organization to work jointly on a
digitization project.
The institutions in the sample had a mean of 4.43 individuals who
spent at least part of their working day on digitization projects,
with a maximum of 20.
The organizations in the sample spent a mean of $21,839 on equipment
to copy, duplicate, record, photograph, scan or transform content of
any kind into digital formats. Median spending was only $3,000 and
the range was $0-
$330,000.
The mean number of hours spent obtaining rights permissions or
copyright clearance of the organizations in the sample was 221.04.
Nearly 49% of the organizations in the sample outsource some form of
digitization, in whole or in part, to an outside party. Museums were
more likely than other organizations to do this kind of outsourcing;
more than 61% of the
museums in the sample outsource some form of digitization to an
outside party. Projects that were photograph-intensive were also more
likely to describe themselves as being deficient in mastering
digitization skills; more than 31% of the organizations in this
category said they had a great deal to learn, while another 25% said
that they had gotten better but still had a long way to go.
More than 61% of the organizations in the sample had some form of
digital asset management software. 52% had their own in-house system,
while another 9.2% share a system with other departments or divisions
of their
organization.
44.68% of the organizations in the sample said that digitization had
had no impact on their use of microfilming or other preservation
mediums.
The mean percentage of total labor time required for digitization
projects that is accounted for by cataloging and metadata tasks is
about 37%, with a range of zero to 85%.
Only 8.16% of the organizations in the sample had completely
outsourced a digitization project to another organization such as a
major museum or university that specializes in such projects.
17.7% of the organizations in the sample license or rent use of any
aspect of their digital collection to outside parties.For further
information view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.
--
June Samaras
KALAMOS BOOKS
(For Books about Greece)
2020 Old Station Rd
Streetsville,Ontario
Canada L5M 2V1
Tel : 905-542-1877
E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com
www.kalamosbooks.com
"New and Emerging Voices" – A Call for Papers: 2009 RBMS Preconference
Please excuse cross-posting.
You are invited to respond to the call below and to distribute this
message to all interested parties.
The 50th Annual ALA/ACRL/Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) Preconference
"Seas of Change: Navigating the Cultural and Institutional Contexts of
Special Collections"
Charlottesville, Virginia
17-20 June 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of
College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American
Library Association (ALA), seeks proposals for short papers to be
delivered at its 2009 preconference, "Seas of Change: Navigating the
Cultural and Institutional Contexts of Special Collections."
As the 50th anniversary of the RBMS preconference, this year
represents an important moment in the history of the Section and its
affiliated professions. While we intend to celebrate the Section's
achievements we also want to look broadly at how the profession has
evolved over the last fifty years in respect to social, cultural,
technological, economic, and academic changes and – more importantly –
how we will need to respond to changes in the future. Several
distinguished individuals will speak from the perspectives of academic
research universities, research communities, professional
organizations and library education, collecting and the book trade,
publishing and the popular consumption of print materials, domestic
and international academic library systems.
The short paper session, "New and Emerging Voices," is designed to
present the points of view of new special collections professionals on
the nature of our collections, institutions, and work in the future.
In this program we plan to feature people new to the profession of
special collections: recent graduates of library and information
studies programs, experienced librarians making a career change, and
members of groups traditionally underrepresented in the archival, rare
book and manuscript library professions. We want to hear why they
have been drawn to the field at this point in time, what achievements
and changes they hope to make, and where they see the cultural and
institutional tides taking us.
A variety of subjects can be explored in a short paper. Topics might
include, but need not be limited to, the following:
· The changing role of the artifact in research and the class room
· Technology and its role in the development of new patron communities
· The place of special collections in the context of our
parent organizations
· The relevance of paper-based collections in a digital future
· The role of digital resources within special collections
· The definition of special collections in a digital age
· New types of collections and/or modes of collecting
· Changing relationships between libraries, archives, and museums
Each paper selected will be allotted 20 minutes for presentation.
Papers will be delivered in small groups and audience response will be
encouraged.
Proposals should not exceed 250 words and should be submitted with
full contact information by 31 October 2008 to:
R. Arvid Nelsen, Chair, RBMS Preconference Program Committee
Via:
E-mail: nels0307(a)umn.edu
FAX: (612) 625-8054
POST: Charles Babbage Institute
211 Elmer L. Andersen Library
222 – 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
A website devoted to the preconference will be available shortly at
http://www.rbms.info/conferences/preconferences/2009
Decisions and notification about proposals will be made via email by 1
December 2008.
Submissions are encouraged from all interested parties, including
graduate students in relevant disciplines. Preference for this
session of short papers will be awarded to librarians and archivists
new to the Special Collections field, experienced librarians who have
made a career change to Special Collections, and professionals from
traditionally underrepresented communities. If you would like to
apply for this preference, please provide a short statement about your
background and your eligibility.
Funding is not available from RBMS to support travel costs, however
RBMS annually provides full and partial scholarships, through a
competitive scholarship program. All applicants are assessed against
established scholarship criteria. Speakers are not guaranteed an
award, and will not be automatically considered – a completed
scholarship application is required from all applicants for
scholarships. Detailed information about the 2009 scholarship program
will be posted online in early 2009 at http://www.rbms.info.
Applications will be due in April 2009 and award recipients will be
notified by May 2009.
--
June Samaras
KALAMOS BOOKS
(For Books about Greece)
2020 Old Station Rd
Streetsville,Ontario
Canada L5M 2V1
Tel : 905-542-1877
E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com
www.kalamosbooks.com
