Into the Vault: Library & Archive Storage Strategies presented by the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts
September 25 and 26, 2017 - Austin, TX ABOUT THE PROGRAM Libraries and archives are challenged to seek innovative yet practical ways to maximize use of storage areas, enhance current facilities, efficiently utilize resources, and incorporate technology into storage solutions. Whether renovating or building a new space, institutions must address sustainability, while balancing access needs and collections care. In this two-day conference experts in design, space planning, environmental control, and conservation will present strategies and practical approaches to caring for diverse collections. Sessions will include case studies demonstrating how libraries and archives of various sizes have implemented storage initiatives. This conference is intended for staff involved in collections care, planning, and management for library and archival collections, including directors and administrators, collections managers, curators, librarians, and archivists. Sessions will include: * Essentials of managing library collections storage * Allocating resources and funding * Space planning * Environmental considerations * Special collections within public libraries * Library storage within museums * Storing non-paper artifacts in a library or archive * Retrofitting less than ideal spaces * Cold storage * Moving collections * September 25 and 26, 2017 HOSTED & CO-SPONSORED BY: Harry Ransom Center of The University of Texas at Austin LOCATION & TIMES Harry Ransom Center The University of Texas at Austin 300 W 21st Street Austin, TX 78712 512-471-8944 www.hrc.utexas.edu<http://www.hrc.utexas.edu> 8:30am - 9:00am Registration & Refreshments 9:00am - 5:00pm Program SPEAKERS Rachael Perkins Arenstein, Conservator, A.M. Art Conservation, LLC Hillary Bober, Archivist, Dallas Museum of Art Alice Carver Kubik, Research Scientist, Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa, Associate Director for Preservation and Conservation, Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin Lorraine Haricombe, Vice Provost and Director, UT Libraries, University of Texas at Austin Jim Kroll, Manager, Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library Barbara Lemmen, Senior Photograph Conservator, Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts Jacob Nadel, Executive Director Research Collections and Consortium, Princeton University Library Sarah Norris, Library and Archives Conservator, Texas State Library and Archives Commission Katie Pierce Meyer, Humanities Librarian for Architecture & Planning, UT Austin Karen Pavelka, Senior Lecturer, School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin Margery Sly, Director of Special Collections Research Center, Samuel L. Paley Library, Temple University Angela Ward Hyatt, AIA, Principal, Schwartz/Silver REGISTRATION & FEES $250 CCAHA members $300 Non-members $200 Students (student ID required at registration) Registration Deadline: Two weeks before program. If you have special needs, please contact CCAHA at least three weeks before the program so accommodations can be made. To register visit the Program Calendar at www.ccaha.org<http://www.ccaha.org> or cut and paste: http://conta.cc/2pefB3D into your browser. Funding for this program was generously provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities. ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to consdistlist-le...@cool.conservation-us.org Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
