Education & Training

The Weissman Preservation Center in the Harvard University Library and Conservation Services in the Harvard College Library provide an array of preservation education opportunities to the Harvard library community. We offer programs, workshops, training sessions, master classes, and internships for general and specialist audiences. In addition, we produce educational products and documentation which are available through this website.

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For more information or to request assistance, please contact the Preservation Program Officer, Weissman Preservation Center (617-495-8596).

Staff members in the HCL libraries may contact the Head of Conservation Services for the Harvard College Library (617-495-8871).

News articles about past Education and Training activities

• Collections-Salvage Session Trains Staff to Respond to Wet-Book Emergencies, HUL Library Notes, November 2006
• Training Harvard Library Staff to Respond to Wet-Book Emergencies, HUL Library Notes, January 2004
• Hellman and Anderson Teach Conservation in Cuba, HCL Net, January 2002
• Water, Water Everywhere..., conference presented by Glen Ruzicka and Betty Fiske, HUL Library Notes, January 2001
• Environmental Monitoring: A Gateway to Long-lived Collections, presentation by William P. Lull, HUL Library Notes, March 2000
• Noted Conservator Christopher Clarkson Visits Harvard, HUL Library Notes, October 1999
• HCL Hosts Conservation Interns, HUL Library Notes, July/August 1999
• Workshop on Identification and Deterioration of Photographic Prints, presented by Debra Hess Norris, March 1999
• Baker and Houghton Libraries Support Summer Conservation Internships, HUL Library Notes, September 1998