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Preservation Programs and Workshops

Educational programs and workshops are offered to members of the Harvard community interested in preservation of library and archival materials. In addition to the general interest programs offered two or three times per year, Harvard library staff may arrange for customized workshops about collections care, emergency preparedness and response, and environmental monitoring. For a list of upcoming programs sponsored by the WPC, consult the Harvard University Library calendar.

Please contact the Weissman Preservation Center's Senior Preservation Program Officer to share ideas for future programs or to request a customized workshop.

Upcoming Programs

• Library Collections Salvage Workshop
  Thursday, May 5, 2011, 8:30 am to 4 pm at the Lamont Forum Room
  For Harvard Library staff members, by invitation

Selected Past General Interest Programs

• Digitizing Audio: A basic introduction
  Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 2 to 4 pm at the Lamont Forum Room
• Housing and Storing AV Materials: A basic introduction
  Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 2 to 4 pm at the Lamont Forum Room
• Audiovisual Research Documents: a particularly endangered species
  Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 10 am to 12 noon at the Lamont Forum Room
• Preservation of Treasured Works on Paper: The Use of Innovative Mounting Systems, June 2009
• Doing Digital Preservation: Do We Have to Learn New Tricks?, April 2009
• Proven Collaboration: Facilities and Collection Stewards Working Together, October 2008
• Introduction to Pressure-Sensitive Tapes: History, Characterization, Removal of Tapes and Stains, October 2007
• Identification and Preservation of Digital Prints, September 2007
• Salting to Taste: Printing at the Dawn of Photography, September 2007
• Managing Mold and Integrated Pest Management, March 2007
• Audio and Video Recordings as Documents for Research, December 2006
• Collections-Salvage Session Trains Staff to Respond to Wet-Book Emergencies, November 2006
• Hurricanes: Is your library ready for the 2006 season?, May 2006
• Exhibits: How to Safely Display Books, Paper, and Photographs, October 2005
• Identifying Illustrations, March 2005
• Identifying Illustrations for Catalogers, November 2004
• Integrated Pest Management at the Peabody Museum, November 2004
• Flat Paper: Care and Handling, December 2003
• LCET Wet Books Workshop, October 29, 2003 (slideshow)
• Lab Safety: Using Chemicals and Electricity With Care, November 2002
• HCL Holds Collections Conservation Training Classes, May 2002
• Hellman and Anderson Teach Conservation in Cuba, January 2002
• Library Materials Salvage Workshop, October 2001
• Preservation Management of Machine Based Audiovisual Collections, October 2001
• Library Security: Sometimes the Worst Comes to Those Who Wait, April 2001
• Symposium Report: Studying Medieval Manuscript Pigments with Cheryl Porter, March 2001.
• Water, Water Everywhere... conference presented by Glen Ruzicka and Betty Fiske, January 2001
• Environmental Monitoring: A Gateway to Long-lived Collections, presentation by William P. Lull, March 2000
• Noted Conservator Christopher Clarkson Visits Harvard, October 1999
• Workshop on Identification and Deterioration of Photographic Prints, presented by Debra Hess Norris, March 1999