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Preservation Programs and Workshops

These educational programs and workshops are offered to members the Harvard community interested in the theory and practice of the preservation of library and archival materials. Please contact the Weissman Preservation Center's Preservation Program Officer to share ideas for future lectures, workshops, or other training opportunities.

Upcoming Programs/Workshops

• Introduction to Pressure-Sensitive Tapes: History, Characterization, Removal of Tapes and Stains. Thea Burns. Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 9:00-10:30 A.M.

Selected Past Programs

• 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