During Preservation
Week libraries
all over the country present events, activities, and resources that highlight
what we can do, individually and together, to preserve our personal and
shared collections.
Preservation Tip:
Photos:
Photos:
In today’s world of digital and traditional photography,
thorough knowledge of the preservation options for the format you use is
helpful. For paper-based materials write relevant caption and date information
in pencil on the back of the print photograph. For digital photographs, add
this information (metadata) in the space provided for it in your software
program, and consider naming images with meaningful and specific file names.
Choose archival storage means for both, whether acid-free albums or boxes for
one or a digital back-up system for the other.
For more information check out the Library of Congress at http://www.loc.gov/preservation/care/photo.html
Preservation
Week Events:
Free webinar will be offered during this week: Registration is required. To
register and learn more go to ALCTS Events <http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents>. The
webinar will begin at 1 p.m. CDT and will last about one hour.
Tuesday, April 29th - Low-Cost
Ways to Preserve Family Archives
Presented
by Karen E. K. Brown, preservation librarian for the University at Albany, SUNY
University Libraries. What can we do to protect our collectables from damage
even if we don’t think we have a perfect place to keep them? Learn about
possible risks from handling and the environment, and practical, inexpensive
ideas to keep collections safe to help ensure what you have can be shared for
many years to come. ALCTS thanks Archival Products <http://www.archival.com/> for sponsoring this webinar and
supporting Preservation Week.
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