Education

Useful Resources

Conserve O Grams - a publication of the National Park Service - are a series of 157 leaflets containing information on the identification, care, and handling of library and museum collections as well as tips for disaster preparedness and response, fire safety collections storage, and suggestions for further reading.
http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html

The Northeast Document Conservation Center has a rich website providing information about their conservation and imaging services, surveys, consultations, workshops and conferences, preservation resources, and disaster assistance.  The NEDCC website also provides links to 59 valuable preservation leaflets.
http://www.nedcc.org/home.php

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is a grant-awarding agency which focuses on education, conservation, and the continued improvement of access to museum and library services.
http://www.imls.gov/

Conservation OnLine is hosted by the Preservation Department of the Stanford University Libraries.  It is a full-text library of resources pertaining to conservation topics ranging from copyright to mass deacidification to pest management.  It also includes links to a number of rare book and preservation mailing lists.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/

The National Archives provides detailed information about it's own preservation techniques and suggests pro-active actions preservation professionals can take to protect the collections in their care.  This site gives step-by-step guidelines for a number of standard procedures for the preservation of library and archivl materials.
http://www.archives.gov/preservation/ 

Patron and Staff Education

October 14, 2005 - "Save the Books!" Staff Development program on book handling, presented by Jennifer Whitt and Ashley Carr.

April 20, 2004 - "Preservation Unit Open House."  Staff Development program presented by Ann Marie Willer.