From: "Seymour, Janet I - WHS" <Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 12:42:45 -0500 Subject: FW: Registration open for three new, free online courses including care of AV materials Message-ID: <C87EFD3A05470540AF76FF1E0FFEAB6B03BEA9D575@MEWMAD0P1700.accounts.wistate.us>
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Subject: Registration open for three new, free online courses including car
e of AV materials
Three free webinars of interest:
Fundraising for Collections Care – September 23, 25 and October 1, 3 from
2:00 to 3:30 p.m. EDT
Caring for Audiovisual Materials – October 16, 21, 23, 28, 30 from 2:00 t
o 3:30 p.m. EDT
Outreach Activities for Collections Care – November 4, 6, 12, 14 from 2:0
0 to 3:30 p.m. EST
Registration is now open for three new online courses in the Caring for Yes
terday’s Treasures—Today series. The series, launched in January 2013,
offers free online courses focused on the preservation of archival and hist
orical collections. Tailored to fit the needs and schedules of staff and vo
lunteers at libraries and archives, each course includes four to six 90-min
ute, interactive webinars presented by preservation experts.
Registration is free. Simply click here to sign up. If you’ve participate
d in a previous course, please register with us again. Registration will cl
ose one week prior to the start of each course.
Course Schedule:
Fundraising for Collections Care – September 23, 25 and October 1, 3 from
2:00 to 3:30 p.m. EDT
Caring for Audiovisual Materials – October 16, 21, 23, 28, 30 from 2:00 t
o 3:30 p.m. EDT
Outreach Activities for Collections Care – November 4, 6, 12, 14 from 2:0
0 to 3:30 p.m. EST
Participants will earn a certificate of completion if they attend all the w
ebinars in a course and submit simple homework assignments. Courses are con
ducted through the Connecting to Collections Online Community and participa
nts will be able to continue the conversation with instructors and classmat
es in the Community once the course has concluded. Participants are encoura
ged to submit specific questions about collections care to ensure that the
courses are directly relevant to their needs.
Since its launch in January, five courses on a range of topics have been of
fered and more than 1,500 certificates of completion have been awarded. All
previous courses have been archived on the Online Community where webinar
recordings, associated handouts, and resources can be found. Past topics ha
ve included collections care basics, risk evaluation, writing a disaster re
sponse plan, caring for digital materials, and caring for photographs.
Caring for Yesterday’s Treasures—Today is made possible through an Inst
itute of Museum and Library Services Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Cont
inuing Education grant to Heritage Preservation. The website and webinars a
re produced by LearningTimes. For more information contact Jenny Arena (jar
ena(at)heritagepreservation.org<http://heritagepreservation.org/>)