Continuing Education

Geographic Index

    American Association for State and Local History. (AASLH) 1717 Church Street, Nashville, TN 37203-2991, phone: (615) 320-3203, fax: (615) 327-9013,  Email: #669d67.

AASLH offers numerous professional development workshops on topics including collections management, historical administration, and leadership.

    American Association of Museums. (AAM) 1575 Eye St., N.W., Suite 400, Washington, D.C. 20005, phone: (202) 289-1818, fax: (202) 289-6578.

The association offers training sessions at the annual meeting and regional seminars and workshops.

    American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. (AIC)  
1717 K Street NW, Ste. 200, Washington, DC 20006, phone: (202) 452-9545, fax: (202) 452-9328, Email: info@aic-faic.org.

AIC holds an annual conference which includes sessions organized by the Book and Paper Specialty Group and the Library Collections Conservation Discussion Group.  Workshops are held in conjunction with the annual conference, and as stand alone sessions at other times of the year.

    American Library Association. (ALA) 50 East Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611, phone: (800) 545-2433, fax: (312) 440-9374.

ALA offers programs, workshops,  and preconferences on preservation and conservation at the annual conference and at regional institutes that are presented at other times throughout the year.  Preservation educational programs are usually sponsored by the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS).

    American Society for Information Science and Technology. (ASIS) 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510, Silver Springs, MD 20910, phone: (301) 495-0900, fax: (301) 495-0810, Email: asis@asis.org.

ASIS occasionally offers programs with preservation themes at its conferences.

    ASTM International. (ASTM) 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, phone: (610) 832-9585, fax: (610) 832-9555.

Formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials.  Presentations relevant to preservation and conservation are offered at conventions, meetings, and symposia.

AMIGOS Imaging and Preservation Service. AMIGOS Library Services, 14400 Midway Rd., Dallas, TX 75244-3509, phone: (800) 843-8482, fax: (972) 991-6061.

AMIGOS offers numerous workshops annually on a variety of preservation and imaging topics at locations throughout the southwestern U.S.

    AIIM International. Association for Information and Image Management, 1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 1100, Silver Springs, MD 20910, phone: (301) 587-8202 or  (800) 477-2446, fax: (301) 587-2711, Email: aiim@aiim.org.

Offers conference seminars and workshops about micrographics, imaging, and document management.

    ARMA International. Association for Information Management Professionals. 13725 W. 109th St., Suite 101, Lenexa, KS 66215, phone: (913) 341-3808 or (800) 422-2762 (U.S. and Canada), fax: (913) 341-3742, Email: hq@arma.org.

Preservation issues are presented at ARMA's conferences and by local chapters.

    Association for Recorded Sound Collections. (ARSC) P.O. Box 543 Annapolis, MD 21404-0543.

May offer preservation themed sessions at their annual conference.

    Association of Moving Image Archivists. (AMIA)  8949 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90211, phone: (310) 550-1300, fax: (310) 550-1363, Email: amia@amianet.org.

Preservation workshops and sessions are offered at its annual conference.

    Balboa Art Conservation Center. P.O. Box 3755, San Diego, CA 92163-1755, phone:  (619) 236-9702, fax:  (619) 236-0141, Email: JanetBACC@cs.com.

Workshops and training programs are offered.

    Bay Area Preservation Network. (BAPNET) Chair: Richard Boyden, National Archives and Records Administration, phone: (415) 876-9084.

BAPNET offers several preservation workshops annually in the San Francisco Bay Area.

   .  Refer to the California Preservation Clearinghouse  for the latest training schedule and links to California preservation networks and their regional training programs. For more information, contact: cpc@ucsd.edu.

The California Preservation Program offers disaster training in two-part workshops spaced 8-12 weeks apart, so that participants have time to review their emergency plans. Session one covers disaster planning and response and session two focuses on recovery and training. The sessions are offered several times annually. Additional preservation-related training is available upon request.

    Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies. 203 East Seminary, Mount Carroll, IL 61053, phone: (815) 244-1173, fax: (815) 244-1619, e-mail: campbellcenter@internetni.com.

The Center offers a program of mid-career training in the area of historic preservation, collections care, and conservation.  Approximately 30-40 workshops are offered each spring and summer.

    Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild. (CBBAG), Suite 309, 176 John Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 1X5, phone: (416) 581-1071, fax: (416) 581-1053, e-mail: cbbag@web.net.

Offers numerous hands-on workshops on bookbinding and book arts, at the beginner and master level.

    Canadian Conservation Institute. (CCI) Client Services, 1030 Innes Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0M5, phone: (613) 998-3721, fax: (613) 998-4721, Email: cci-icc_services@pch.gc.ca.

CCI offers workshops, internships, and advanced professional development workshops for conservators and museum professionals.

    Colorado Preservation Alliance. c/o Colorado State Archives, 1313 Sherman, Denver, CO  80203, phone: (303) 275-2214, Email: kjones@jefferson.lib.co.us.

Workshops offered occasionally.

    Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts. (CCAHA) 264 South 23rd St.,  Philadelphia, PA 19103, phone: (215) 545-0613,  fax: (215) 735-9313, Email: ccaha@ccaha.org.

CCAHA offers one-and multi-day workshops primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region on a variety of topics.

    Cornell University Library. Department of Preservation and Conservation,  215 Olin Library, Ithaca, NY 14853, phone: (607) 255-9440.

The preservation department offers technician training, internships, and week-long workshops on digital imaging.

    Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center. 1326 South 32nd St., Omaha, NE 68105-2044, phone: (402)-595-1180, fax: (402)595-1178, e-mail: grfcc@radiks.net.

The Ford Center provides lectures and workshops on a variety of topics for members of the museum community, conservation professionals, and the general public.

    The Getty Conservation Institute. (GCI) 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 700 Los Angeles, CA 90049-1684, phone: (310) 440-7325, fax: (310) 440-7702, e-mail: gciweb@getty.edu.

Public lectures, workshops and seminars on conservation.

    Guild of Book Workers. (GBW) 521 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10175-0038. Contact: Bernadette Callery, Membership Secretary.

The guild has eight chapters around the country that offer workshops that support their focus on  bookbinding, printing, conservation, marbling, calligraphy, and papermaking.

    Image Permanence Institute. (IPI) Rochester Institute of Technology, 70 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623-5604, phone: (585) 475-5199, fax: (585) 475-7230.

Preservation of Photographs in a Digital World is a week-long seminar offered annually in partnership with the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film.

    Illinois Digitization Institute. Contact: Trevor Jones, 466 Grainger Engineering Library, MC-274, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1301 West Springfield Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, phone: (217) 244-9236, fax: (217) 244-7764.

Digitization workshops, online course covering planning and implementation of digital projects.

    Inland Empire Library Disaster Response Network. (IELDRN) c/o Sheryl Davis, Head, Preservation Services Department, Assistant Head, Special Collections Library, University of California, Riverside, Rivera Library, P.O. Box 5900, Riverside, CA 92517-5900, phone: (909) 787-2804 or (909) 787-4660.

IELDRN offers occasional workshops on disaster related issues for members of the cooperative.

Intermuseum Conservation Association. (ICA) 83 North Main St., Allen Art Building, Oberlin, OH 44074, phone: (440) 775-7331, fax: (440) 774-3431. Contact: Albert Albano, Executive Director.

Offers occasional workshops and seminars.

Los Angeles Preservation Network. (LAPNet) c/o Christopher Coleman, UCLA University Research Library Reference Department, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575.

LAPNet offers two or three workshops and programs per year.

Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.  648 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02215-2070.  Contact:  Gregor Trinkaus-Randall, Preservation Specialist, phone: (617) 267-9400 or (800) 952-7403 (in-state only), fax: (617) 421-9833.

20-24 half-and full-day preservation workshops offered annually for public and academic libraies and historical societies.  Topics offered include care of local history collections, disaster preparedenss, security, grant writing, and care and handling.

    METRO: Metropolitan New York Library Council. 57 East 11th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10003, phone: (212) 228-2320, extension 10.

METRO's professional development services offer occasional training sessions on preservation topics.

Nebraska Documents Preservation Advisory Council. (NDPAC) 29 Love Library, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-4100.  Contact: Katherine L. Walter, Chair, phone: (402) 472-3939, fax: (402) 472-5131. 

NDPAC offers 1–2 educational programs annually, usually at Nebraska Library Association Conferences or through other association conferences.

    NELINET.  153 Cordaville Rd, Suite 200, Southborough, MA 01772, phone: (508) 460-7700 or 1-800-NELINET, fax: (508) 460-9455.

NELINET offers several preservation workshops per year, usually in co-sponsorship with Northeast Document Conservation Center.

    New Jersey State Library.  PO Box 520, Trenton, NJ 08625-0520. Contact: Betty Steckman, Assistant Coordinator, phone: (609) 984-3282; fax (609) 633-3963.

The NJ State Library offers a one-day preservation workshop annually in co-sponsorship with the Northeast Document Conservation Center.  Topics differ each year, but have covered subjects such as preservation planning, preserving photographs, archives for non-archivists, pest control, and emergency and disaster planning.

    New York State Program for the Conservation/
Preservation of Library Research Materials. Division of Library Development, New York State Library, 10B41 Cultural Education Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12230, phone: (518) 474-6971, fax: (518) 486-5254.

About three workshops are presented annually on basic topics such as preservation of scrapbooks, disaster planning and prevention, and  mold in library and archival collections.

   , Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, Preservation Department, 70 Washington Sq. South, New York, NY 10012-109.  Contact:  Paula De Stefano, phone: (212) 998-2563, fax: (212) 995-4583.

Two lectures are offered per year at NYU as part of the Barbara Goldsmith Preservation Lecture Series.

    Institute of Fine Arts, Conservation Center,  Continuing Education Program, 14 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10021, phone:  (212) 992-5848, fax: (212) 992-5851, Email: conservation.program@nyu.edu.

Each summer and winter, the Conservation Center offers a variety of workshops in conservation technology and collections care, open to conservators, artists, art historians, archivists, museum professionals, and students. 

    North Carolina Preservation Consortium. (NCPC) PO Box 2651, Durham, NC 27715-2651. Contact: Connie Keller, President, phone: (336) 287-6578, fax: (336) 278-6638.

NCPC offers workshops at its annual conference and  several other sessions throughout the year.

    Northeast Document Conservation Center. (NEDCC) 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01801, phone: (978) 470-1010, fax: (978) 475-6021, e-mail: nedcc@nedcc.org.

Through the field services program, NEDCC offers numerous workshops and conferences annually around the country and abroad, including a web-based course.

    Northeast Florida Library Information Network. (NEFLIN) 2233 Park Ave., Suite 402, Orange Park, FL 32073, phone: (904) 278-5620, fax: (904) 278-5625.

Preservation topics offered occasionally for NEFLIN members.

    Northern States Conservation Center. P.O. Box 8081, St. Paul, MN 55108, phone: (612) 378-9379.

A varied offering of workshops on collections care, primarily for  museums and historic houses. Includes online courses and videoconferencing.

    Oklahoma Conservation Congress.  President: Bill Pitts, 1916 Northwest Taft Ave, Lawton, OK 73507, phone: (580) 357-0502; Vice-president: Bill Welge, Oklahoma Historical Society, 2100 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105, phone: (405) 522-5206. 

1-2 workshops on a variety of preservation topics offered annually.

    PALINET. 3401 Market St., Suite 262, Philadelphia, PA 19104, phone: (215) 382-7031, service and support phone: (800) 233-3401, fax: (215) 382-0022.

This regional  library network offers occasional workshops covering preservation topics such as book repair.

    Palmetto Archives, Libraries, and Museums Council on Preservation. (PALMCOP)  Contact:  See website for current board members.

This South Carolina-based organization offers 2-3  workshops annually on a variety of preservation topics, including book repair, library binding, and environmental control.

Princeton Preservation Group. c/o Monmouth County Archives, 125 Symmes Dr., Manalapan, NJ 07726. Contact: Mary Anne Kiernan, phone: (732) 308-3771. 

Presentations on a range of preservation topics are made at the Group's quarterly meetings.

    Rare Books School. (RBS) 114 Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2498,  phone:  (434) 924-8851, fax: (434) 924-8824, Email: oldbooks@virginia.edu.

RBS offers five-day, non-credit courses on topics concerning rare books, manuscripts, and special collections.

    Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services.  One Capitol Hill, Providence, RI 02908. Contact:  Beth Perry , phone: (401) 222-5775, fax: (401) 222-4195. 

Occasional workshops offered on preservation topics.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Simmons College.

    Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education. (SCMRE) Museum Support Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560. Contact: Francine Lewis, Training Program Assistant, phone: (301) 238-3700 extension 102, Email: LewisF@scmre.si.edu.

SCMRE offers 10-15 workshops per year that range from one-to five-day sessions.  Many of the topics are technical and designed for practicing conservators and students.  Internships are also offered.

    Society of American Archivists. (SAA) 527 S. Wells St., 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60607-3922, phone: (312) 922-0140, fax: (312) 347-1452.

The education office presents workshops around the country, some with a preservation focus.  Also,  programs and sessions sponsored by SAA's preservation section are offered at the annual conference.

    Society of Georgia Archivists. (SGA) Post Office Box 133085, Atlanta, GA 30333, Email: admin@soga.org. 

SGA offers several workshops per year, often with a preservation focus.

    The Southeastern Library Network, Inc. 1438 W. Peachtree St. NW, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30309-2955,  phone: (404) 892-0943, toll free: (800) 999-8558, fax: (404) 892-7879.

SOLINET's Preservation Services offers 30+ workshops annually in the Southeastern U.S. on a variety of preservation topics.

    Special Libraries Association. (SLA) 1700 18th St., NW, Washington, DC 20009-2508, phone: (202) 234-4700, fax: (202) 265-9317, Email: sla@sla.org.

Programs with a preservation focus are occasionally presented at SLA's annual conference.

University of Wisconsin-Madison.

    Midwest Art Conservation Center (MACC). (UMCA) 2400 3rd Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404, phone: (612) 870-3120, fax: (612) 870-3118, Email: info@preserveart.org, web site: www.preserveart.org.

Non-profit regional center for the preservation and conservation of art and artifacts providing treatment, education, and trainings for museums, historical societies, libraries, other cultural institutions and the public. Established in 1977, MACC provides highest quality conservation treatments in Paintings, Objects, Paper and Textiles to over 170 non-profit member organizations and private collectors nationwide.

MACC also provides disaster response services, workshops and trainings on a variety of collections care topics for museum staff and arts professionals.

Preservation Services department offers member organizations assistance with environmental assessments, collections surveys, storage analysis, training workshops and mentoring, technical resources and information, loans of environmental monitoring equipment, emergency response planning, 24-hour access to disaster recovery information, as well as grant writing assistance for conservation and preservation projects.

Virginia Circuit Court Records Preservation Program. 800 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23219-8000. Contact: Glenn Smith , phone: (804) 692-3604, fax: (804) 692-3603.

Occasional workshops are offered around the state.

Preservation Education Directory, 8th Edition