Webinars and Events
2013 Webinars
These webinar events will be given free of charge in observance of Preservation Week 2013. Libraries are encouraged to use the live broadcasts or the recordings as part of their Preservation Week events.
| Date | Topic | Presented By |
|---|---|---|
| March 20 | Hosting a Personal Digital Archiving Day Event | Erin Engle |
| April 23 | The Preservation of Family Photographs | Debra Hess Norris |
| April 24 | Personal Digital Archiving | Mike Ashenfelder |
| April 25 | Archival 101: Dealing with Suppliers of Archival Products | Peter D. Verheyen |
Although the events are free, registration is required. Click through to the webpage for the event to access the registration link.
Go to the Event Map to locate events in your area or to promote your event.
Webcasts
Access these free webcasts from previous Preservation Weeks.
- Taking Care: Family Textiles with Bronwyn Eves
- Preserving Your Personal Digital Photographs with Bill LeFurgy
- Accidents Happen: Protecting & Saving Family Treasures with Nancy Kraft
- Protecting Future Access Now: Models for Preserving Digitized Books and Other Content at Cultural Heritage Organizations with Amy Kirchhoff
- Preserving Your Personal Digital Memories with Bill LeFurgy
- Archival 101
- Mold Prevention and Remediation
- Nancy Kraft's webcast on Disaster Preparedness
- find more free webcasts on the ALCTS Preservation play list on YouTube
If you receive a Codec error when playing the recorded file with Windows Media Player, download the gotowebinar codec file from: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/codec?Portal=www.gotomeeting.com The Codec acts as a patch that allows the recording, which is created with a higher version of Media Player, to play in version 7.
Past Events
Event Maps
View the events posted to these Google maps for ideas on how to celebrate Preservation Week.
Event Toolkit
Tools for planning your event. Find a speaker, handouts, bookmarks, and more.
Steve Berry
2012–2013 National Spokesperson
Keynote speaker at Smithsonian Institution's Preservation Matters! event
April 24, 2013 | more
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