Call for papers for WLIC 2012 Helsinki: Empowering staff through preservation training!
WLIC 2012 Helsinki Preservation and Conservation Section session with Education and Training
The preservation
of the cultural heritage is
an ongoing responsibility for libraries and archives. Ensuring that staff understand their role and
are trained to
handle preservation issues is an integral component of library
and archives
operations. It begins
when an item
is selected and acquired for the collection, and plays an
ongoing role in
handling, storage, display and lending.
Come share your successful experiences in training your
staff to contribute
to a comprehensive preservation program for your collections.
Have you set up
a training plan for your staff
covering any or all of the following topics? We would like to
showcase
practical examples of best practices that would appeal to an
audience of
librarians and archivists from around the world with varied
backgrounds and
resources.
Subjects to be covered are:
Nature of
materials: how they are manufactured
and why they deteriorate
How to minimize
deterioration
Environmental
and storage guidelines
Care and
handling
Disaster
prevention and recovery
This will be a
multiple speaker
presentations. Each speaker will present for 20 minutes.
It is a 2
hour time slot so there will be time for seven 20 minute
presentations with 20
minutes at the end for Q&A.
Important dates:
- January 15, 2012 - Deadline for submitting abstracts: Proposals for papers should be in English and include a structured abstract of no longer than 200-400 words and biographical details of the author (40 words). We ask that you provide samples of your training materials along with your proposal, these could include links to electronic resources or print.
- Notifications of acceptance by the end of January 2012;
- 25 April 2012 Deadline for submitting full text of paper
Please submit your proposals to:
Danielle
Mincio, Bibliothèque
Cantonale et Universitaire
Lausanne Unithèque, danielle.mincio@bcu.unil.ch
Lausanne Unithèque, danielle.mincio@bcu.unil.ch
and
and
Lynn Brodie,
Library of Parliament, Canada, lynn.brodie@parl.gc.ca
