The Los Angeles Preservation Network (LAPNet) invites you to attend a
workshop:
Protecting Library Collections Part 2: Disaster Response in Action, to
be held at The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif. on Wed. Sept. 13,
2006
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM
This program builds on a LAPNet workshop held on May 11, 2006 at Loyola
Marymount University and conducted by Julie Page, but attendance at the
first workshop is by no means required. Recommended for library
administrators and those having responsibility for emergency
preparedness, response, and decision-making from public, academic,
school & special libraries, historical societies & archives.
8:30 Registration & Coffee
9:00 Welcome and Introduction
9:10- Presentations
11:10
* Priorities for salvage - Charlotte Brown
* Emergency response team roles & responsibilities - Kristen St.
John
* Levels of disaster assessment - TBD
* When to activate the response team - Susan Parker
11:10 Emergency Response Team in Action - Demo
12:30- Lunch (included in registration fee)
1:15
The remainder of the day will be spent on hands-on sessions. Attendees
will break out into small groups and instructors will demonstrate a
number of activities and techniques used in the salvage of wet books,
pamphlets, loose papers and media. Attendees will handle wet materials
and get a chance to practice various techniques, such as inter-leaving,
air-drying and packing wet books for freezing.
PROGRAM ENDS AT 3:30 PM
Speakers & facilitators include:
Charlotte Brown, Archivist, University of California, Los Angeles
Gretchen Karl, retired, Getty Research Institute
Susan E. Parker, Deputy University Librarian, University of California,
Los Angeles
Kristen L. St. John, Conservator, University of California, Los Angeles
Joyce Ziman, Conservator, The Huntington Library
This program will be held at The Huntington Library, in Friends Hall,
which is located in the area of the main entrance kiosk. Parking is
free. For driving directions and more information please check The
Huntington web site.
http://www.huntington.org/Information/directions.html
LIMITED TO 40 PARTICIPANTS
To register send the following information to Linda Mehr at the address
below along with your check.
REGISTRATION
MAIL ONLY
Name ______________________________
Institution __________________________
Address ____________________________
________________________________
Telephone __________________________
Fax ________________________________
E-mail ______________________________
INDICATE LUNCH CHOICE:
Choice of Sandwich:
Smoked Turkey ______
Roast Beef ______
Tavern Ham ______
Vegetarian ______
(grilled eggplant, yellow peppers)
Lunch is included in the registration fee.
Please return this portion of the brochure with a check for $60.00
payable to LAPNet by Sept. 1, 2006
Mail to: Linda Harris Mehr
Margaret Herrick Library Director
Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study
333 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Registration questions contact:
Linda Mehr at (310) 247-3033
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Posted on behalf of the:
Program Planning Committee
Emily Bergman (Occidental)
Christopher Coleman (UCLA)
Alex Justice (LMU)
Gretchen Karl (retired Getty)
Lorraine Perrotta (Huntington Library)
Kristen St. John (UCLA)
Lorraine Perrotta
Head of Technical Services
626-405-2184
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The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
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