Prior
Programs and Workshops
Since 1988, LAPNet has organized and presented nineteen
programs and workshops on various aspects of disaster preparedness and recovery,
preservation and conservation of various media, and reformatting technologies.
Following are program highlights and relevant bibliographies for each program.
2007
Conservation
Fair (September 26, 2007)
2006
Flat
Paper Care & Repair (November
3-4, 2006)
Protecting
Library Collections Part 2: Disaster Response in Action (September
13, 2006)
Protecting
Library Collections: Emergency Preparedness, Planning & Response (May
11, 2006)
2005
Preservation
of Audiovisual Materials (June 3, 2005)
The Care and
Handling of Costumes and Textiles (March
31, 2005)
2004
Protecting
Cultural Collections from Pests and Mold (October
18-19, 2004) - Co-sponsored with the California Preservation Program
Library Binding (August 19, 2004)
Double
Fold, Double Take, Double Talk (May 18, 2004)
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2003
Basic
Book & Paper Repair (August 4-5, 2003)
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2002
Exhibiting Your Treasures with
Preservation in Mind (April 10, 2002)
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2000
Library
Buildings: Evaluating Preservation (March 14, 2000)
Advanced Book Repair Workshop
(August 22-23, 2000)
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1999
Symposium at the Huntington
-- Illuminating Exhibitions: The Light at the End of the Fiber -- Sponsored
by LAPNet and the Huntington (April 9, 1999)
Highlights:
- One-day symposium
- Discussion over the conservation advantages of fiber
optic lighting in library and museum exhibitions
- Philosophical perspectives on the use of fiber optics
- Discussion on the state of fiber optic technology
- Practical considerations when installing a system
- Tour of the exhibition on George Washington at the
Huntington Library
Basic Book Repair Workshop
(June 16-17 & September 28-29, 1999)
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1998
Reel Preservation: A workshop
on film preservation held at the Gene Autry Museum (May 4, 1998)
CALIFORNIA PRESERVATION
TASK FORCE. TEMECULA 8-9 September 1998
A report about LAPNet's upcoming workshops
and programs as well as other sources of information was presented during
this meeting.
To see the list in its entirety click on: Upcoming Workshops
and Programs / Other Sources of Information
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1997
Fading Histories: Preserving Color Photographs and
Digital Output Media; at the Huntington (September 1997)
Highlights:
- Seeing color and its meaning in the interpretation
of photographic images;
- Color photographs: classification, terminology, and
identification;
- Why we have not collected color photographs;
- Why we collect color photographs;
- Access and delivery issues for color photographic
materials;
- Monitoring color materials for exhibition;
- Strategies for controlling the deterioration of color
materials with an emphasis on cold storage;
- Overview of digital color print technology.
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1996
Mass Treatments for Water
Damaged Materials (May 1996)
Picture Perfect: The Care
and Preservation of Historic Black and White Photographic Materials (May 1996)
Highlights:
- Identification of photographic material;
- Access and Cataloging these items in your collection;
- Proper handling and storage;
- Safe methods of exhibiting photographic material.
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1995
Bracing for the Next One:
Earthquake Recovery and Preparedness (January 1995)
Highlights:
- Ways institutions might be better prepared for other
seismic events;
- Facility upgrading and reinforcement;
- Insurance and Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) issues;
- Regional planning and response;
- Personnel challenges;
- Disaster preparedness.
The Practice of Disaster
Response; joint presentation by LAPNet and IELDRN
(January 1995 for the Society of California Archivists)
(July 1995 for the American Association of Law Librarians)
Book Repair for Circulating
Collections (July 1995)
Highlights:
- Decision making for in-house repair;
- Rebacking repair;
- Hinge tightening, tipping/hinging in;
- Wrapper for detached boards.
Exhibits, Loans, and Preservation:
Maintaining a Delicate Balance (December 1995)
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1994
Program for the Preservation Administrators Discussion
Group at American Library Association Midwinter Conference (February 1994)
The Practice of Disaster Response; a joint presentation
by LAPNet and IELDRN (May 1994)
(June 1994 in San Francisco for BAPNET)
(November 1994 as a pre-conference for the California Library Association)
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1993
The Practice of Disaster
Response: Joint presentation by LAPNet and IELDRN (March 1993)
Play It Again (and Again),
Sam: A Conference on the Preservation of Music (May 1993)
(A joint presentation by LAPNet and the Music Library Association Southern California
Chapter)
- Scores and Recordings and Papers, Oh My!
- Preservation at the Schoenberg Institute
- Cylinders, disks, and tapes - preserving 20th century
antiques
- New technologies in music archives
- Preserving the Venetian Libretti
- Preserving the Ernst Krenek Collection
- Sound recordings restoration: from talkies to Top
Gun
- Fantasia restoration
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1992
Basic Repair and Housing
(May 1992)
Highlights:
- In-house repair and housing for preservation;
- Ways to educate staff and users to observe preservation
conscious procedures;
- Practicum - simple repair & enclosure methods;
- Pamphlet binding;
- Paper repair/Tipping in;
- Polyester Jackets/enclosures;
- Phase box/wrapper.
California Cooperative Preservation
Plan (November 1992)
(A joint presentation by LAPNet and the Inland Empire Library Disaster Response
Network (IELDRN)
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1991
Basic Preservation for Smaller
Libraries (March 1991)
Highlights:
- Practices that can be adopted;
- In-house repair and enclosure methods that require
minimal investment in time, space, tools, and equipment;
- Proper handling, housing, and storage of bound materials;
- Ways of educating staff and users to observe preservation
conscious procedures
- Guidelines for selecting materials for in-house treatment;
- Ways for incorporating preservation into established
routines
- Demonstration of simple repair and enclosure methods.
Book Repair and Treatment
Preservation Reformatting:
Text, Lies, and Videotape (November 1991)
Highlights:
- Microfilm, video disc, and digital computer technology
through a case study approach;
- Reasons for considering reformatting;
- Technical and logistical considerations for large
projects;
- Choosing appropriate technology;
- Ramifications of reformatting.
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1990
Mass Treatments Options:
What are they? Are they effective? (March 1990)
Highlights:
- Identifying available treatment options;
- Selecting the treatment that is best for your collection
;
- Two views and experiences with processes and their
benefits;
- Various treatment techniques for the practitioner;
- Mass treatment processes - a user's perspective.
Care of Photograph Collections
(July 1990)
Highlights:
- Preservation planning in the context of the history
of photographic processes;
- Recovery of photographs damaged by the 1986 fire
at LAPL ;
- Techniques for displaying photographs that are simple,
cost-effective, and archivally sound;
- History of the Laser Video Disc Project at the Southwest
Museum.
Library Binding Workshop
(November 1990)
Highlights:
- Film;
- Book structure;
- Processes used by binderies to bind library collections;
- Practicum - leaf attachment methods;
- Processes by which decisions are made;
- Selecting appropriate binding for a particular book
or an entire collection;
- Interactions between librarians and binders and how
the relationship can be mutually beneficial.
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1989
Earthquake Preparedness:
What We Can Learn From Past Quakes (November 1989)
- Evaluating a library's earthquake vulnerability;
- How to respond to and recover from an earthquake
disaster;
- Discussion of the CSUN, CSULA, and Whittier College
libraries after the San Fernando and Whittier quakes;
- Safety preparations to make both at home and at the
workplace.
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1988
Works on Paper: Books, Periodicals,
Pamphlets. Preparing For and Recovering From Water Damage (June 1988)
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