[Mdl] 2008 Workshop List and IMLS Bookshelf

[Elly Gustafson Held]

Midwest Art Conservation Center
2400 3rd Ave S
Minneapolis, MN  55404
612-870-3128
<mailto:info at preserveart.org>info at preserveart.org
www.preserveart.org


2008 Workshop List:

Disaster Response: The Critical First 48 Hours

March 31, 2008 Iowa Museums Association
Location: State Historical Society of Iowa in Des Moines, IA
(Contact Cynthia Sweet imasweet at cfu.net or call (319) 239-2236)
May 2, 2008 Minnesota Association of Museums
Location: the American Swedish Institute in Saint Paul, MN
(Contact Nina Clark ninac at americanswedishinst.org or call 612-870-3374)

This workshop will cover the following topics: How to put a written 
Disaster/Emergency Preparedness Plan into action. Who is in charge at any 
given time. The size of the disaster may dictate the appropriate response. 
What happens when the affected area is declared a Federal Disaster 
Area.  Recording a disaster for insurance or FEMA purposes. How to protect 
collections from further harm. Working with emergency responders (police, 
fire department, FEMA, etc.).  Making sure cultural institution staff 
responders are safe, secure and well equipped. Changing priorities in an 
ever-changing event. How to maintain flexibility and communication. What to 
do if there is loss of life. Working with the media. Working with insurance 
companies and representatives.

Instruction will be conducted through a variety of methods, including 
lecture and PowerPoint, discussion, and practical and role-playing 
exercises. Neil Cockerline, Director of Preservation Services and/or Elisa 
Redman, Assistant Director of Preservation Services, MACC, will teach this 
one-day workshop.

After a Disaster: Saving and Salvaging Collection Materials and Artifacts
(Fall 2008) Midwest Registrar’s Committee
Location: Minnesota History Center in Saint Paul, MN

October 3, 2008 Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums
Location: Stearns History Museum in Saint Cloud, MN
(Contact Mike Worcester cokatomuseum at cmgate.com)

November 8, 2008 North Dakota Governor’s Conference
Location: State Historical Society of North Dakota in Bismarck, ND
(Contact Marilyn Snyder msnyder at nd.gov)

The instructors will discuss all aspects of a long-range salvage operation 
including an overview of various disasters and their effects on different 
types of materials; prioritizing salvageable artifacts; materials needed 
for a salvage operation; handling damaged artifacts; methods of drying 
various types of artifacts; pros and cons of various methods of freeze 
drying; preventing mold outbreaks; simple cleaning procedures that staff 
may carry out; types of damages that require a professional conservator; 
labeling affected artifacts; time factors involving recovery and salvage; 
recording recovery efforts; and the impact of salvaging collections on 
other museum operations.

Lecture and slides will be accompanied by practical exercises in various 
recovery procedures for damaged artifacts using materials from MACC’s study 
collection. Neil C. Cockerline, Director of Preservation Services and Elisa 
L. Redman, Assistant Director of Preservation Services will teach this 
one-day workshop.

Writing Grants for Basic Conservation Projects

March 27-28, 2008 –$245 Location: Northstar Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl 
Scouting in North St. Paul, MN www.nssn.org
(Contact MACC Preservation Services at 612-870-3128 or info at preserveart.org)


The instructors will present a comprehensive workshop on grant-writing for 
basic conservation-related projects including Overall General 
Preservation/Conservation Surveys, writing Long-term Preservation Policies, 
preservation training, and obtaining supplies and materials for basic 
rehousing of collections projects. Related topics will include discussing 
potential funding sources at the Federal, state and local levels, doing an 
internal review to facilitate presenting the organization in the best 
possible light, putting all of the pieces together before developing a 
grant, how to budget, and how to develop a realistic proposal.

The goal of the workshop is for participants to leave the session with an 
actual draft proposal. Preservation Services staff will then follow-up with 
participants who are developing full grants applications. Neil Cockerline, 
Director of Preservation Services and Elisa Redman, Assistant Director of 
Preservation Services, MACC, will teach this two-day workshop.

The Research and Writing of a Long-Range Preservation Plan

June 26-27, 2008 –(2 days)$295 Location: Plains Art Museum Fargo, ND
(Contact MACC Preservation Services at 612-870-3128 or info at preserveart.org)

July 10-11 or 17-18, 2008 –(2 days)$295 Location: American Association of 
University Women – Minneapolis Branch http://www.aauwmpls.org/index.html
(Contact MACC Preservation Services at 612-870-3128 or info at preserveart.org)

A Long-Range Preservation Plan is an essential document for all cultural 
institutions that own collections. Once a General Preservation Needs 
Assessment Survey is completed, a cultural institution should develop a 
Long-Range Preservation Plan, based upon the general survey and 
institutional priorities. This plan is an in-house document that defines 
preservation goals and priorities, determines a logical course of 
implementation and establishes parallel funding strategies to accomplish 
these goals. Federal Funding Agencies and other potential supporters like 
to see funding requests based upon planning, not stand-alone, individual 
projects. All too often, cultural institutions apply for grants 
“out-of-step” and are disappointed when grant applications are turned down. 
Incorporating step-by-step procedures into long-term preservation and 
conservation planning is essential for raising funds from any source and 
accomplishing needed objectives.

This course will incorporate a combination of lecture, Power Point, and 
practical exercises, as well as individual, one-on-one advice resulting in 
a detailed outline of a Long-Range Preservation Plan for your institution. 
This two-day course will be taught by Neil Cockerline, Director of 
Preservation Services, or Elisa Redman, Assistant Director of Preservation.

HVAC Systems: Design, Construction, Operation and Associated Implications 
for Museums, Libraries, and Archival Collections Care

May 8-9, 2008 –$355
Location: Minitex, University of Minnesota – Minneapolis 
http://www.minitex.umn.edu/
(Contact MACC Preservation Services at 612-870-3128 or info at preserveart.org)

A comprehensive workshop on issues regarding heating, ventilating and air 
conditioning design, construction, operation and associated implications 
for cultural collections care. Workshop topics will include: Defining 
Performance Criteria; Central Air Handling Systems; Central Heating 
Systems; Central Cooling Systems; Humidification Systems; Dehumidification 
Systems; Building Pressurization; New Buildings, Renovations and Building 
Additions; Value Engineering; Operating Cost Implications; Commissioning; 
Energy Conservation and Energy Management; Case Studies; and Best Practices.

Workshop objectives are to provide attendees with information needed to 
understand, influence, and evaluate the work of design, construction, and 
operations teams in their respective institutions. Each workshop 
participant will receive a comprehensive notebook of information containing 
technical leaflets, articles and related materials. This two-day workshop 
will be taught by Rebecca T. Ellis, PE, LEED® AP, CCP, CxA, Questions & 
Solutions® Engineering, Chaska, Minnesota.

Stay Tuned for 2009

Dangerous Collections: Chemical Poisons In Native American Materials
Date: TBD, 2009
Location: The Science Museum of Minnesota – Saint Paul
(Contact MACC Preservation Services at 612-870-3128 or info at preserveart.org)

A comprehensive workshop on the history, use, identification and potential 
removal of chemical poisons applied as pesticides and fungicides to Native 
American Materials, which are often found in modern museum and tribal 
collections. Collections Care Specialists have long held a double concern 
regarding this issue. The first issue is that the use of these chemical 
additives may cause unpredictable, disfiguring, and irreversible changes to 
the objects treated. The second issue regards the ongoing threat of these 
chemical poisons to the collections care staff that must access, examine, 
handle and care for these materials. This second issue has even more 
serious implications since the passage of the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), where sacred objects that could 
be contaminated may be returned to their traditional ceremonial or 
religious context and use by native peoples.

This workshop will focus on determining the potential hazard to the 
contaminated objects and to the persons handling contaminated objects; 
testing and sampling techniques to detect pesticide residues; medical 
interpretation of analyses; recommendations for personal protective 
equipment and techniques for handling and storage; and the potential 
options for pesticide residue removal will be discussed through lecture, 
demonstration, and discussion. Each workshop participant will receive a 
comprehensive notebook of information containing technical leaflets, 
articles and related materials. This course will be taught by a combination 
of lecture, demonstration and discussion. Each workshop participant will 
receive a comprehensive notebook of information containing technical 
leaflets, articles and related materials.  The workshop will be taught by 
Nancy Odegaard, Conservator, Professor and Head,  Preservation Division, 
Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

IMLS and AASLH Distribute the First Free Sets of the Connecting to 
Collections Bookshelf

(reprinted from IMLS e-newsletter)

-- The Monterey Public Library’s frog-catching license belonging to Ed 
Ricketts, a real-life biologist-philosopher featured in several John 
Steinbeck novels.

--The wedding dress of a tribal elder’s mother held by the Tamastslikt 
Cultural Institute in Pendleton, OR.

-- The reconnaissance map of Omaha Beach made in preparation for the D-Day 
invasion during WW II held by the Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Ft. Pierce, FL.

WASHINGTON, DC­Many small and medium-size museums, libraries, and archives 
in every state will soon have the tools to preserve these and many other 
one-of-a-kind objects that physically connect us to our stories and our 
past. The IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf was shipped yesterday to 
212 museum and library representatives who attended the national 
conservation summit in June 2007. The Institute of Museum and Library 
Services (IMLS) and its cooperator, the American Association for State and 
Local History (AASLH), will award a total of 2,000 free sets of the IMLS 
Connecting to Collections Bookshelf by the end of 2008.

The IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf is a crucial component of the 
Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action, a conservation initiative that 
the Institute launched in 2006. IMLS began the initiative in response to a 
2005 study by Heritage Preservation documenting the dire state of the 
nation’s collections. The multi-faceted, multi-year initiative shines a 
nationwide spotlight on the needs of America’s collections, especially 
those held by smaller institutions, which often lack the human and 
financial resources necessary to adequately care for their collections. 
<http://www.imls.gov/news/2007/www.imls.gov/collections>Click here for more 
information on the conservation initiative.

The IMLS Bookshelf focuses on collections typically found in art or history 
museums and in libraries' special collections, with an added selection of 
texts for zoos, aquaria, public gardens, and nature centers. 
<http://www.imls.gov/collections/bookshelf/biblio.htm>Click here to view 
the IMLS Bookshelf bibliography.

This permanent resource consists of 22 books, charts, online resources, 
bibliographic materials, and other resources essential for the care of 
collections; a User’s Guide that describes each resource and answers common 
questions about collections care; and a 
<http://www.imls.gov/collections/resources>Guide to Online Resources 
containing more than 250 links.

Museums, libraries, and archives wishing to receive the IMLS Bookshelf can 
apply by means of a simple, online application. The first deadline was 
November 15, 2007, and awardees will be announced February 15, 2008. The 
next application period runs from March 1, 2008 to April 15, 2008, with 
recipients announced in July 2008.

Priority will be given to smaller institutions, but large museums and 
libraries with special collections are also eligible to apply. 
Federally-operated institutions, for-profit institutions, and libraries 
that do not hold special collections are not eligible to receive the IMLS 
Bookshelf. For more information on the IMLS Bookshelf, visit 
<http://www.imls.gov/collections/bookshelf>http://www.imls.gov/collections/bookshelf, 
email Terry Jackson at <mailto:jackson at aaslh.org>jackson at aaslh.org, or call 
615-320-3203.

The IMLS Bookshelf has received generous support from the Getty Foundation 
and the Henry Luce Foundation and expert assistance from Heritage Preservation.


Melinda Markell
Preservation Services Coordinator
Midwest Art Conservation Center
formerly Upper Midwest Conservation Association
612-870-3128
www.preserveart.org


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Elly Gustafson Held, Associate Administrator
MINITEX Library Information Network
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Campus
15 Andersen Library
222 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0439
Phone: (612) 624-1081 / (800) 462-5348
FAX:  (612) 624-4508
EllyGH at umn.edu
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