Preservation Week is almost here! What’s Preservation Week, you ask? It was created in 2010 by the American Library Association to highlight the importance of preserving library and cultural heritage collections.
Celebrate Preservation Week, April 21st -27th, with a series of events hosted by Curation and Preservation Services of the MIT Libraries. Events are open to all, but some events require registration due to limited seating.
For details about these events and more information on Preservation Week, please visit the MIT Libraries Preservation Week web page.
Save the Music! Transforming MIT music collections for future use
Monday, April 22nd, 2013, 2-3pm
MIT Room 14N-132 (160 Memorial Drive)
Please register for this event
Webinar: The Preservation of Family Photographs
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013, 2-3pm
MIT Room 14N-132 (160 Memorial Drive)
Webinar: Personal Digital Archiving
followed by Q+A with Kari Smith, MIT Digital Archivist
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013, 2-4pm
MIT Room 14N-132 (160 Memorial Drive)
Where Science Meets Artifact: An Inside Look at
the Role of Conservation Science in Preserving Cultural Heritage
Thursday, April 25th, 2013, 3-4pm
Presented by Shannon Taylor, MIT ’13 and Dr. Katherine Eremin, Patricia Cornwall Conservation Scientist at the Harvard Art Museums’ Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies
MIT Room 56-114 (21 Ames Street)
