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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Basics of Historic Objects Preservation: <br>A workshop for small museums, historical societies, and archives<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>This free, hands-on, workshop on the basics of historic objects preservation is designed for local history museum staff and interns, board members, and volunteers. Topics covered will include: how to inventory, catalog and document collections; basic tools to get you started in caring for your collection; how to set up environmental monitoring of temperature and relative humidity; pest management; basic materials recommended for collections care; where to find materials; how to prepare for an emergency; and what does a curator do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:17.2pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Two workshop venues remain in the series. Each workshop runs from 10 a.m. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>to 4 p.m.:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>May 10:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> University Center, Southeast Missouri State University<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> Hosted by the Historic Preservation Program<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Instructor is Linda Landry, Conservator, Missouri History Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> $B!|(J <b>May 16: </b>St. Joseph Museums, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> 3406 Frederick Avenue, St. Joseph<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> Instructor is Linda Endersby, Director, Missouri State Museum <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>To register</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> to attend one of these workshops, please go to <a href="http://mama.wildapricot.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1139901"><span style='color:black'>http://mama.wildapricot.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1139901</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>or call 573-522-9018.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:17.2pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Workshop <b>participants will receive</b> reference books on collections care and documentation, a Salvage and Response Wheel, a resource packet, and a booklet with sample preservation materials appropriate for collections care.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:17.2pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>This <b>free workshop</b> is provided free to one paid or unpaid staff member of institutions that completed a survey conducted by the Partnership for Missouri Heritage in 2011. If your institution did not participate in the survey, you can fill out a copy by contacting(J <a href="mailto:partnership4moheritage@missourimuseums.org"><span style='color:black'>partnership4moheritage@missourimuseums.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>The Academy of Certified Archivists has </span><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#262626'>pre-approved this workshop for five (5) Archival Recertification Credits </span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>in Section B.3.c. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>More information about the Partnership for Missouri Heritage can be found at <b><a href="http://missourimuseums.org/partnership-for-missouri-heritage"><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>http://missourimuseums.org/partnership-for-missouri-heritage</span></a></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pam Hackbart-Dean, CA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director, Special Collections Research Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Southern Illinois University Carbondale<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PH: 618.453-1452 FAX: 618.453.3440<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>