The British Library's Endangered Archives Programme is pleased to promote a series of five free webinars on Collection Care Leadership. Targeting collection custodians, these webinars will cover some key topics of managing and maintaining a collection and include time for a live Q&A portion.
Please register your interest for each session using the links below:
How to design a Survey of Collections
Tuesday 28th January, 14:00-15:30 GMT
To care for your collections, first you must understand them. This webinar introduces the value of conducting a survey, and delves into the practicalities of planning, undertaking and analysing the data collected.
Preservation and Conservation Policies: Part One
Tuesday 4th February, 14:00-15:30 GMT
Policies turn the mission of an institution into a written plan of action. Part one of this webinar will introduce this topic and look at how to develop a Preservation Policy tailored to your institution's context.
Preservation and Conservation Policies: Part Two
Tuesday 11th February, 14:00-15:30 GMT
Part two of the policy webinar will focus more in-depth on the different components a policy might include, using real examples, and conclude with the implementation of a policy.
Risk Management: Part One
Tuesday 18th February, 14:00-15:30 GMT
Risk management empowers collection care custodians to acknowledge and control risk. This webinar discusses the risk management cycle, outlines the key threats to collections, and their impact.
Risk Management: Part Two
Tuesday 25th February, 14:00-15:30 GMT
Part two of the risk management webinar will walk through the steps of formatting and conducting a risk assessment and demonstrate the process using an example scenario.
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Zoe Voice
Conservation Training Manager
The British Library
London, UK
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