Working in the Present to Protect Our Cultural Heritage for the Future

The League of Historical Societies of New Jersey

The League of Historical Societies of NJ, PO Box 909, Madison, NJ 07940     (973) 377-7023

Applications are now being accepted for the Preservation Management Institute,

2006-07 Sponsored by Rutgers University SCILS

One scholarship is available for someone working with New Jersey history

collections.

The Preservation Management Institute is designed for working librarians and
archivists who have preservation responsibilities but limited formal preservation

education.  The program includes a full week of classes in New Jersey in fall

2006, another week in spring 2007, and a final week in fall 2007.  The

weeklong sessions include classroom instruction, some hands-on experiences,

and field trips.  In-between the three weeks of classes, participants conduct

guided preservation planning activities for their home institutions, including

conducting a preservation survey and drafting a disaster plan.  Our instructors

are among the most respected professionals in the field today and are led by

Evelyn Frangakis, Chief Librarian for Preservation of The New York Public

Library.

People from 30 states and 3 countries have participated in this program since it

began in 1998.  For a list, and some of their evaluations of the program, please

see http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/programs/pds/pmi-comments.jsp.

Enrollment in the Institute is strictly limited.

For details about the program and the scholarship, as well as an application form,

go to http://scils.rutgers.edu/pds/pmi.jsp

If you need more information, please contact me.

Karen Hundert Novick
Director of Professional Development Studies School of Communication,
Information and Library Studies Rutgers University
4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ  08901-1071 Phone  732-932-7169 Fax
732-932-9314 Email  knovick@scils.rutgers.edu
Departmental website   http://scils.rutgers.edu/pds/