Please remember that this Thursday, April 6, is the cut-off date for
the second round of registration for the MARAC Spring 2006 meeting in
Baltimore, April 20-22. If postmarked before or on April 6 the
registration fee is $75.00 for members and $110.00 non-members. The
non-member fee entitles you to a year's membership in MARAC.
After April 6 registration must occur on-site. On-site registration
is $85.00 for members and $120.00 for non-members.
As of last Friday there was still space in three of the workshops --
see details below.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact the Local
Arrangements Co-Chairs, Jennie Levine, University of Maryland, at
[log in to unmask] and Mary Mannix, Frederick County Public Libraries, at
[log in to unmask] For further information about the MARAC Spring
2006 meeting please go to
http://www.lib.umd.edu/MARAC/conferences/2006/spring06/spring2006.html.
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W2 On Weekends and Holidays, and When No One Is Looking: Collections
Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recover at the National Library of
Medicine
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Fee: $50
Instructor: Walter Cybulski, Head, Quality Assurance Unit,
Preservation and Collection Management Section, National Library of Medicine
Disasters are notorious for occurring after hours, on weekends or on
holidays. They come in all sizes, ranging from fires and hurricanes to
restroom flooding or undetected accumulations of moisture in ductwork
that nurture mold growth. Repositories need to assess and mitigate
perceived risks, and develop a plan of action for responding to
disasters. Once drafted, reviewed and adopted for use, a response plan
requires periodic evaluation and updating, as well as institutional
support for ongoing plan maintenance and staff training. Response,
recovery and salvage protocols must be informed, up-to-date, scalable
and flexible. This workshop provides an in-depth look at a collection
disaster response program that has been in development at the National
Library of Medicine (NLM) for a number of years. The program continues
to change as response and recovery strategies, techniques and
equipment evolve over time. Slides will be used to show various types
of equipment and supplies, as well as to illustrate some of the basic
response and recovery techniques used at NLM. There will be a handout
with references to published guidance and links to examples of online
response plans. To emphasize the importance of cooperative effort,
those in attendance will be invited to participate in a risk
assessment and disaster response planning exercise as part of the
session.
W3 Managing the Digital Desktop
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Fee: $50
Instructors: Helen Tibbo, Professor, UNC-CH SILS,
Tim Pyatt, Duke University Archivist,
Janis Holder, UNC-CH University Archivist
If you and your co-workers are having trouble managing your e-mail,
let alone other types of electronic records, this workshop may be for
you. The presenters will share findings from the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)-funded Managing the
University Digital Desktop project, and how they relate to electronic
records management in the universal university setting. By discussing
current e-records management behavior as evidenced in interview
findings, they will show how to better manage e-mail and other
electronic records, as well as training others to do so. The
presenters will suggest ways in which this training can be implemented
in the colleege and/or university setting, and will encourage
attendees to utilize the project's Web site FAQs, online tutorial, and
Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. Although primarily aimed at
college and university archivists and records managers, this workshop
is relevant to anyone involved in training and educational activities
that include tips for management of electronic records.
W4 Collection Protection: Security Design and Implementation for Repositories
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Fee: $40
Instructor: Richard Shrake, Assistant Librarian for Technology and
Security, American Philosophical Society
Archivists work diligently to preserve the physical integrity of their
collections, but may overlook the threats that malicious or careless
humans pose. This workshop will provide an introduction to basic
archival security, especially concerning perimeter control, internal
workflow monitoring, researcher access, and storage. Designed for
repositories considering a security upgrade, this workshop will
proceed from site survey to design to implementation, and will include
an analysis of both planning and current technology. While advanced
security systems can be expensive, archivists can apply the principles
of basic security design to meet their current budgets. The
instructor, Richard Shrake, recently implemented a new security system
at his library as part of a major renovation.
--
Mary K. Mannix
Maryland Room Manager
C. Burr Artz Public Library
Frederick County Public Libraries
Frederick, MD
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