This OMA workshop may be of interest to AAO members too.
Iona McCraith, AAO Preservation Consultant

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From: "Cathy Blackbourn" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:37 AM
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| We still have about five spots left in this workshop which focuses
| on  paper and photographs and "modern information carriers" the
| aspect of our "internal archival materials" we may not have thought
| about as at risk such as optical disks, magnetic disks and tapes.
| This two-day workshop, instructed by Greg Hill and Joe Iraci of the
| Canadian Conservation Institute is taking place in Brampton at the
| Peel Heritage Complex.
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| Target Audience
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| Curators, collections managers, conservators, archivists, and other
| personnel responsible for the preservation of archival materials.
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| Facilitators
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| Greg Hill is a graduate of the Art Conservation Techniques program at
| Sir Sandford Fleming College in Peterborough. He has over 24 years
| experience in photograph and archival conservation working for the
| Provincial Archives of Manitoba, Library and Archives Canada, and in
| the private sector.
| Joe Iraci graduated from the University of Ottawa in 1987 with an
| Honours B.Sc. in Chemistry, and began working at the National
| Archives of Canada under the late Dr. Klaus Hendriks doing research
| on photographic materials. In 1990, when the National Archives of
| Canada formed a Conservation Research Division, the emphasis of Joe's
| work shifted from photograph conservation and preservation to paper,
| namely paper stability studies, paper permanence, deacidification,
| and the accelerated aging of paper. In 1993, this Division was
| transferred to CCI, where Joe currently works as a Senior
| Conservation Scientist. After being heavily involved in a joint study
| with the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada that led to a
| Canadian permanent paper standard, he began working in the field of
| electronic media. Joe has performed research on the disaster recovery
| of optical discs and magnetic tapes and disks and is also currently
| researching the deterioration and stability of these media as well as
| other issues. In addition to research, Joe has delivered numerous
| workshops across Canada on the preservation of modern information 
carriers.
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| Workshop details and registration information for the Canadian
| Conservation Institute workshop "Archival Materials" which will be
| >held May 6 & 7, 2009 at Peel Heritage Complex in Brampton are
| available on the Ontario Museum Association website at
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<http://www.museumsontario.com/pd/calendar.shtml>http://www.museumsontario.com/pd/calendar.shtml
| or contact the OMA office at 1-866-OMA-8672 (toll-free) or
| 416-348-8672 (local).
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| >Participants in the two-day workshop will learn to:
| >    * identify and explain differences in structure, composition,
| > and format of various types of archival media: paper documents,
| > books, photographic materials, optical discs (read-only,
| > write-once, erasable, and DVD), magnetic disks (hard and floppy),
| > and magnetic tapes (computer, analog, and video)
| >    * identify agents of deterioration and understand the effects
| >    * understand factors affecting longevity and choose media for
| > maximum life span
| >    * implement proper handling and storage procedures for various media
| >    * recover media from emergency or disaster situations properly
| >Registration in this workshop is limited to twenty participants.
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| Cathy Blackbourn
| Professional Development Program Manager
| Ontario Museum Association
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| 519-571-1576  tel
| 519-571-9890  fax
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