Plan for Preservation: Assess, Prioritize, and Manage
24th Preservation Conference
March 18, 2010
About the Conference
This conference focused on strategic planning for preservation informed by assessment and risk analysis of physical records. It examined ways to prioritize and develop sustainable strategies, realistic decision-making, and long-term management.
Conference presenters emphasized how strategic plans communicate vision towards a practice of preservation that includes advocacy for the significance of collections, and cultural values embodied in shared collections and holdings.
The forum addressed risk analysis and decision-making in preservation, the history of carrying out preservation management through risk management, and the changing landscape of national and institutional strategies.
| Is Risk Management Hazardous to your Collection? by Dr. Norbert Baer, Hagop Kervorkian Professor of Conservation, New York University, New York, NY. This presentation is not available as a PDF. |
| Managing Preservation Today: What do We Learn from Those Who have Come Before? by Doris A. Hamburg, Director of Preservation Programs, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD. This presentation is not available as a PDF. |
| Innovation, Interconnections and Evidence: Stewardship for the 21st Century Archive by Nancy Bell, Head of Collection Care, The National Archives, Richmond, Surrey, UK. This presentation is not available as a PDF. |
| Using Risk Assessment to Determine Preservation Priorities: Tools and Services in Development at the Canadian Conservation Institute by Irene Karsten, Preservation Development Advisor, Preservation Services and Training, Department of Canadian Heritage, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This presentation is not available as a PDF. |
| A Statewide View of Assessment, Prioritization, and Management of Preservation Resources by Sherelyn Ogden, Head of Conservation, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN. This presentation is not available as a PDF. |
| A Model for a Cross-Repository Survey of Photograph Collections by Paul Messier, Consultant in the Preservation of Photographs, Cambridge, MA. This presentation is not available as a PDF. |
| Documenting What is Needed to Preserve Our Records by Allison Olson, National Preservation Programs Officer for Special Projects, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD. This presentation is not available as a PDF. |
| Eight Days a Week: Advocacy and Funding for Preservation Management by Debbie Hess-Norris, Vice Provost for Graduate and Professional Education and the Chairperson of the Art Conservation Department, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. This presentation is not available as a PDF. |