[SOA] Connecting to Collections Regional Meetings - Still Time to Register

[Carleton, Janet]

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) created the Connecting to Collections initiative to raise awareness about the risk to America's cultural heritage and to prompt action for its preservation and conservation.

The Ohio Heritage Partnership is a collaborative effort of the State Library of Ohio and the Ohio Historical Society, with project support from the Intermuseum Conservation Association.  The Ohio Connecting to Collections program included a web-based survey, a Summit Meeting of cultural heritage leaders from around the state and the next step is regional meetings to be held in July 2010.  The culmination of the program will be the development of the Ohio Cultural Heritage Strategic Plan.
The Partners invite all interest persons to attend one of the regional meetings.  The goal of the regional meetings is twofold.  It will provide the Partners another way to obtain feedback from Ohio's cultural heritage institutions on the future direction of preservation in the State of Ohio.  And, half the day will be an educational program for preservation and conservation practitioners.

Dates and locations are:

 *   July 15, 2010   National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati
 *   July 20, 2010   Athens Public Library, Athens
 *   July 21, 2010   Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware
 *   July 26, 2010   Bedford Historical Society, Bedford
 *   July 29, 2010   Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green


All meetings will run from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, and are free.  The agenda includes:


 *   1:00 PM - 1:15  PM   Welcome and introductions


 *   1:15 PM - 1:30 PM    Background and Introduction to the Project


 *   1:30 PM - 2:15 PM    Discussion of Survey Results and Overview of the Summit


 *   2:15 PM - 2:30 PM    Break


 *   2:30 PM - 3:20 PM    Education Resources and How to Prioritize Collection Needs


 *   3:20 PM - 3:45 PM    State of Digital Preservation


 *   3:45 PM - 4:00 PM    Questions, Next Steps, and Wrap Up

To register go to:  http://host6.evanced.info/ohio/evanced/eventcalendar.asp. (You will need to tab from June to July)

More information on the Ohio Connecting to Collections project can be found at: http://oh.webjunction.org/ohconnectcollect.

This project is funded by an IMLS Connecting to Collections Planning Grant.

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Janet Carleton | Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Women's & Gender Studies Librarian | Ohio University Libraries | Alden 237 | Athens, Ohio | carleton at ohio.edu<mailto:carleton at ohio.edu> | 740-597-2527 | http://media.library.ohiou.edu/
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