<div dir="ltr"><p>The Center for the History of Psychology is pleased to announce a
one-day seminar on preservation and management of film-based
collections. Jean-Louis Bigourdan of the Image Permanence Institute will
lead this seminar to help students, faculty, and collecting
institutions:</p>
<ul><li>Identify film materials</li><li>Assess the vulnerability of film materials</li><li>Understand best practices in film preservation</li><li>Conduct collection evaluations using acid detection strips</li><li>Evaluate their collection needs through environmental monitoring</li>
<li>Understand how to control macroclimates and microclimates in film collections</li><li>Identify different options for implementing cold storage</li><li>Define the best storage strategy for their collection</li><li>Understand how to implement and monitor different storage strategies</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Where:</b> Center for the History of Psychology, The University of Akron, 73 College Street, Akron, OH 44325-4302</p>
<p><b>When:</b> Friday, September 27, 2013 from 9am to 4pm. Lunch break from Noon - 1pm.</p>
<p><strong>Cost:</strong> FREE</p>
<p><strong>RSVP:</strong> By September 20, 2013 to Cathy Faye <a href="mailto:cfaye@uakron.edu">cfaye@uakron.edu</a>.</p>
<h2><font><b>About the Workshop Leader</b></font></h2>
<p style="text-align:left" align="center"><b>Jean-Louis Bigourdan</b>
is a research scientist at the Image Permanence Institute in Rochester,
New York. He received his diploma in art conservation from the Institut
Français du Restauration des Oeuvres d'Art in Paris. He is an
international expert on film preservation and practical strategies for
managing film collections. He has studied the effect of
microenvironments on the stability of cellulose acetate photographic
film, the effect of cycling environmental conditions on library and
archives materials, and the preservation of magnetic tape collections.
He conducts collection surveys and consults on the implementation of
cold storage. Currently, he is involved in an NEH-funded education and
training project leading to the development of <i><a href="http://filmcare.org">filmcare.org</a></i>, a web-based application for the preservation of film materials.<b><i> <br></i></b></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-size:small"><b>This workshop was
made possible by a National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation
Assistance Grant for Smaller Institutions.</b></span></p></div>