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G<a name="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x__MailOriginal"></a><span style="color: black;">reetings from the Northeast Document Conservation Center, a nonprofit preserving cultural collections nationwide. Explore the list below for upcoming preservation webinars and emergency
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<b>11/18-20 </b></div>
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<b>Digital Directions: Foundations for Digital Collections (3 half-days online) </b></div>
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Join us for a comprehensive overview of digital preservation, presented by information professionals with deep experience in the preservation of cultural heritage materials. </div>
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<b>*WEBINARS </b></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Webinar registration includes 12 months of access to the webinar recording, and FREE webinar recordings are available on
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<b>Exhibit Cradles for Bound Volumes (1.5 hr) </b></div>
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In this webinar we’ll review options for commercially available exhibit cradles and how to choose materials for use in constructing exhibit mounts.</div>
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<b>Digitizing Scrapbooks (1 hr) </b></div>
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This session provides an overview of digitizing scrapbooks, photo albums, and other unique bound items. </div>
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<b>10/02 </b></div>
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<b>Strategies for Born Digital Collections (2 hrs)</b></div>
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This webinar is for anyone interested in developing or refining their organization’s collecting and preservation practices for content originating in a digital form. </div>
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<b>10/16 <br>
Digital Preservation Metadata Basics (1 hr) </b></div>
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This webinar serves as a starting point for understanding the kinds of information you will want to gather to support digital preservation, using current guidelines, standards, and models in the field to identify core information required to steward digital
objects over time. </div>
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Writing Your Preservation Assistance Grant (PAG) (1 hr; FREE) </b></div>
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NEH Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions are relatively easy to apply for and have launched successful preservation projects and programs in institutions across the country. Be ready for the round of applications!</div>
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<b>10/30<br>
Personal Digital Archiving<br>
</b>This webinar will offer guidance and resources about preserving our “digital lives” – after all, digital files are today’s scrapbooks and personal collections.</div>
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<b>*EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS RESOURCES</b></div>
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NEDCC supports cultural heritage organizations in building strong disaster plans and response strategies. Browse the services and resources below to protect the collections you care for.</div>
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Resources: <a data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA18e46472-8096-c39b-3b31-66eaf5ac68b2" href="https://northeastdocumentconservationcenter.createsend1.com/t/y-e-qtdthjt-l-hr/">
https://northeastdocumentconservationcenter.createsend1.com/t/y-e-qtdthjt-l-hr/</a></div>
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<b>*FREE SERVICES</b></div>
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>From conservation treatment proposals to preservation assessments and training, NEDCC offers a range of services to help you meet your collections care goals—at no cost!</div>
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<b>Review the list of services here:</b> <a data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA8ed29c74-8ee7-58e7-ddc2-2c00a0628a0a" href="https://northeastdocumentconservationcenter.createsend1.com/t/y-e-qstjjy-l-hl/">
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Northeast Document Conservation Center</span></p>
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