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To become a member of the Connecting to Collections online community go to: <a href="http://www.connectingtocollections.org/">http://www.connectingtocollections.org/</a> to set up an account.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#EEF0F3'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:5.0in;background:#DDDDDD'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050'>Learn more about Heritage Preservation <a href="http://heritagepreservation.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00cbcc194404641e545c4b972&id=3c9428f051&e=bc47aecaed" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699'>here</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=190 valign=top style='width:114.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050'>Is this email not displaying correctly?<br><a href="http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=00cbcc194404641e545c4b972&id=9e6bca4d9d&e=bc47aecaed" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699'>View it in your browser</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:5.0in;background:white;border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt' id=templateContainer><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:5.0in;background:white' id=templateHeader><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#202020'><img border=0 width=300 height=81 id="headerImage_x0020_campaign-icon" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/00cbcc194404641e545c4b972/images/image_13554997368871355499737.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:5.0in' id=templateBody><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt'><h1><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:110%;color:dimgray'>Registration Open For Free, Online Collections Care Courses</span><o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#3F3E3E'>Heritage Preservation is proud to announce <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://heritagepreservation.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00cbcc194404641e545c4b972&id=2aa78fa556&e=bc47aecaed" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699'>Caring for Yesterday’s Treasures—Today</span></a>, </span></em>a new series of <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>free, online</span></strong> <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>courses</span></strong> about the preservation of archival and historical collections. 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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://heritagepreservation.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=00cbcc194404641e545c4b972&id=32296048d3&e=bc47aecaed" target=""_blank""><img border=0 width=200 height=192 src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/00cbcc194404641e545c4b972/images/registernow.jpg" align=right v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#3F3E3E'><br> <br>Libraries and archives shoulder an immense responsibility to protect and preserve America’s treasures. According to <a href="http://heritagepreservation.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=00cbcc194404641e545c4b972&id=b1b33756a5&e=bc47aecaed" target="_blank"><em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#336699'>A Public Trust at Risk: The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s Collections</span></em></a>, libraries hold 63%—or about 3 billion—of the 4.8 billion collection items in the United States. Archives hold another 360 million artifacts. The survey also revealed:</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#3F3E3E'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#3F3E3E;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>78% of libraries and 70% of archives have no emergency plan to protect collections with staff trained to carry it out.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#3F3E3E;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Almost half of public libraries with rare or archival collections have no staff assigned to preservation tasks.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#3F3E3E;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Archives and libraries have significant photograph and audio-visual collections and, increasingly, digital materials.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#3F3E3E;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Tuition and travel costs can be an obstacle for professional development.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#3F3E3E'>The courses for <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Caring for Yesterday’s Treasures—Today</span></em> will address these issues and more. Participants are encouraged to submit specific questions about collections care to ensure that the courses are directly relevant to their needs. <br><br>The series will be conducted via the <a href="http://heritagepreservation.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=00cbcc194404641e545c4b972&id=35f0a06be1&e=bc47aecaed" target="_blank"><em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#336699'>Connecting to Collections </span></em><span style='color:#336699'>Online Community</span></a>. Each course will have its own Web page with handouts and links to additional resources. When each course concludes, participants will be able to continue the conversation with instructors and classmates via the <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Connecting to Collections </span></em>Online Community.<br> <br>Click <a href="http://heritagepreservation.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00cbcc194404641e545c4b972&id=9f500bd40a&e=bc47aecaed" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699'>here </span></a>to register.<br> <br>Participants will earn a certificate of completion if they attend all the webinars in a course and submit simple homework assignments. Although registration is free of charge, to enable participants to adjust their work schedules and to indicate an institutional commitment to improve collections care, we ask that participants submit a <a href="http://heritagepreservation.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00cbcc194404641e545c4b972&id=21a9b5e838&e=bc47aecaed" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699'>permission form</span></a> signed by their supervisor to attend these courses.<br> <br>Course Schedule:<br><a href="http://heritagepreservation.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=00cbcc194404641e545c4b972&id=18aa528965&e=bc47aecaed" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699'>Collections Care Basics: Where Do I Begin?</span></a> – January 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, and 23, 2013 (all webinars at 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Eastern)<br><a href="http://heritagepreservation.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=00cbcc194404641e545c4b972&id=8d16f7de08&e=bc47aecaed" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699'>Risk Evaluation: First Step in Disaster Planning</span></a> – February 5, 7, 12, and 14, 2013 (all webinars at 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Eastern)<br><a href="http://heritagepreservation.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=00cbcc194404641e545c4b972&id=a80c24dfdc&e=bc47aecaed" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699'>Protecting Your Collections: Writing a Disaster Response Plan</span></a> – March 5, 7, 12, and 14, 2013 (all webinars at 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Eastern)<br><a href="http://heritagepreservation.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00cbcc194404641e545c4b972&id=82fbdbc8e5&e=bc47aecaed" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699'>Caring for Digital Materials: Preventing a Digital Dark Age</span></a> – five 90-minute webinars in April 2013 (dates and times TBA)<br><a href="http://heritagepreservation.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00cbcc194404641e545c4b972&id=4d7f6e8c62&e=bc47aecaed" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699'>Caring for Photographic Materials</span></a> – five 90-minute webinars in May 2013 (dates and times TBA)<br> <br>Courses on caring for audiovisual materials, fundraising for collections care, and outreach activities for collections care are planned for fall 2013.<br> <br><em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Caring for Yesterday’s Treasures—Today</span></em> is made possible through an <a href="http://heritagepreservation.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00cbcc194404641e545c4b972&id=99f2b27aa1&e=bc47aecaed" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699'>Institute of Museum and Library Services</span></a> Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Continuing Education grant to Heritage Preservation. 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