[SOA] Save the Date: Scrapbook Preservation Workshop (Columbus, OH)

[Angela O'Neal]

The Society of Ohio Archivists announces its spring pre-conference workshop: "Scrapbooks: Challenges and Opportunities for Archivists and Preservation Librarians." Due to sponsorship from the Ohio Preservation Council, this workshop is being offered at a reduced cost to all participants. (Conference attendance is not required). 

Join us for this pre-conference workshop presented by Brian Meggitt, Paper Preservation Assistant at the Intermuseum Conservation Association in Cleveland, Ohio. 

Date: April 19, 2006, 1:00-4:00
Location: Ohio Historical Center, Columbus, Ohio
Limit: 25 Participants
Cost: $15 SOA or OPC member, $20 non-members

Scrapbooks are inherently unique resources, even when containing only newspaper clippings and other mass-printed media. Many scrapbooks also contain a variety of original materials including manuscripts, mementos and personal notations that give the modern researcher vital clues to the compiler's authorial voice. Alas, scrapbooks are often as fragile as they are illuminating. 
 
This workshop, through a formal presentation, question-and-answer period and individual examination of scrapbooks from attendees' collections, will seek to address the fundamental problem of honoring the scrapbook's original structure and intent, preserving it for future use as well as making this important resource available to the public. Handouts will be provided to assist participants with recommendations for housing, re-formatting and preserving scrapbooks in their collections. Attendees are encouraged, but not required, to bring one scrapbook example from their collection.

Registration will be available online starting February 15, 2006.  For a paper registration form, contact Mary Manning, OSU Medical Heritage Center at (614) 292-9966 or manning.84 at osu.edu.

Angela O'Neal
Digital Projects Manager
Ohio Historical Society
1982 Velma Ave. 
Columbus, OH 43211
(614) 297-2576

View our collections online:
African American Experience in Ohio (dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/)
Ohio Memory (www.ohiomemory.org)
Ohio Pix (www.ohiohistory.org/ohiopix)
Remarkable Ohio (www.remarkableohio.org  
War Gardens in Ohio (www.ohiohistory.org/garden)