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ALCTS e-Forum: Core Competencies for Preservation Professionals

April 14-15, 2020

Moderated by Beth Doyle, Martha Horan, and Ian Bogus

Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!

Registration information is at the end of the message.

Each day, discussion begins and ends at:

Pacific: 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Mountain: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Central: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Eastern: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Just as the preservation profession has evolved, the range of skills needed to perform preservation, conservation, and overall preservation management functions have expanded. This e-Forum will initiate a profession-wide conversation to articulate the core competencies of the contemporary preservation professional. As preservation programming is a continued strategic investment, this discussion will provide insight to individuals exploring preservation as a profession and to administrators considering hiring a preservation professional.

Moderators

Beth Doyle is the Head of Conservation Services Department, and Leona B. Carpenter Senior Conservator at Duke University Libraries. She holds a B.A. in Photography from the University of Dayton (Dayton, OH), and an MLIS and Certificate of Advanced Study in Library and Archives Conservation from the University of Texas at Austin Graduate School of Library and Information Science. She serves as the Executive Director of the North Carolina Preservation Consortium.

Martha Horan joined the faculty as Head of Preservation Strategies at the University of Miami Libraries in 2017. She has held positions at Yale University and George Blood LP, and was an IMLS Preservation Administration Fellow at the New York Public Library. She holds a Masters in Information Studies (MSIS) from the University of Texas at Austin and a Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) in Preservation Administration from the Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record at the University of Texas at Austin. She holds a BA in Classics from Bates College.

Ian Bogus has served as the Executive Director of ReCAP since November 2017 where he has been concentrating on storage and shared collections. From 2010 to 2017, Ian was the inaugural MacDonald Curator of Preservation at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries where he developed their first comprehensive preservation program. He also held positions at Rutgers University and Yale University. Ian holds a BA and MLIS from Rutgers University and a Certificate in Preservation Management from the Preservation Management Institute.

What Is an e-Forum?

An ALCTS e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss matters of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion list. The e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register your email address with the list, and then you will receive messages and communicate with other participants through an email discussion. Most e-forums last two to three days. Registration is necessary to participate, but it's free.

For information about upcoming e-forums, please visit http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/e-forum

How to Register

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*Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.*