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Preservation Office

Preservation Workshops and Conferences in Connecticut

(A list of organizations and sites where workshops are announced, not a site for actual workshop announcements.)

The following organizations offer programs or list program announcements on their websites and/or in their newsletters. The list includes some regional organizations which occasionally offer programs in Connecticut or nearby.

Don't be put off by a workshop offered by an organization from an unrelated field. If you are interested in information on preserving historical society collections, a workshop offered by an archivists or librarians group may still cover basic information that you need to know, for example, how to save wet documents after a leak or proper storage practices. Look at the program description to see if it's right for you.

If your organization routinely offers workshops or conferences on preservation topics and you would like to be listed here, please let the State Library's Preservation Office know.

  • Preservation Calendar  from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

  • Connecticut League of History Organizations Hamden, CT,  203-624-9186

  • Connecticut Library Association Middletown, CT, 860.346.2444

  • LYRASIS with an office in Southborough, MA, 800.635.4638

  • New England Archivists

  • Northeast Document Conservation Center Andover, MA, 978.470.1010

  • New England Library Association Wilton, NH, 603.654.3533

  • New England Museum Association Arlington, MA 781.641.0013

  • Preservation/Conservation Interest Group of the New England Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries

    • "Preservation 101" is an online course you can take free of charge from NEDCC. Occasionally this is offered as an interactive online class as well, where you can exchange questions and answers with an instructor. Watch the NEDCC site or other library electronic discussion lists for announcements.

    See also: The Conservation Connection's Programs/Training Page

    Prepared by Connecticut State Library Preservation Office staff; last updated 10/28/09.