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Information Services Division

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.

  • Calendar of Preservation-Related Workshops and Events in New England and Environs from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, www.mlin.lib.ma.us/mblc/ldev/preservation_calendar.shtml.

  • Connecticut League of History Organizations, 940 Whitney Ave., New Haven, CT 06517-4002, 203-624-9186, www.clho.org

  • Connecticut Library Association, Mail to: PO Box 85, Willimantic, CT 06226-0085 Office Location: ECSU Library, Room 134, 83 Windham St., Willimantic Phone: 860.465.5006 Fax: 860.465.5004 http://cla.uconn.edu/

  • NELINET, 153 Cordaville Rd, Suite 200, Southborough, MA 01772, 1-800-NELINET, www.nelinet.net/

  • New England Archivists, c/o Massachusetts Archives, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125 http://nils.lib.tufts.edu/newengarch/

  • New England Document Conservation Center,100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810-1494 (978) 470-1010, www.nedcc.org

  • New England Library Association, 14 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA 01930, 978-282-0787, http://www.nelib.org

  • New England Museum Association, Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02129, (617) 242-2283 www.nemanet.org

  • Preservation/Conservation Interest Group of the New England Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries, www.acrlnec.org/sigs.html#preserve

    • See the leaflet "Preservation/Conservation Training" from the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) for formal educational opportunities.

    "Preservation 101" is an online course you can take free of charge at http://nedcc.org/. Occasionally NEDCC offers this 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.