This is a Private Ticketed Event

Join Preservation in Action for an engaging opportunity to help preserve cultural heritage in Chicago and gain practical experience! Participants will take part in a day-long preservation-focused project at a local cultural heritage institution. The project will be led by preservation experts and participants will gain basic hands-on training in the care and handling of various materials. No experience is required.

At the end of this event, participants will have an understanding of the physical preservation methods of cultural heritage items. They will leave with experience in handling collection items that may be fragile or unique, and with knowledge of different ways to house them with the goal of access and long-term preservation.

The target audience for this program is anyone who works in the field of librarianship and has an interest in preservation of cultural heritage. There is no expectation of prior knowledge or experience for those who are interested in participating.

The event hours are 9am to 3pm. It will begin with an introduction of the organization, the staff at the organization, the PiA committee members, and the participants. There will be 1.5 to 2 hours of instruction on preservation by committee members. Following that, the participants will engage in hands-on preservation activities with the organization’s collections. There will be a break for lunch at noon.

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