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Jane Hedberg P r e s e r v a t i o n  N e w s  

Rutgers Institute 
Rutgers University School of Communication, 
Information and Library Studies is offering its 
yearlong Preservation Management Institute 
(PMI). PMI consists of three fi ve­day residential 
sessions in New Jersey with signifi cant home­
work assignments between the sessions. The 
first session, to be held from November 13–17, 
2006, will cover an introduction to preserva­
tion, the nature of paper, care and handling, 
environmental and pest control, and surveys. 
The second session, to be held from April 23– 
27, 2007, will cover photographic and audiovi­
sual materials, electronic media, conservation, 
exhibits, selection, library binding, holdings 
maintenance, and disaster preparedness and 
recovery. The third session, to be held from 
October 15–19, 2007, will cover digital imaging 
and digital preservation, policies, planning, 
resource allocation, and funding. The faculty 
includes Evelyn Frangakis (New York Public 
Library), Janet Gertz (Columbia University), 
Anne Kenney (Cornell University), William 
Lull (Garrison/Lull Inc.), Thomas Parker (Pest 
Control, Inc.), Roberta Pilette (Yale University), 
and Virgilia Rawnsley (Conservation Center 
for Art and Historic Artifacts). This program 
is designed for participants who have several 
years of collections care experience. 

Registration costs $5,999 and is limited to 
approximately 17 people. Flexible payment 
plans and some financial assistance are avail­
able. For more information, contact Karen 
Novick, Director of Professional Development 
Studies, Rutgers University, SCILS, 4 Hun­
tington St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901­1071; 
phone: (732) 932­7169; e­mail: knovick@scils. 
rutgers.edu; URL: www.scils.rutgers.edu 
/programs/pds/pmi.jsp. 

Photos workshop 
The George Eastman House, the Image Per­

Jane Hedberg is preservation program offi  cer at Harvard 
University Library, e-mail: jane_hedberg@harvard.edu; 
fax: (617) 496-8344 

manence Institute, and the Rochester Institute 
of Technology are again sponsoring “Preserv­
ing Photographs in a Digital World.” It will be 
held August 19–24, 2006, in Rochester, New 
York. This workshop covers both traditional 
preservation techniques for photographs and 
digital imaging. 

Registration costs $1,495. For more in­
formation, contact Stacey VanDenburgh, 
Conservation Dept., George Eastman House, 
900 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14607; phone: 
(585) 271­3361 ext. 323; fax: (585) 271­
3870; e­mail: Seminar@geh.org; URL: www. 
imagepermanenceinstitute.org/sub_pages/ 
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Copyright toolbox 
The Pacific Film Archive (PFA) of the Univer­
sity of California­Berkeley has created a Web 
site, “Copyright resources project: Working, 
with copyright­protected materials in a digital 
environment,” which includes a copyright 
toolbox. The toolbox contains an overview of 
PFA’s copyright clearance procedures, advice 
about identifying copyright holders and secur­
ing permissions, description of three common 
scenarios, a flowchart of their process, and a 
sample permissions packet with downloadable 
PDFs. There are also case studies that illustrate 
obtaining permission from a book author, a 
book publisher, a magazine, a major daily news­
paper, a freelance writer, and a fi lm studio. 

The PFA URL is http://www.bampfa.berkeley. 
edu/pfa_library/copyright_project/index.html. 

RAP Web site 
The Regional Alliance for Preservation (RAP) 
has launched a new Web site. It contains 
information about RAP and its 13­member 
institutions and their services, plus calendars of 
educational opportunities offered by member 
and nonmember institutions, bibliographies 
designed for specific types of cultural organiza­
tions, and a searchable database of preserva­
tion publications. 

Visit RAP at www.PreserveCollections.org. 

316C&RL News May 2006

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