[Preservenw] Hotline: Upcoming C2C Live Chat Events Announced!

[Gary Menges]

Connecting to Collections Online Community
(www.connectingtocollections.org<http://www.connectingtocollections.org>)
is moderated by Heritage Preservation in cooperation with the American
Association for State and Local History (AASLH) and with funding from
the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The community
features a discussion board, calendar of online learning
opportunities, and hour-long live chat events on specific collections
care issues. Whether you are a conservation professional who can share
expertise, or a staff member at a small institution with no
conservator on staff, we welcome you to the community--there are
already 900 members.



Heritage Preservation is pleased to announce the schedule for the C2C
Online Community's next six live chat events:

* "Making the Most of the Storage You Have" - Thursday, February 23 at
1:00 pm Eastern. Featuring Laura Hortz Stanton, Director of
Preservation Services at the Conservation Center for Art and Historic
Artifacts (CCAHA) and Julia Clark, Curator of Collections, Abbe
Museum.

* "Choosing the Datalogger That Is Right for You" - Tuesday, March 6
at 1:00 pm Eastern. Rachael Arenstein, Partner, A.M. Art Conservation,
Inc.

* "Applying to NEH's Preservation Assistance Grants" - Monday, March
12 at 1:00 pm Eastern. Elizabeth Joffrion, Senior Program Officer,
Division of Preservation and Access, National Endowment for the
Humanities (NEH).

* "Introduction to LED Lighting" - Thursday, March 29 at 1:00 pm
Eastern. Richard L. Kerschner, Director of Preservation and
Conservation and Nancie Ravenel, Object Conservator, both at the
Shelburne Museum

* "Outsourcing Digitization" - Wednesday, April 4 at 1:00 pm Eastern.
Robin Dale, Director of Digital & Preservation Services, LYRASIS

* "MayDay! Create a Game Plan" - Wednesday, April 18 at 1:00 pm
Eastern. Lori Foley, Vice President for Emergency Programs, Heritage
Preservation



No registration is required to log into these live chats--just go to
www.connectingtocollections.org<http://www.connectingtocollections.org>
and click on the Meeting Room menu. An archive of previous live chat
events can be also be found there. Resources and further information
on the programs will appear in the Featured Resource section of the
web site a week before the event.



To participate in the discussion section of the C2C Online Community
complete the easy registration at
http://www.connectingtocollections.org/register/. We look forward to
your involvement in the community and welcome your ideas for future
live chat events.