Libraries treasure their local history collections but what about other materials like old diaries, letters, photographs, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings? What should you do to presereve and provide access to these materials with limited staff, space and budget? On February 11 from 10 to 1 this workshop will review some of the strategies that you could use to provide the best possible solution for your collections within your means. Topics discussed will be the role of the local history collection, why we collect archives, what an archivist is and when to hire a consultant, how to prepare to write a grant or advocate for funding for the local history collection and what emergency measures can be taken in the short term. This is not a workshop on how to process archival materials but rather an overview to help you determine how you should manage them. Presented by Judy Farrar, Archives and Special Collections Librarian at the Claire T. Carney Library at the University of MA, Dartmouth. With her husband and partner, under the name History Preserved, she has consulted with many local libraries on archival matters.
