UBC Library invites you to celebrate 2016 Preservation Week with a series of free and public events open to all. Download our full poster of events.
This annual initiative aims at uniting communities through individual and collective efforts to preserve our personal and shared collections.
| No registration is required. All events take place at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (1961 East Mall, UBC Point Grey Campus). |
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April 25 – May 6 Level 2 foyer, outside Room 202 and Rare Books & Special Collections (Room 110)
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Exhibition: A Conservator’s Cabinet of Curiosities See some of the tools used by UBC Library’s Conservator, Anne Lama, to ensure that our collections are maintained for long-term preservation. Explore some samples of damaged items and learn what are the most common threats to the Library’s collections. |
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Tuesday, April 26 Dodson Room (Room 302)
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Webinar: From Cassette to Cloud: Reformatting Audiotape Oral histories can provide a wealth of information about individual and community life. These recordings are highly prized by historians and archivists, but also by the families and communities of the persons telling their stories. The risk of losing these voices is growing, as the cassettes or reels that they’re recorded on may no longer be playable, or may be deteriorating. Attendees will be introduced to the equipment and software available to move obsolete audio into digital formats. |
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Wednesday, April 27 Rare Books & Special Collections (Room 110)
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Rare Books and Special Collections Tour Learn about the activities required to preserve UBC Library’s most valuable collections from the Library’s Conservator, Anne Lama. |
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Thursday, April 28 Room 261 |
Webinar: Preserving Your Digital Life Our stories as individuals and as members of a community are preserved in each of our homes, in our family histories, and in life stories—not just in libraries, archives, and museums. Today, many of us record and keep these stories in digital formats, often on our smartphones. What steps can we take now to make the ensure the best possibility of retaining these important files into the future? Learn methods for developing and implementing a plan for preserving the audio and video files documenting personal and community “digital lives.” Be introduced to digital audio and video file formats and storage solutions. |
Anne Lama, UBC Library Conservator, is responsible for a wide breath of work, preserving some of the Library’s most valuable collections. Learn More.
Preservation Week was created by the American Library Association (ALA) in 2010. Learn more at the ALA website.
