Greetings Colleagues,

I trust you’re well and in good spirits. This email provides information about the Building Capacity training series. We look forward to sharing project opportunities as funding becomes available.

Building Capacity – Year 3 Training Series
The Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2024 training series is scheduled to begin the week of April 1, 2024, and end the week of June 24, 2024. These training sessions are open to all library employees, work-study students, and interns of member institutions in good standing. Encourage your colleagues to participate. Registration is open now and required for all sessions. The first session is scheduled on Tuesday, April 2nd.

We encourage you to take advantage of this professional development opportunity.

Each training session will be hosted by our project partner, the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifactshttps://ccaha.org/. Information about Building Capacity Year 2 can be found here: Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2023https://hbculibraries.org/old-site/humanities-2019.html.

2024 Training sessions include:

• Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutions
• Environmental Management
• Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collections
• Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collections
• Social Media for Collecting Institutions
• Fundraising for Preservation and Conservation
• Introduction to Digitization

Registration is available here for each session: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165

Information about the training sessions is below.

1. Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

An institution’s collections care and business practices are defined by its written policies and procedures. Institutional memory is often lost through staff changes, but best practices are encoded in these important documents. This webinar will give an overview of policies and planning documents that are essential for collections care including collections management policies, handling guidelines, and maintenance policies. Participants will learn the critical components of these documents and discuss tangible examples of how to adapt them for different institutions.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Environmental Managementhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Creating stable environmental conditions is the most significant step an institution can take for the long-term preservation of the collection materials under its stewardship. This webinar covers the basics of collection environments including temperature, relative humidity, and dew point. It also gives participants strategies for improving the environmental conditions in collections spaces to make them good for long-term preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Identifying collection materials with condition issues is a key component to keeping bound collections safe, accessible, and in good condition; and knowing how to prioritize concerns determines how to best focus attention and resources. This webinar will introduce participants to the identification of condition issues and strategies for prioritization. Additional topics for discussion include book structure, agents of deterioration, common degradation, and methods for assessing and prioritizing condition challenges.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Gaining intellectual control over collections is just one aspect of processing and cataloging. This webinar will focus on systems for identifying and prioritizing the collections care needs of items (objects, books, artworks, archival materials, etc.) during the accessioning, processing, and cataloging phases. Participants will learn procedures for assigning conservation and housing priorities and talk about the “red flags” that indicate it’s time to call a conservator.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Social Media for Collecting Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through social media, your institution can build audiences, share stories, promote events, and raise money. Facebook, Instagram, blogs, and crowdfunding platforms like Indiegogo and Kickstarter allow you to connect with new audiences in fresh and vital ways. This webinar will give you tools to understand the wide range of emerging social media opportunities to position your institution and its collections in the 21st century.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Fundraising for Preservation and Conservationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through thoughtful planning and effective grant writing, your organization can be competitive in the race for public and private funding to preserve cultural collections.  This webinar will highlight the aspects of the planning process that funders value most and the elements of a successful grant proposal.  With examples drawn from success stories at museums, historic sites, libraries, and archives, participants will gain an understanding of how to effectively develop and implement a funding strategy to raise money for their collections.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Introduction to Digitizationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Digitization can be the final step in processing collections, facilitating access, and even aiding in collections’ long-term preservation. Like other collections care endeavors, digitization should not be undertaken without an understanding of best practices, safe techniques, and the knowledge to make the right decisions. This webinar will provide a basic overview of some of the considerations institutions should make when digitizing materials including establishing policies, prioritization and selection criteria, equipment options, handling practices while scanning or photographing, storage concerns for digital media, and digital preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

Contact me directly if you have questions or need additional information.

Respectfully,

Sandra

Sandra Phoenix
Executive Director at HBCU Library Alliancehttp://hbculibraries.org/
Office: (678) 210-5801 ext. 101
Mobile: (404) 702-5854
600 Westridge Parkway, Suite 714, PMB 1100
McDonough, GA 30253
Web: hbculibraries.orghttp://hbculibraries.org/
Email: sphoenix@hbculibraries.org
Seek justice, honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come.
[cid:image001.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0]https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/  [cid:image002.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance  [cid:image003.png@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://www.instagram.com/hbcu_library_alliance/  [cid:image004.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/
Follow this link HBCU Library Alliance 10th Membership Meetinghttps://www.hbculibraries.org/meeting-2024.html for updates on the Membership Meeting!

Greetings Colleagues,

This is a friendly reminder that the Building Capacity – Year 3 Training Series starts today. The first session is Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutionshttps://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series. Click here: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165 to register for the 11 am ET webinar. More information is below.

LaTasha

From: Sandra Phoenix sphoenix@hbculibraries.org
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 1:16 PM
To: hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org
Cc: hbcu-lib@lists.hbculibraries.org
Subject: Building Capacity - Year 3 Training Series

Greetings Colleagues,

I trust you’re well and in good spirits. This email provides information about the Building Capacity training series. We look forward to sharing project opportunities as funding becomes available.

Building Capacity – Year 3 Training Series
The Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2024 training series is scheduled to begin the week of April 1, 2024, and end the week of June 24, 2024. These training sessions are open to all library employees, work-study students, and interns of member institutions in good standing. Encourage your colleagues to participate. Registration is open now and required for all sessions. The first session is scheduled on Tuesday, April 2nd.

We encourage you to take advantage of this professional development opportunity.

Each training session will be hosted by our project partner, the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifactshttps://ccaha.org/. Information about Building Capacity Year 2 can be found here: Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2023https://hbculibraries.org/old-site/humanities-2019.html.

2024 Training sessions include:

• Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutions
• Environmental Management
• Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collections
• Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collections
• Social Media for Collecting Institutions
• Fundraising for Preservation and Conservation
• Introduction to Digitization

Registration is available here for each session: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165

Information about the training sessions is below.

1. Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

An institution’s collections care and business practices are defined by its written policies and procedures. Institutional memory is often lost through staff changes, but best practices are encoded in these important documents. This webinar will give an overview of policies and planning documents that are essential for collections care including collections management policies, handling guidelines, and maintenance policies. Participants will learn the critical components of these documents and discuss tangible examples of how to adapt them for different institutions.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Environmental Managementhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Creating stable environmental conditions is the most significant step an institution can take for the long-term preservation of the collection materials under its stewardship. This webinar covers the basics of collection environments including temperature, relative humidity, and dew point. It also gives participants strategies for improving the environmental conditions in collections spaces to make them good for long-term preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Identifying collection materials with condition issues is a key component to keeping bound collections safe, accessible, and in good condition; and knowing how to prioritize concerns determines how to best focus attention and resources. This webinar will introduce participants to the identification of condition issues and strategies for prioritization. Additional topics for discussion include book structure, agents of deterioration, common degradation, and methods for assessing and prioritizing condition challenges.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Gaining intellectual control over collections is just one aspect of processing and cataloging. This webinar will focus on systems for identifying and prioritizing the collections care needs of items (objects, books, artworks, archival materials, etc.) during the accessioning, processing, and cataloging phases. Participants will learn procedures for assigning conservation and housing priorities and talk about the “red flags” that indicate it’s time to call a conservator.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Social Media for Collecting Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through social media, your institution can build audiences, share stories, promote events, and raise money. Facebook, Instagram, blogs, and crowdfunding platforms like Indiegogo and Kickstarter allow you to connect with new audiences in fresh and vital ways. This webinar will give you tools to understand the wide range of emerging social media opportunities to position your institution and its collections in the 21st century.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Fundraising for Preservation and Conservationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through thoughtful planning and effective grant writing, your organization can be competitive in the race for public and private funding to preserve cultural collections.  This webinar will highlight the aspects of the planning process that funders value most and the elements of a successful grant proposal.  With examples drawn from success stories at museums, historic sites, libraries, and archives, participants will gain an understanding of how to effectively develop and implement a funding strategy to raise money for their collections.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Introduction to Digitizationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Digitization can be the final step in processing collections, facilitating access, and even aiding in collections’ long-term preservation. Like other collections care endeavors, digitization should not be undertaken without an understanding of best practices, safe techniques, and the knowledge to make the right decisions. This webinar will provide a basic overview of some of the considerations institutions should make when digitizing materials including establishing policies, prioritization and selection criteria, equipment options, handling practices while scanning or photographing, storage concerns for digital media, and digital preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

Contact me directly if you have questions or need additional information.

Respectfully,

Sandra

Sandra Phoenix
Executive Director at HBCU Library Alliancehttps://hbculibraries.org/old-site/
Office: (678) 210-5801 ext. 101
Mobile: (404) 702-5854
600 Westridge Parkway, Suite 714, PMB 1100
McDonough, GA 30253
Web: hbculibraries.orghttps://hbculibraries.org/old-site/
Email: sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org
Seek justice, honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come.
[cid:image001.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0]https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/  [cid:image002.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance  [cid:image003.png@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://www.instagram.com/hbcu_library_alliance/  [cid:image004.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/
Follow this link HBCU Library Alliance 10th Membership Meetinghttps://hbculibraries.org/old-site/meeting-2024.html for updates on the Membership Meeting!

Greetings Colleagues,

This is a friendly reminder that the Building Capacity – Year 3 Training Series continues today. The second session is Environmental Managementhttps://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series. Click here: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165 to register for the 11 am ET webinar. More information is below.

LaTasha

From: Sandra Phoenix sphoenix@hbculibraries.org
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 1:16 PM
To: hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org
Cc: hbcu-lib@lists.hbculibraries.org
Subject: Building Capacity - Year 3 Training Series

Greetings Colleagues,

I trust you’re well and in good spirits. This email provides information about the Building Capacity training series. We look forward to sharing project opportunities as funding becomes available.

Building Capacity – Year 3 Training Series
The Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2024 training series is scheduled to begin the week of April 1, 2024, and end the week of June 24, 2024. These training sessions are open to all library employees, work-study students, and interns of member institutions in good standing. Encourage your colleagues to participate. Registration is open now and required for all sessions. The first session is scheduled on Tuesday, April 2nd.

We encourage you to take advantage of this professional development opportunity.

Each training session will be hosted by our project partner, the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifactshttps://ccaha.org/. Information about Building Capacity Year 2 can be found here: Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2023https://hbculibraries.org/old-site/humanities-2019.html.

2024 Training sessions include:

• Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutions
• Environmental Management
• Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collections
• Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collections
• Social Media for Collecting Institutions
• Fundraising for Preservation and Conservation
• Introduction to Digitization

Registration is available here for each session: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165

Information about the training sessions is below.

1. Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

An institution’s collections care and business practices are defined by its written policies and procedures. Institutional memory is often lost through staff changes, but best practices are encoded in these important documents. This webinar will give an overview of policies and planning documents that are essential for collections care including collections management policies, handling guidelines, and maintenance policies. Participants will learn the critical components of these documents and discuss tangible examples of how to adapt them for different institutions.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Environmental Managementhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Creating stable environmental conditions is the most significant step an institution can take for the long-term preservation of the collection materials under its stewardship. This webinar covers the basics of collection environments including temperature, relative humidity, and dew point. It also gives participants strategies for improving the environmental conditions in collections spaces to make them good for long-term preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Identifying collection materials with condition issues is a key component to keeping bound collections safe, accessible, and in good condition; and knowing how to prioritize concerns determines how to best focus attention and resources. This webinar will introduce participants to the identification of condition issues and strategies for prioritization. Additional topics for discussion include book structure, agents of deterioration, common degradation, and methods for assessing and prioritizing condition challenges.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Gaining intellectual control over collections is just one aspect of processing and cataloging. This webinar will focus on systems for identifying and prioritizing the collections care needs of items (objects, books, artworks, archival materials, etc.) during the accessioning, processing, and cataloging phases. Participants will learn procedures for assigning conservation and housing priorities and talk about the “red flags” that indicate it’s time to call a conservator.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Social Media for Collecting Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through social media, your institution can build audiences, share stories, promote events, and raise money. Facebook, Instagram, blogs, and crowdfunding platforms like Indiegogo and Kickstarter allow you to connect with new audiences in fresh and vital ways. This webinar will give you tools to understand the wide range of emerging social media opportunities to position your institution and its collections in the 21st century.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Fundraising for Preservation and Conservationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through thoughtful planning and effective grant writing, your organization can be competitive in the race for public and private funding to preserve cultural collections.  This webinar will highlight the aspects of the planning process that funders value most and the elements of a successful grant proposal.  With examples drawn from success stories at museums, historic sites, libraries, and archives, participants will gain an understanding of how to effectively develop and implement a funding strategy to raise money for their collections.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Introduction to Digitizationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Digitization can be the final step in processing collections, facilitating access, and even aiding in collections’ long-term preservation. Like other collections care endeavors, digitization should not be undertaken without an understanding of best practices, safe techniques, and the knowledge to make the right decisions. This webinar will provide a basic overview of some of the considerations institutions should make when digitizing materials including establishing policies, prioritization and selection criteria, equipment options, handling practices while scanning or photographing, storage concerns for digital media, and digital preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

Contact me directly if you have questions or need additional information.

Respectfully,

Sandra

Sandra Phoenix
Executive Director at HBCU Library Alliancehttp://hbculibraries.org/
Office: (678) 210-5801 ext. 101
Mobile: (404) 702-5854
600 Westridge Parkway, Suite 714, PMB 1100
McDonough, GA 30253
Web: hbculibraries.orghttp://hbculibraries.org/
Email: sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org
Seek justice, honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come.
[cid:image001.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0]https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/  [cid:image002.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance  [cid:image003.png@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://www.instagram.com/hbcu_library_alliance/  [cid:image004.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/
Follow this link HBCU Library Alliance 10th Membership Meetinghttps://hbculibraries.org/old-site/meeting-2024.html for updates on the Membership Meeting!

Greetings Colleagues,

This is a friendly reminder that the Building Capacity – Year 3 Training Series continues today. The third session is Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collectionshttps://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series. Click here: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165 to register for the 11 am ET webinar. More information is below.

LaTasha

From: Sandra Phoenix <sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 1:16 PM
To: hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.orgmailto:hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org
Cc: hbcu-lib@lists.hbculibraries.orgmailto:hbcu-lib@lists.hbculibraries.org
Subject: Building Capacity - Year 3 Training Series

Greetings Colleagues,

I trust you’re well and in good spirits. This email provides information about the Building Capacity training series. We look forward to sharing project opportunities as funding becomes available.

Building Capacity – Year 3 Training Series
The Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2024 training series is scheduled to begin the week of April 1, 2024, and end the week of June 24, 2024. These training sessions are open to all library employees, work-study students, and interns of member institutions in good standing. Encourage your colleagues to participate. Registration is open now and required for all sessions. The first session is scheduled on Tuesday, April 2nd.

We encourage you to take advantage of this professional development opportunity.

Each training session will be hosted by our project partner, the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifactshttps://ccaha.org/. Information about Building Capacity Year 2 can be found here: Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2023https://hbculibraries.org/old-site/humanities-2019.html.

2024 Training sessions include:

• Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutions
• Environmental Management
• Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collections
• Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collections
• Social Media for Collecting Institutions
• Fundraising for Preservation and Conservation
• Introduction to Digitization

Registration is available here for each session: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165

Information about the training sessions is below.

1. Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

An institution’s collections care and business practices are defined by its written policies and procedures. Institutional memory is often lost through staff changes, but best practices are encoded in these important documents. This webinar will give an overview of policies and planning documents that are essential for collections care including collections management policies, handling guidelines, and maintenance policies. Participants will learn the critical components of these documents and discuss tangible examples of how to adapt them for different institutions.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Environmental Managementhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Creating stable environmental conditions is the most significant step an institution can take for the long-term preservation of the collection materials under its stewardship. This webinar covers the basics of collection environments including temperature, relative humidity, and dew point. It also gives participants strategies for improving the environmental conditions in collections spaces to make them good for long-term preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Identifying collection materials with condition issues is a key component to keeping bound collections safe, accessible, and in good condition; and knowing how to prioritize concerns determines how to best focus attention and resources. This webinar will introduce participants to the identification of condition issues and strategies for prioritization. Additional topics for discussion include book structure, agents of deterioration, common degradation, and methods for assessing and prioritizing condition challenges.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Gaining intellectual control over collections is just one aspect of processing and cataloging. This webinar will focus on systems for identifying and prioritizing the collections care needs of items (objects, books, artworks, archival materials, etc.) during the accessioning, processing, and cataloging phases. Participants will learn procedures for assigning conservation and housing priorities and talk about the “red flags” that indicate it’s time to call a conservator.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Social Media for Collecting Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through social media, your institution can build audiences, share stories, promote events, and raise money. Facebook, Instagram, blogs, and crowdfunding platforms like Indiegogo and Kickstarter allow you to connect with new audiences in fresh and vital ways. This webinar will give you tools to understand the wide range of emerging social media opportunities to position your institution and its collections in the 21st century.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Fundraising for Preservation and Conservationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through thoughtful planning and effective grant writing, your organization can be competitive in the race for public and private funding to preserve cultural collections.  This webinar will highlight the aspects of the planning process that funders value most and the elements of a successful grant proposal.  With examples drawn from success stories at museums, historic sites, libraries, and archives, participants will gain an understanding of how to effectively develop and implement a funding strategy to raise money for their collections.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Introduction to Digitizationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Digitization can be the final step in processing collections, facilitating access, and even aiding in collections’ long-term preservation. Like other collections care endeavors, digitization should not be undertaken without an understanding of best practices, safe techniques, and the knowledge to make the right decisions. This webinar will provide a basic overview of some of the considerations institutions should make when digitizing materials including establishing policies, prioritization and selection criteria, equipment options, handling practices while scanning or photographing, storage concerns for digital media, and digital preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

Contact me directly if you have questions or need additional information.

Respectfully,

Sandra

Sandra Phoenix
Executive Director at HBCU Library Alliancehttp://hbculibraries.org/
Office: (678) 210-5801 ext. 101
Mobile: (404) 702-5854
600 Westridge Parkway, Suite 714, PMB 1100
McDonough, GA 30253
Web: hbculibraries.orghttp://hbculibraries.org/
Email: sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org
Seek justice, honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come.
[cid:image001.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0]https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/  [cid:image002.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance  [cid:image003.png@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://www.instagram.com/hbcu_library_alliance/  [cid:image004.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/
Follow this link HBCU Library Alliance 10th Membership Meetinghttps://hbculibraries.org/old-site/meeting-2024.html for updates on the Membership Meeting!

Greetings Colleagues,

This is a friendly reminder that the Building Capacity – Year 3 Training Series continues today. The fourth session is Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collectionshttps://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series. Click here: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165 to register for the 11 am ET webinar. More information is below.

LaTasha

From: Sandra Phoenix <sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 1:16 PM
To: hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.orgmailto:hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org
Cc: hbcu-lib@lists.hbculibraries.orgmailto:hbcu-lib@lists.hbculibraries.org
Subject: Building Capacity - Year 3 Training Series

Greetings Colleagues,

I trust you’re well and in good spirits. This email provides information about the Building Capacity training series. We look forward to sharing project opportunities as funding becomes available.

Building Capacity – Year 3 Training Series
The Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2024 training series is scheduled to begin the week of April 1, 2024, and end the week of June 24, 2024. These training sessions are open to all library employees, work-study students, and interns of member institutions in good standing. Encourage your colleagues to participate. Registration is open now and required for all sessions. The first session is scheduled on Tuesday, April 2nd.

We encourage you to take advantage of this professional development opportunity.

Each training session will be hosted by our project partner, the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifactshttps://ccaha.org/. Information about Building Capacity Year 2 can be found here: Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2023https://hbculibraries.org/old-site/humanities-2019.html.

2024 Training sessions include:

• Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutions
• Environmental Management
• Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collections
• Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collections
• Social Media for Collecting Institutions
• Fundraising for Preservation and Conservation
• Introduction to Digitization

Registration is available here for each session: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165

Information about the training sessions is below.

1. Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

An institution’s collections care and business practices are defined by its written policies and procedures. Institutional memory is often lost through staff changes, but best practices are encoded in these important documents. This webinar will give an overview of policies and planning documents that are essential for collections care including collections management policies, handling guidelines, and maintenance policies. Participants will learn the critical components of these documents and discuss tangible examples of how to adapt them for different institutions.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Environmental Managementhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Creating stable environmental conditions is the most significant step an institution can take for the long-term preservation of the collection materials under its stewardship. This webinar covers the basics of collection environments including temperature, relative humidity, and dew point. It also gives participants strategies for improving the environmental conditions in collections spaces to make them good for long-term preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Identifying collection materials with condition issues is a key component to keeping bound collections safe, accessible, and in good condition; and knowing how to prioritize concerns determines how to best focus attention and resources. This webinar will introduce participants to the identification of condition issues and strategies for prioritization. Additional topics for discussion include book structure, agents of deterioration, common degradation, and methods for assessing and prioritizing condition challenges.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Gaining intellectual control over collections is just one aspect of processing and cataloging. This webinar will focus on systems for identifying and prioritizing the collections care needs of items (objects, books, artworks, archival materials, etc.) during the accessioning, processing, and cataloging phases. Participants will learn procedures for assigning conservation and housing priorities and talk about the “red flags” that indicate it’s time to call a conservator.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Social Media for Collecting Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through social media, your institution can build audiences, share stories, promote events, and raise money. Facebook, Instagram, blogs, and crowdfunding platforms like Indiegogo and Kickstarter allow you to connect with new audiences in fresh and vital ways. This webinar will give you tools to understand the wide range of emerging social media opportunities to position your institution and its collections in the 21st century.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Fundraising for Preservation and Conservationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through thoughtful planning and effective grant writing, your organization can be competitive in the race for public and private funding to preserve cultural collections.  This webinar will highlight the aspects of the planning process that funders value most and the elements of a successful grant proposal.  With examples drawn from success stories at museums, historic sites, libraries, and archives, participants will gain an understanding of how to effectively develop and implement a funding strategy to raise money for their collections.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Introduction to Digitizationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Digitization can be the final step in processing collections, facilitating access, and even aiding in collections’ long-term preservation. Like other collections care endeavors, digitization should not be undertaken without an understanding of best practices, safe techniques, and the knowledge to make the right decisions. This webinar will provide a basic overview of some of the considerations institutions should make when digitizing materials including establishing policies, prioritization and selection criteria, equipment options, handling practices while scanning or photographing, storage concerns for digital media, and digital preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

Contact me directly if you have questions or need additional information.

Respectfully,

Sandra

Sandra Phoenix
Executive Director at HBCU Library Alliancehttp://hbculibraries.org/
Office: (678) 210-5801 ext. 101
Mobile: (404) 702-5854
600 Westridge Parkway, Suite 714, PMB 1100
McDonough, GA 30253
Web: hbculibraries.orghttp://hbculibraries.org/
Email: sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org
Seek justice, honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come.
[cid:image001.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0]https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/  [cid:image002.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance  [cid:image003.png@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://www.instagram.com/hbcu_library_alliance/  [cid:image004.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/
Follow this link HBCU Library Alliance 10th Membership Meetinghttps://hbculibraries.org/old-site/meeting-2024.html for updates on the Membership Meeting!

Greetings Colleagues,

This is a friendly reminder that the Building Capacity – Year 3 Training Series continues today. The fifth session is Social Media for Collecting Institutionshttps://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series. Click here: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165 to register for the 11 am ET webinar. More information is below.

LaTasha

From: Sandra Phoenix <sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 1:16 PM
To: hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.orgmailto:hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org
Cc: hbcu-lib@lists.hbculibraries.orgmailto:hbcu-lib@lists.hbculibraries.org
Subject: Building Capacity - Year 3 Training Series

Greetings Colleagues,

I trust you’re well and in good spirits. This email provides information about the Building Capacity training series. We look forward to sharing project opportunities as funding becomes available.

Building Capacity – Year 3 Training Series
The Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2024 training series is scheduled to begin the week of April 1, 2024, and end the week of June 24, 2024. These training sessions are open to all library employees, work-study students, and interns of member institutions in good standing. Encourage your colleagues to participate. Registration is open now and required for all sessions. The first session is scheduled on Tuesday, April 2nd.

We encourage you to take advantage of this professional development opportunity.

Each training session will be hosted by our project partner, the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifactshttps://ccaha.org/. Information about Building Capacity Year 2 can be found here: Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2023https://hbculibraries.org/old-site/humanities-2019.html.

2024 Training sessions include:

• Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutions
• Environmental Management
• Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collections
• Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collections
• Social Media for Collecting Institutions
• Fundraising for Preservation and Conservation
• Introduction to Digitization

Registration is available here for each session: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165

Information about the training sessions is below.

1. Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

An institution’s collections care and business practices are defined by its written policies and procedures. Institutional memory is often lost through staff changes, but best practices are encoded in these important documents. This webinar will give an overview of policies and planning documents that are essential for collections care including collections management policies, handling guidelines, and maintenance policies. Participants will learn the critical components of these documents and discuss tangible examples of how to adapt them for different institutions.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Environmental Managementhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Creating stable environmental conditions is the most significant step an institution can take for the long-term preservation of the collection materials under its stewardship. This webinar covers the basics of collection environments including temperature, relative humidity, and dew point. It also gives participants strategies for improving the environmental conditions in collections spaces to make them good for long-term preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Identifying collection materials with condition issues is a key component to keeping bound collections safe, accessible, and in good condition; and knowing how to prioritize concerns determines how to best focus attention and resources. This webinar will introduce participants to the identification of condition issues and strategies for prioritization. Additional topics for discussion include book structure, agents of deterioration, common degradation, and methods for assessing and prioritizing condition challenges.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Gaining intellectual control over collections is just one aspect of processing and cataloging. This webinar will focus on systems for identifying and prioritizing the collections care needs of items (objects, books, artworks, archival materials, etc.) during the accessioning, processing, and cataloging phases. Participants will learn procedures for assigning conservation and housing priorities and talk about the “red flags” that indicate it’s time to call a conservator.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Social Media for Collecting Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through social media, your institution can build audiences, share stories, promote events, and raise money. Facebook, Instagram, blogs, and crowdfunding platforms like Indiegogo and Kickstarter allow you to connect with new audiences in fresh and vital ways. This webinar will give you tools to understand the wide range of emerging social media opportunities to position your institution and its collections in the 21st century.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Fundraising for Preservation and Conservationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through thoughtful planning and effective grant writing, your organization can be competitive in the race for public and private funding to preserve cultural collections.  This webinar will highlight the aspects of the planning process that funders value most and the elements of a successful grant proposal.  With examples drawn from success stories at museums, historic sites, libraries, and archives, participants will gain an understanding of how to effectively develop and implement a funding strategy to raise money for their collections.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Introduction to Digitizationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Digitization can be the final step in processing collections, facilitating access, and even aiding in collections’ long-term preservation. Like other collections care endeavors, digitization should not be undertaken without an understanding of best practices, safe techniques, and the knowledge to make the right decisions. This webinar will provide a basic overview of some of the considerations institutions should make when digitizing materials including establishing policies, prioritization and selection criteria, equipment options, handling practices while scanning or photographing, storage concerns for digital media, and digital preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

Contact me directly if you have questions or need additional information.

Respectfully,

Sandra

Sandra Phoenix
Executive Director at HBCU Library Alliancehttp://hbculibraries.org/
Office: (678) 210-5801 ext. 101
Mobile: (404) 702-5854
600 Westridge Parkway, Suite 714, PMB 1100
McDonough, GA 30253
Web: hbculibraries.orghttp://hbculibraries.org/
Email: sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org
Seek justice, honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come.
[cid:image001.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0]https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/  [cid:image002.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance  [cid:image003.png@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://www.instagram.com/hbcu_library_alliance/  [cid:image004.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/
Follow this link HBCU Library Alliance 10th Membership Meetinghttps://hbculibraries.org/old-site/meeting-2024.html for updates on the Membership Meeting!

Greetings Colleagues,

This is a friendly reminder that the Building Capacity – Year 3 Training Series continues today. The sixth session is Fundraising for Preservation and Conservationhttps://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series. Click here: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165 to register for the 11 am ET webinar. More information is below.

LaTasha

From: Sandra Phoenix <sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 1:16 PM
To: hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.orgmailto:hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org
Cc: hbcu-lib@lists.hbculibraries.orgmailto:hbcu-lib@lists.hbculibraries.org
Subject: Building Capacity - Year 3 Training Series

Greetings Colleagues,

I trust you’re well and in good spirits. This email provides information about the Building Capacity training series. We look forward to sharing project opportunities as funding becomes available.

Building Capacity – Year 3 Training Series
The Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2024 training series is scheduled to begin the week of April 1, 2024, and end the week of June 24, 2024. These training sessions are open to all library employees, work-study students, and interns of member institutions in good standing. Encourage your colleagues to participate. Registration is open now and required for all sessions. The first session is scheduled on Tuesday, April 2nd.

We encourage you to take advantage of this professional development opportunity.

Each training session will be hosted by our project partner, the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifactshttps://ccaha.org/. Information about Building Capacity Year 2 can be found here: Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2023https://hbculibraries.org/old-site/humanities-2019.html.

2024 Training sessions include:

• Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutions
• Environmental Management
• Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collections
• Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collections
• Social Media for Collecting Institutions
• Fundraising for Preservation and Conservation
• Introduction to Digitization

Registration is available here for each session: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165

Information about the training sessions is below.

1. Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

An institution’s collections care and business practices are defined by its written policies and procedures. Institutional memory is often lost through staff changes, but best practices are encoded in these important documents. This webinar will give an overview of policies and planning documents that are essential for collections care including collections management policies, handling guidelines, and maintenance policies. Participants will learn the critical components of these documents and discuss tangible examples of how to adapt them for different institutions.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Environmental Managementhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Creating stable environmental conditions is the most significant step an institution can take for the long-term preservation of the collection materials under its stewardship. This webinar covers the basics of collection environments including temperature, relative humidity, and dew point. It also gives participants strategies for improving the environmental conditions in collections spaces to make them good for long-term preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Identifying collection materials with condition issues is a key component to keeping bound collections safe, accessible, and in good condition; and knowing how to prioritize concerns determines how to best focus attention and resources. This webinar will introduce participants to the identification of condition issues and strategies for prioritization. Additional topics for discussion include book structure, agents of deterioration, common degradation, and methods for assessing and prioritizing condition challenges.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Gaining intellectual control over collections is just one aspect of processing and cataloging. This webinar will focus on systems for identifying and prioritizing the collections care needs of items (objects, books, artworks, archival materials, etc.) during the accessioning, processing, and cataloging phases. Participants will learn procedures for assigning conservation and housing priorities and talk about the “red flags” that indicate it’s time to call a conservator.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Social Media for Collecting Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through social media, your institution can build audiences, share stories, promote events, and raise money. Facebook, Instagram, blogs, and crowdfunding platforms like Indiegogo and Kickstarter allow you to connect with new audiences in fresh and vital ways. This webinar will give you tools to understand the wide range of emerging social media opportunities to position your institution and its collections in the 21st century.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Fundraising for Preservation and Conservationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through thoughtful planning and effective grant writing, your organization can be competitive in the race for public and private funding to preserve cultural collections. This webinar will highlight the aspects of the planning process that funders value most and the elements of a successful grant proposal. With examples drawn from success stories at museums, historic sites, libraries, and archives, participants will gain an understanding of how to effectively develop and implement a funding strategy to raise money for their collections.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Introduction to Digitizationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Digitization can be the final step in processing collections, facilitating access, and even aiding in collections’ long-term preservation. Like other collections care endeavors, digitization should not be undertaken without an understanding of best practices, safe techniques, and the knowledge to make the right decisions. This webinar will provide a basic overview of some of the considerations institutions should make when digitizing materials including establishing policies, prioritization and selection criteria, equipment options, handling practices while scanning or photographing, storage concerns for digital media, and digital preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

Contact me directly if you have questions or need additional information.

Respectfully,

Sandra

Sandra Phoenix
Executive Director at HBCU Library Alliancehttp://hbculibraries.org/
Office: (678) 210-5801 ext. 101
Mobile: (404) 702-5854
600 Westridge Parkway, Suite 714, PMB 1100
McDonough, GA 30253
Web: hbculibraries.orghttp://hbculibraries.org/
Email: sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org
Seek justice, honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come.
[cid:image001.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0]https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/  [cid:image002.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance  [cid:image003.png@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://www.instagram.com/hbcu_library_alliance/  [cid:image004.gif@01DA8048.98DD46D0] https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/
Follow this link HBCU Library Alliance 10th Membership Meetinghttps://hbculibraries.org/old-site/meeting-2024.html for updates on the Membership Meeting!

Greetings Colleagues,

This is a friendly reminder that the Building Capacity – Year 3 Training Series continues today. The seventh and final session is Introduction to Digitizationhttps://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series. Click here: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165 to register for the 12 pm ET webinar. More information is below.

LaTasha

From: Sandra Phoenix <sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 1:16 PM
To: hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.orgmailto:hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org
Cc: hbcu-lib@lists.hbculibraries.orgmailto:hbcu-lib@lists.hbculibraries.org
Subject: Building Capacity - Year 3 Training Series

Greetings Colleagues,

I trust you’re well and in good spirits. This email provides information about the Building Capacity training series. We look forward to sharing project opportunities as funding becomes available.

Building Capacity – Year 3 Training Series
The Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2024 training series is scheduled to begin the week of April 1, 2024, and end the week of June 24, 2024. These training sessions are open to all library employees, work-study students, and interns of member institutions in good standing. Encourage your colleagues to participate. Registration is open now and required for all sessions. The first session is scheduled on Tuesday, April 2nd.

We encourage you to take advantage of this professional development opportunity.

Each training session will be hosted by our project partner, the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifactshttps://ccaha.org/. Information about Building Capacity Year 2 can be found here: Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2023https://hbculibraries.org/old-site/humanities-2019.html.

2024 Training sessions include:

• Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutions
• Environmental Management
• Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collections
• Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collections
• Social Media for Collecting Institutions
• Fundraising for Preservation and Conservation
• Introduction to Digitization

Registration is available here for each session: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165

Information about the training sessions is below.

1. Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

An institution’s collections care and business practices are defined by its written policies and procedures. Institutional memory is often lost through staff changes, but best practices are encoded in these important documents. This webinar will give an overview of policies and planning documents that are essential for collections care including collections management policies, handling guidelines, and maintenance policies. Participants will learn the critical components of these documents and discuss tangible examples of how to adapt them for different institutions.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Environmental Managementhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Creating stable environmental conditions is the most significant step an institution can take for the long-term preservation of the collection materials under its stewardship. This webinar covers the basics of collection environments including temperature, relative humidity, and dew point. It also gives participants strategies for improving the environmental conditions in collections spaces to make them good for long-term preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Identifying collection materials with condition issues is a key component to keeping bound collections safe, accessible, and in good condition; and knowing how to prioritize concerns determines how to best focus attention and resources. This webinar will introduce participants to the identification of condition issues and strategies for prioritization. Additional topics for discussion include book structure, agents of deterioration, common degradation, and methods for assessing and prioritizing condition challenges.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Gaining intellectual control over collections is just one aspect of processing and cataloging. This webinar will focus on systems for identifying and prioritizing the collections care needs of items (objects, books, artworks, archival materials, etc.) during the accessioning, processing, and cataloging phases. Participants will learn procedures for assigning conservation and housing priorities and talk about the “red flags” that indicate it’s time to call a conservator.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Social Media for Collecting Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165 - Unfortunately, this webinar was cancelled.
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through social media, your institution can build audiences, share stories, promote events, and raise money. Facebook, Instagram, blogs, and crowdfunding platforms like Indiegogo and Kickstarter allow you to connect with new audiences in fresh and vital ways. This webinar will give you tools to understand the wide range of emerging social media opportunities to position your institution and its collections in the 21st century.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Fundraising for Preservation and Conservationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through thoughtful planning and effective grant writing, your organization can be competitive in the race for public and private funding to preserve cultural collections. This webinar will highlight the aspects of the planning process that funders value most and the elements of a successful grant proposal. With examples drawn from success stories at museums, historic sites, libraries, and archives, participants will gain an understanding of how to effectively develop and implement a funding strategy to raise money for their collections.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Introduction to Digitizationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 12:00 pm ET

Digitization can be the final step in processing collections, facilitating access, and even aiding in collections’ long-term preservation. Like other collections care endeavors, digitization should not be undertaken without an understanding of best practices, safe techniques, and the knowledge to make the right decisions. This webinar will provide a basic overview of some of the considerations institutions should make when digitizing materials including establishing policies, prioritization and selection criteria, equipment options, handling practices while scanning or photographing, storage concerns for digital media, and digital preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

Contact me directly if you have questions or need additional information.

Respectfully,

Sandra

Sandra Phoenix
Executive Director at HBCU Library Alliancehttp://hbculibraries.org/
Office: (678) 210-5801 ext. 101
Mobile: (404) 702-5854
600 Westridge Parkway, Suite 714, PMB 1100
McDonough, GA 30253
Web: hbculibraries.orghttp://hbculibraries.org/
Email: sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org
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Greetings Colleagues,

The Social Media for Collecting Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165 webinar has been rescheduled for Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at 12:00 pm ET. Click here to register: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165. More information is below.

LaTasha

From: LaTasha Denard ldenard@hbculibraries.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 9:10 AM
To: hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org; hbcu-lib@lists.hbculibraries.org
Subject: Friendly Reminder: Social Media for Collecting Institutions

Greetings Colleagues,

This is a friendly reminder that the Building Capacity – Year 3 Training Series continues today. The fifth session is Social Media for Collecting Institutionshttps://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series. Click here: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165 to register for the 11 am ET webinar. More information is below.

LaTasha

From: Sandra Phoenix <sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 1:16 PM
To: hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.orgmailto:hbcu-libadmin@lists.hbculibraries.org
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Subject: Building Capacity - Year 3 Training Series

Greetings Colleagues,

I trust you’re well and in good spirits. This email provides information about the Building Capacity training series. We look forward to sharing project opportunities as funding becomes available.

Building Capacity – Year 3 Training Series
The Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2024 training series is scheduled to begin the week of April 1, 2024, and end the week of June 24, 2024. These training sessions are open to all library employees, work-study students, and interns of member institutions in good standing. Encourage your colleagues to participate. Registration is open now and required for all sessions. The first session is scheduled on Tuesday, April 2nd.

We encourage you to take advantage of this professional development opportunity.

Each training session will be hosted by our project partner, the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifactshttps://ccaha.org/. Information about Building Capacity Year 2 can be found here: Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - 2023https://hbculibraries.org/old-site/humanities-2019.html.

2024 Training sessions include:

• Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutions
• Environmental Management
• Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collections
• Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collections
• Social Media for Collecting Institutions
• Fundraising for Preservation and Conservation
• Introduction to Digitization

Registration is available here for each session: Building Capacity 2024 Webinar Registrationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165

Information about the training sessions is below.

1. Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

An institution’s collections care and business practices are defined by its written policies and procedures. Institutional memory is often lost through staff changes, but best practices are encoded in these important documents. This webinar will give an overview of policies and planning documents that are essential for collections care including collections management policies, handling guidelines, and maintenance policies. Participants will learn the critical components of these documents and discuss tangible examples of how to adapt them for different institutions.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Environmental Managementhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Creating stable environmental conditions is the most significant step an institution can take for the long-term preservation of the collection materials under its stewardship. This webinar covers the basics of collection environments including temperature, relative humidity, and dew point. It also gives participants strategies for improving the environmental conditions in collections spaces to make them good for long-term preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Assessing Condition Issues in Book Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Identifying collection materials with condition issues is a key component to keeping bound collections safe, accessible, and in good condition; and knowing how to prioritize concerns determines how to best focus attention and resources. This webinar will introduce participants to the identification of condition issues and strategies for prioritization. Additional topics for discussion include book structure, agents of deterioration, common degradation, and methods for assessing and prioritizing condition challenges.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Red Flag! Identifying Preservation Needs While Processing Collectionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Gaining intellectual control over collections is just one aspect of processing and cataloging. This webinar will focus on systems for identifying and prioritizing the collections care needs of items (objects, books, artworks, archival materials, etc.) during the accessioning, processing, and cataloging phases. Participants will learn procedures for assigning conservation and housing priorities and talk about the “red flags” that indicate it’s time to call a conservator.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Social Media for Collecting Institutionshttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through social media, your institution can build audiences, share stories, promote events, and raise money. Facebook, Instagram, blogs, and crowdfunding platforms like Indiegogo and Kickstarter allow you to connect with new audiences in fresh and vital ways. This webinar will give you tools to understand the wide range of emerging social media opportunities to position your institution and its collections in the 21st century.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Fundraising for Preservation and Conservationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Through thoughtful planning and effective grant writing, your organization can be competitive in the race for public and private funding to preserve cultural collections.  This webinar will highlight the aspects of the planning process that funders value most and the elements of a successful grant proposal.  With examples drawn from success stories at museums, historic sites, libraries, and archives, participants will gain an understanding of how to effectively develop and implement a funding strategy to raise money for their collections.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

1. Introduction to Digitizationhttps://form.jotform.com/240665825847165
   Webinar: Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 11:00 am ET

Digitization can be the final step in processing collections, facilitating access, and even aiding in collections’ long-term preservation. Like other collections care endeavors, digitization should not be undertaken without an understanding of best practices, safe techniques, and the knowledge to make the right decisions. This webinar will provide a basic overview of some of the considerations institutions should make when digitizing materials including establishing policies, prioritization and selection criteria, equipment options, handling practices while scanning or photographing, storage concerns for digital media, and digital preservation.

Click here to view program details.https://ccaha.org/hbcu-library-alliance-2024-webinar-series

Contact me directly if you have questions or need additional information.

Respectfully,

Sandra

Sandra Phoenix
Executive Director at HBCU Library Alliancehttp://hbculibraries.org/
Office: (678) 210-5801 ext. 101
Mobile: (404) 702-5854
600 Westridge Parkway, Suite 714, PMB 1100
McDonough, GA 30253
Web: hbculibraries.orghttp://hbculibraries.org/
Email: sphoenix@hbculibraries.orgmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org
Seek justice, honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come.
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