CARLI Preservation Tours

CARLI Preservation Tours

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Friday, October 23, 2015 - 9:30am to 3:30pm

The CARLI Preservation Committee invites members to the University of Chicago Library and the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) to visit their facilities and learn about their preservation activities.

During the morning, the University of Chicago Library welcomes CARLI members to visit their Preservation Department and its three components, the Binding and Shelf Preparation, Conservation Laboratory, and Digitization Laboratory. Visitors will also tour the Automated Storage and Retrieval System of the Mansueto Library.

After a group lunch, the Center for Research Libraries will give a presentation on "The importance of Data in Print and Digital Preservation: CRL's Role." There will be a tour of the CRL collections and storage facilities.

Locations:
Morning: University of Chicago Regenstein Library - meet at front entrance/lobby
1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637

Afternoon: Center for Research Libraries (a fifteen minute walk from the University of Chicago)
6050 S. Kenwood Ave., Chicago, IL 60637

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Agenda  

9:30 - 10:00

Onsite check-in for the day

The Joseph Regenstein Library, Room A-11 Conference Room

Coffee and tea provided by the University of Chicago

10:00 - Noon

Welcome and Tour of the Preservation Department and the Mansueto Library

-Sherry Byrne, Preservation Librarian

Binding & Shelf Preparation

-Amy Mantrone, Head of Binding & Shelf Preparation

Digitization

-Kathleen Arthur, Head of Digitization

Conservation

-Melina Avery, Conservator

Mansueto Library, Automated Storage and Retrieval System

Jamaar Harris, Head, Mansueto Circulation

David Bottorff, Head of Collection Management and Special Projects Manager

Noon - 1:00

Lunch (provided by CARLI)

Joseph Regenstein Library, A-11 Conference Room
1:00 - 1:30 Travel (by foot) to the Center for Research Libraries

1:30 - 3:30

Center for Research Libraries

"The Importance of Data in Print and Digital Preservation: CRL's Role"

-Bernard Reilly, President of CRL

Tour of CRL Collections and Storage Facilities

To register, please click on the "Register" tab above.

Registration deadline: Friday, October 16, 2015

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