Workshops
Useful and practical information offered by a knowledgeable and enthusiastic speaker to help you manage your archives
Personalized workshops can be designed to suit your needs
Preserving and Providing Access to Public Records
- Why should we care about records?
- Preservation is a foundation for access
- Storage and environment basics
- Reformatting options
- Disaster Preparedness and response
An Overview of the Collection, Arrangement and Description, and Use of Historical Records in Historical Societies and Public Libraries
- What are archives? types of archives and records
- Archivists and records managers
- Why are historic records important?
- Our responsibilities regarding historical records
- Collaboration
- Arrangement, description, preservation
Organizing Local History Collections in Libraries
- Should a library collect historical records?
- Records Survey
- Preservation
- Organizing and Indexing
- Outreach and collaboration
Caring for Town Records
- Why take care of information?
- First step: the records inventory
- Preservation survey
- Records Management
- Organization and indexing
- Archives consultant
Getting Started: Acquisition and Appraisal of Historical Records
- Tool for acquisition and appraisal - policies and administrative documents
- Records Inventory
- Community documentation
- Collection Development
- Acquisition - what and how to add items to your collection
- Appraisal theory - types of appraisal and determining value
- Appraisal scorecard
- Reformatting, preservation, disposition
Preserving Memories: Maintaining Family Photographs and Memorabilia
- Preserving memories for sentimental reasons, preserving history
- What makes items deteriorate?
- How to preserve your family treasures - preservation materials, organization, documentation
Hidden Treasures: Using Volunteers in Your Records Repository
- Defining a sense of self - be prepared to explain what are archives and why are they important
- Make sure your administrative documents are in place - know what you are, what you do and why
- Collaborate - provide a sense of community
- Recruit
- Work to keep volunteers - recognize that everyone has a different reason for volunteering
Conducting an Oral History Project
- Use to complement other forms of documentation
- Preparation and steps
- Writing the questionnaire
- Taping Interviews - equipment, interviewing
- Preserving tapes and transcripts
What Can an Archives Consultant Can Do for You?
- Getting started: Surveys and Assessments
- Records Inventories
- Specialized Projects - outreach, preservation assessment, collaboration, training
- Specialized consultants -grant writers, engineers, conservation
- Fees and funding
- Contracts
- Qualifications
What people have said about Melissa's presentations:
"This program was very worthwhile…the handouts are most helpful for the long term."
"[Melissa Mannon is] obviously very knowledgeable about [her] field…"
"Melissa Mannon was especially professional."
"[An] interesting presentation…from an enthusiastic speaker…"
"…Melissa did a great job of conveying useful and practical information."