This two-part course will be held on Tuesday-Wednesday, July 14-15, 2015 from 10:00 am to Noon. Students must attend both sessions.

 

This four-hour online class is designed to help institutions identify common preservation issues with newspaper collections and develop strategies for maintaining access to their content.

 

Newspapers have an important role in our lives. They are a place for reporting on current information and upcoming events. Over time, they become a historic record of our activities, politics, opinions, weather, and businesses. Preserving this record can prove to be a challenge – especially when we consider local and regional papers.

 

In this class we will investigate the preservation of newspapers and the role that reformatting has in that effort. We will explore the issues and benefits with microfilm and digitization options. We look at issues of accessibility, copyright, and best practices to aid in our preservation efforts. We will also examine sample projects to see how some institutions are dealing with their newspaper collections.

 

This class will be held in the Lyrasis Adobe Connect meeting room. Log-in information will be emailed approximately one week before the course.

 

Presented by: Alix Bentrud, Lyrasis

 

Registration deadline:  07/08/2015

 

Staff from Florida libraries may register for this workshop at no charge. Priority will be given to SEFLIN members. Non-members will be placed on a waiting list and added as space permits after the registration deadline.

 

Non-Member Registration Form