June 17, 2008: Registration is now open for our San Diego Focus on Collections Care workshop event taking place July 30 through August 1, 2008. Brochures are being mailed out this week and are also available here as downloadable PDF file.
May 16, 2008: We are please to announce Focus on Collections Care, our 3-day workshop series, will be offered July 30 through August 1 in San Diego. Please see our workshop section for more information, including a listing of new classes.
April 24, 2008: In honor of MayDay 2008, BACC is making all five of our Guides to Emergency Preparedness Resources available as a free downloadable PDF to encourage and assist institutions in their efforts to better prepare for a disaster. Archives, libraries, museums, and historic preservation organizations across America are setting aside May 1 to participate in MayDay, a national effort to protect collections from disasters. More ideas and simple steps to help protect collections can be found through the Heritage Emergency National Task Force and the Society of American Archivists.
March 11, 2008: Through a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, BACC’s Western Region Field Service Office is able to offer an on-site collections preservation survey to a select number of institutions within the western region at a subsidized cost. Please contact us to learn more or to request an application.
January 2, 2008: We are pleased to announce the publication of what is the first of series of technical leaflets. Making Material Choices for Paper and Photographs is now available! Contact us us to request your copy.
