<div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">please excuse cross-postings<br></font></div><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Colleagues,</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Looking for a Christmas gift for yourself? </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Registration is now open for the AABC's popular distance education course "Introduction to Archival Preservation". <span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)">Using the textbook </span><em style="font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(54,54,54);border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px">Preserving Archives and Manuscripts</em><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)"> students will be introduced to archival preservation in seven modules. </span>Over 10 weeks, students will learn about b<span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)">asic concepts and terminology in archival preservation; the </span><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)">material science of paper records, photographs, </span><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)">machine readable records and electronic media; </span><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)">understanding design requirements for archives buildings and storage environments; best practices for the </span><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)">exhibition of archival records; and elements of sound </span><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)">emergency and p</span><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)">reservation management planning. </span><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)">The textbook will be supplemented with articles, survey tools and condition reporting assessments available on the Internet.</span></font></div><div><p style="border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px">Registration:</strong> November 1 - December 8, 2017</font></p><p style="border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong style="border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px">Course duration:</strong> January 8 - March 19, 2018</font></p><p style="border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The cost for the course is $350.00 (CAD) for AABC members and $500.00 (CAD) for non-members. Students will be able to order the course textbook - Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler's <em style="font-weight:inherit;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0px;padding:0px">Preserving Archives and Manuscripts</em> (SAA, 2010) at a special course price of $55.00 USD (including shipping & handling) once they have registered.</font></p><p style="border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;margin:15px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(54,54,54)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">For more details on how to register, please see the information available on the AABC website at: <a href="http://aabc.ca/education/distance-education/course-list/introduction-to-archival-preservation/" target="_blank">http://aabc.ca/education/<wbr>distance-education/course-<wbr>list/introduction-to-archival-<wbr>preservation/</a></font></p></div><div><br></div><div><div><div class="m_4124506965119555102gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Lisa</div><div><br></div><div>Lisa Glandt, MAS</div><div>Education and Advisory Services (EAS) Coordinator</div><div>Archives Association of British Columbia</div><div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:aabc.advisor@aabc.ca" target="_blank"><font size="2">aabc.advisor@aabc.ca</font></a></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">phone: <a href="tel:(778)%20680-2273" value="+17786802273" target="_blank">778-680-2273</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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