<div dir="ltr">please excuse cross postings<div><br></div><div>Colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Registration opens on Monday, Oct. 7 for the AABC distance education course "Introduction to Archival Preservation". </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)">Registration:</span></b><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)"> October 7 - November 25, 2019</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)">Course duration:</span></b><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)"> January 6 - March 16, 2020</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Using the textbook <i>Preserving Archives and Manuscripts</i> students
will be introduced to archival preservation over seven modules that include concepts
and terminology in archival preservation and best practices for the preservation
of paper records, photographs, machine readable records and electronic media.
Students will also learn about design requirements for archives buildings and storage environments,
the exhibition of archival records and emergency planning.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)">Cost:</span></b><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)"> AABC members $350.00 (CAD) / Non-member $500.00 (CAD); plus the
cost of the course textbook</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)">Limit: </span></b><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)"> 20 students</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)">Textbook: </span></b><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54)">Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler. <i>Preserving Archives and Manuscripts</i> (SAA,
2010). A discounted price is available for the textbook if ordered from the
SAA. </span></font></p></div><div>For more information and registration links please visit the AABC website at:</div><div><a href="https://aabc.ca/education/distance-education/course-list/introduction-to-archival-preservation/">https://aabc.ca/education/distance-education/course-list/introduction-to-archival-preservation/</a> </div><div><br></div><div> <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Best regards,</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: 778-680-2273</font></div></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"><span></span><span></span><br></font></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"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>