[Sci-tech-public] Preservation Week, April 29–May 1: Explore the art and science of preserving cultural heritage

[Michelle Baildon]

Please join the MIT Libraries for Preservation Week 2014!

http://libraries.mit.edu/news/preservation-events/14318/
Tuesday, April 29th, starting at 12 pm
The Art and Science of Document Security: Past, Present, and Future, 32-144<http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=32> A series of talks presenting research on historical, contemporary, and novel methods for creating secure documents in all forms. Join us for one session or several. There will be breaks for refreshments and questions throughout.
•    12:15 pm “Our Marathon”: The Boston Bombing Digital Archive 
Our Marathon<http://marathon.neu.edu/> is a crowd-sourced digital archive of stories, photos, video, and social media related to the Boston Marathon bombings and aftermath. Join us for a brown bag talk with Jim McGrath and Alicia Peaker from the Our Marathon team for an overview of the project and the archive.
•    1:00 pm Opening Remarks
•    1:15 pm Our Digital Lives: Protecting Our Data In Use and At Rest, Michael Halsall, Senior Network and Information Security Analyst at MIT

•    1:45 pm Benign Neglect No More: How Document Security Affects Access to Memory, Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist, MIT Libraries Institute Archives and Special Collections
•    2:45 pm Historic Letterlocking: The Art and Security of Letterwriting, Jana Dambrogio, Thomas F. Peterson (1957) Conservator, MIT Libraries, Curation and Preservation Services
•    4:00 pm Thanks for the Memory: 50+ Years of Computing at MIT, 14N-130<http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=14> Gallery tour led by Nora Murphy, Archivist for Reference, Outreach, and Instruction, MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections, Maihaugen Gallery<http://libraries.mit.edu/exhibits/maihaugen/> (Free, MIT ID required).
•    8:00 pm The Monuments Men Movie Screening, 26-100<http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=26> Enjoy a free screening of SONY’s The Monuments Men<http://www.monumentsmen.com/>. George Clooney portrays Cambridge local art conservation hero George Stout who saved cultural heritage from ruin during WWII. (Free, MIT ID required).

Wednesday, April 30th, 11 am-3 pm
•    Our Marathon “Share Your Story” event, 10-105<http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=10> Representatives from the Our Marathon<http://marathon.neu.edu/> online archive will be on campus to document the personal experiences of the MIT community during and after the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing.

May 1st, 2-3 pm
•    Scrapbook Preservation webinar, 14N-132<http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=14> Interested in preserving your own items? Join us for a free webinar about scrapbook preservation hosted by the American Library Association. Melissa Tedone, Conservator of the Parks Library Preservation Department<http://parkslibrarypreservation.wordpress.com/> at Iowa State University, will talk about older scrapbooks as well as how to identify the most stable materials for new scrapbooks.

For more information contact preservation-team at mit.edu<mailto:preservation-team at mit.edu>, or see the Preservation Week website<http://libguides.mit.edu/preservationweek>.

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Michelle Baildon
Philosophy, History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, & Society Librarian
MIT Libraries
Hayden Library, 14S-230
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-9352


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