Name: (Workshop) Building Emergency Response and Salvage Decision Making Skills
Start: 2016-05-14T09:00:00-0400
End: 2016-05-14T16:00:00-0400

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$149 This workshop is designed to develop knowledge and skills in emergency response and salvage decision-making for conservation professionals working in any specialty with any degree of emergency response training. Through lectures, group exercises, and hands-on demonstrations and activities, workshop participants will learn from experienced colleagues with NHR (Formerly AIC-CERT) training and from each other, increasing their ability to contribute to collections salvage following disasters.

Sponsors

AIC Emergency Committee

Canadian Conservation Institute

The Canadian Conservation Institute advances and promotes the conservation of Canada's heritage collections through its expertise in conservation science, treatment and preventive conservation. CCI works with heritage institutions and professionals to ensure these heritage collections... Read More →

National Heritage Responders Working Group

The National Heritage Responders (NHR) - formerly the American Institute for Conservation - Collections Emergency Response Team (AIC-CERT) - responds to the needs of cultural institutions during emergencies and disasters through coordinated efforts with first responders, state agencies... Read More →

Instructor(s)

Robert Herskovitz, [PA]

Outreach Conservator, Minnesota Historical Society

Bob Herskovitz has been an objects conservator since 1975, first with the Arizona Historical Society and, since 1987, with the Minnesota Historical Society. He is responsible for the development and implementation of the Minnesota Historical Society Conservation Outreach Program... Read More →

Susan Duhl, [PA]

Conservator/Collections Consultant, Conservator/Collections Consultant/AIC CERT Working Group/AIC Emergency Committee

Susan is a Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation National Heritage Responder (FAIC -NHR) and on the Boards of FAIC Emergency Committee and FAIC-NHR Working Group. Susan teaches Disaster Protection and Recovery worldwide, including Nepal and Greece. She responded... Read More →

Ann Frellsen

Collections Conservator, Emory University Libraries

Ann Frellsen has just retired after nearly 27 years as the Book and Paper Collections Conservator for the Emory University Libraries. Her other specialties are training, disaster planning and response, and bookbinding.

Irene Karsten

Preservation Development Advisor, Canadian Conservation Institute

Irene Karsten has an MSc (1998) and PhD (2003) in Human Ecology with specialization in textile conservation science from the University of Alberta (Edmonton) as well as a Diploma in Art Conservation Techniques (1994) from Fleming College in Peterborough, Ontario. She was the Conservator... Read More →

Saturday May 14, 2016 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Hyatt Regency - Soprano

Workshop, Emergency

Interest Emergency
Audience Allied Professionals
Cost Ticketed

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