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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Oregon Heritage will conduct 28 days of training related to collections care and disaster preparedness in all regions of the state this year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">“Hundreds of Oregonians and dozens of libraries, archives and museums passionate about their state will benefit from this free training, which is supported by a Connecting to Collections grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services,” said project director Kyle Jansson. The Oregon Library Association, the Northwest Archivists, the Oregon Museums Association, Tamastslikt Cultural Institute and the Oregon Historical Society are partners in the project.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The first 14 days of training will take place from April 14-May 17 in Astoria, Bend, Coos Bay, Medford, Pendleton, Philomath and Portland. Each community will have two days of training. The first will be about collections care and management. The second will be about disaster preparedness.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>People may sign up for one or both days of training.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The collections care workshop will cover the topics of collection policy, preservation planning, collections assessments, environmental controls, collections problem solving, and solving conundrums through networking.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The emergency preparedness workshop includes connecting with emergency responders, disaster planning, identifying threats and resources, collections prioritization, and involving the public in disaster preparedness,<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The workshops will include lectures, hands-on activities, discussions, guest presentations, and small-group work. They are designed for archives, libraries and museums and will be relevant to people with little collections experience as well those with more significant experience.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">A second round of workshops in the fall will develop the training topics further. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">For the schedule of spring trainings and more information, visit the Connecting to Collections website at </FONT><A href="http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/OHC/Pages/C2C.aspx"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman">http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/OHC/Pages/C2C.aspx</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>