Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists

A One-Week Paper & Book Conservation Workshop has been announced for June 7th – June 11, 2010 on the campus of UNLV, in Las Vegas Nevada. This one-week intensive learning experience will give participants an introduction to the fundamentals of professional paper mending and book repair. Laboratory work will provide practical hands-on experience with basic preservation and conservation techniques, coupled with lectures focused on library and archival science and preservation theory.

During the paper conservation segment, the basics of conservation techniques of paper mending and cleaning will be taught. And, during the book conservation segment, basic techniques of professional book repair will be covered. The instructor will discuss paper making history, archival storage, temperature and relative humidity. Lectures will also include book history, construction, and identifying book structures. Hands-on experience will include paste-making, spine replacements and other basic repairs, pamphlet binding, basic book binding, and hot stamp press and book finishing.

The instructor, Michael Frazier, is the Conservator at the University Libraries at UNLV, and the president of CIMA (Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists). The class room is a working conservation laboratory located inside Lied Library’s Special Collections.

Students are encouraged to bring to class, personal books and other items to work with, and for consultation. Time will be allowed in class, to work on items. All persons interested in the this field are welcome.

No prior experience is necessary. Class size is limited.

Date: Monday – Friday; 9 am – 5 pm (one hour lunch); June 7 – June 11, 2010
Location: UNLV Lied Library Special Collections, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-7010
Fee: $443.00: 400.00 fee + 20.00 supply fee + 23.00 tool repair kit (5 all-day sessions)

This is part of the UNLV Educational Outreach program. You may register with a credit card online by visiting the Web site at http://edoutreach.unlv.edu or over the phone by calling (702) 895-3394, Monday – Friday between 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Other workshops offered in this program:

• Book Protective Enclosures
• Basic Disaster Recovery
• Basic Paper Conservation
• Basic Book Conservation

The Society of California Archivists, the Society of Rocky Mountain Archivists, the Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists, and the Northwest Archivists, Inc. are pleased to announce the establishment of a new peer reviewed open access, online journal — the Journal of Western Archives (JWA). The journal will explore important Western regional issues in archives, the development of the archival profession in the western United States, collaborative efforts and projects amongst cultural institutions, and other topics important to archivists working in the western United States.

The Journal of Western Archives invites paper submissions for the inaugural issue. Submissions received before June 1st, 2010, will be considered for publication in the first issue. Please take a moment and visit the JWA Web site, at http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/westernarchives/, and if you are interested in contributing to the journal please contact the managing editor, John Murphy.