Water Salvage Workshop

Location: University of Southern California, Doheny Library
Date: March 19, 2013, 1-4 pm
Instructor: Julie Page

Synopsis: Half day workshop on preventing and recovering from a water disaster event.

A presentation by Julie Page will be followed by hands-on salvage of wet books, flat paper, and photographs.

Julie Page is Co-Coordinator of both the California Preservation Program (CPP) and the Western States and Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS). She presents disaster preparedness and response workshops through WESTPAS and California’s IMLS-funded Connecting to Collections project.  Page has published in the areas of preservation education and disaster preparedness and established the San Diego/Imperial County Libraries Disaster Response Network. She currently serves on the Board of Heritage Preservation and their advisory committee for the Alliance for Response and is a member of the AIC Collections Emergency Response Team.

Refreshments will be provided during a break.

Cost of parking on campus: $10

Public Transportation: Getting to USC is very easy on public transportation.  You can take the Metro Expo Line, which will leave you on the south side of campus on Exposition Boulevard.  If you take the Red Line to Union Station you can take advantage of a shuttle which runs regularly from Union Station to the University Park Campus. For more information see Transit Routes and Directions and Maps.

Workshop cost: $50.00
Registration by mail only, limited to 20 non-USC participants on a first come first serve basis.
Registration deadline: March 12, 2013

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MAIL CHECK TO:
Linda Harris Mehr
Margaret Herrick Library Director
Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study
333 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

Registration questions contact:
Linda Mehr at (310) 247-3000 ext.2200
Email: lmehr@oscars.org

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