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ICPC:
Iowa Conservation and Preservation Consortium

The Iowa Conservation and Preservation Consortium is a membership organization seeking to initiate, encourage, and enhance preservation and conservation activities by providing basic preservation education and training.

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Please save the date!

   
Friday, June 6, 2008
for the ICPC SOS
(Save Our Stuff)
Preservation Workshops

 
This year we have another exciting event planned centrally at

The State Historical Society of Iowa (directions*)
600 East Locust Street
Des Moines, Iowa  50319

 
    
The SOS schedule will include:

- Tours of the SHSI building
 - Photo identification workshop
 - Battle Flags Restoration Project    
 - Preserving Artifacts on Exhibit
 - Disaster Planning
 - Historic Structure Preservation
  - Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action -
   Iowa's Response
 -  and More

Sessions and Registration Forms

Hope to see you there!


Directions:
From I-235: Take the East 6th Street exit and turn south onto East 6th Street. Next, turn left (east) onto Grand Avenue (a two-way street). The State Historical Society Building will be on your right and a free parking garage on your left (at the end of the block or at 7th and Grand).  FYI - The parking garage is next to the Iowa Genealogical Society building.  Park at the garage and walk across the street to SHSI.

Coming from the south take SE 14th Street (Highway 69) to Grand. Turn left (west) and go to the parking garage on the northwest corner of 7th and Grand. The SHSI building will be on the left (or on the south side of Grand).

Go into the SHSI building (the north door of the building is across from the parking lot) and proceed to the visitor's information desk on the main level (or first floor) next to the gift shop (take the stairs down or the elevator).  ICPC Board members will be there to greet and assist you.
 

More Information available in the press release

For Further Information, please contact:

Lucy David
ICPC Administrative Assistant
ldavid114@aol.com or
lucy-david@uiowa.edu
319-338-0514

or

Grace Linden
President, ICPC Board of Directors
Sioux City Public Museum
glinden@sioux-city.org
712-224-5001

 


Educational Opportunities and Readings including ICPC's Tip Sheets
Including workshops at the Campbell Center, tip sheets on video preservation, time capsule information and resource directory, flood recovery, and articles from CLIR (Council on Library and Information Resources).

TIPS for Drying Materials

Funding Opportunities

Iowa's State Library

http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/funding-info/recent-releases.
html

Tip Sheet

Links to Preservation Sites

Preservation Resources and Supplies

 


Last update: May 9, 2008
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