Heritage Library has a new president

G. Norma Harberger is the incoming president of Heritage Library.  She will be the Heritage Library representative to our group.  Please make her feel welcome.  –gmc/bcl 

“Connecting to Collections” materials available through the BDC

The Beaufort County Library applied for — and won — a set of the “Connecting to Collections” materials for the use of our consortium members.  BCL Tech Services department has done its magic and the materials are now available for checkout through the BDC.  You won’t find these records listed in our online catalog for just anybody to use.  These wonderful current reference materials are for the exclusive use of the members of the Beaufort County Historical Resources Consortium!

By a special one-time only arrangement:  The BDC has brokered a deal!  Official representatives of your organization can check the materials out through the BDC — provided that the person has a valid Beaufort County Library card.  This means a staff member, a board member or a current volunteer at your organization can come see Amber or me for access to the materials and/or to check out the materials.  You can’t do this through the Circulation department.  You can’t do this through any other library branch.  You have to come to the BDC and talk with Amber or me to make the check-out happen for your organization.  You have to have a valid Beaufort County Library card (and it’s free to all residents of Beaufort County).

Circulation period is 3 weeks with one renewal. 

Failure to return the item on time will result in usual Library fines, fees, and cessation of borrowing privileges.  Besides, which, you’ll look really, really selfish if you keep the resource and exclude other members from using it to preserve their collections, too.

A bibliography of the available materials can be found at http://www.imls.gov/collections/bookshelf/biblio.htm. 

There is a 48 page PDF brochure about how best to use the awarded materials at http://www.imls.gov/pdf/BookshelfGuide.pdf.

“The IMLS Bookshelf is a crucial component of Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action, a conservation initiative that the Institute launched in 2006. IMLS began the initiative in response to a 2005 study by Heritage Preservation documenting the dire state of the nation’s collections. The multi-faceted, multi-year initiative shines a nationwide spotlight on the needs of America’s collections, especially those held by smaller institutions, which often lack the human and financial resources necessary to adequately care for their collections.” (IMLS press release announcing the awards back in February).

Registration now open for “Basics of Archives” Workshop

South Carolina’s State Historical Records Advisory Board is holding a “Basics of Archives” class in Beaufort at Penn Center on 9 July. 

For more information, go to http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/shrab/2009regrant/2009regrantWorkshops.htm.  Heather South, the Archives Preservation Officer, will be delighted to answer your questions by e-mail.  Her address is southh@scdah.state.sc.us.  

One can’t beat the price – only $20 and I believe that includes lunch!  With the high cost of gasoline today, isn’t it much better to have the workshop come to us, rather than us having to go outside of the County to participate? 

Don’t let your county  and institutions down.  Please attend.   Attending this offering  just might help make a larger goal of the BCHRC happen:  education and professional training nearer to home base.