Celebrate Preservation Week ! Co-Sponsored program featuring speakers Janette Pardo and Deb Schiff

Celebrate Preservation Week this month!

April 24-30

To find out more about events or activities near you, visit https://preservationweek.org/

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FEATURED EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT:

The CAPES Archival Consulting Program: CAPES Is Here to Help! with Deb Schiff and Janette Pardo

This program is cosponsored by H&P, MARAC and PPG.

April 27, 2022, 1pm via Zoom

CAPES (Caucus Archival Projects Evaluation Service) is the free consulting service provided by the MARAC/NJ Caucus (MidAtlantic Regional Archives Conference/New Jersey Caucus) with funding from the New Jersey Historical Commission. Since 1989, CAPES consultants have produced more than 500 reports for archives, libraries, historical societies and other organizations to help enhance archival collection management. This online free PPG program will cover:

-A brief overview of the origins of the CAPES program

-Who and what qualifies for a CAPES evaluation

-How the CAPES program works

-Second CAPES evaluations

-Spreading the word about CAPES

-Using CAPES reports to get grants

About the Speakers:

Janette Pardo, Reference Librarian, Wayne Public Library, and CAPES Coordinator

At the Wayne Public Library, Janette’s work includes collection development, adult programming and processing of the local history collection. After serving as a CAPES Consultant since 2001, she transitioned into the role of CAPES Coordinator in 2021. Prior to Wayne, she was a Research Associate for The Thomas A. Edison Papers at Rutgers University. She holds a Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS) with a concentration in archives and preservation from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick.

Debra Schiff, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian at The College of New Jersey and CAPES Consultant

Deb Schiff was the 2020 recipient of the New Jersey Library Association’s Susan Swartzburg Preservation Award for her work developing a series of low-cost, hands-on workshops teaching basic archival skills to public librarians, religious archivists, and local historians. She is both a CAPES consultant for MARAC and a private preservation consultant for archives throughout New Jersey. Schiff has been active in and has held leadership positions in both the New Jersey Library Association History & Preservation Section and the Society of American Archivists. She received her MLIS from Rutgers, and BA in Communication -- Radio, Television and Film, from William Paterson University. Prior to changing careers in 2009, Deb was a consultant and freelance writer/editor for online software companies and technical magazines, respectively.

Register in advance for this meeting: https://monmouth.zoom.us/.../tJwkc...

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