The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) Special Collections in collaboration with Africa Media Online and the South African Preservation and Conservation Group (Sapcon) are pleased to announce the Call for Papers, for the UKZN Special Collections: Preservation Conservation Conference.

Aim
The aim of the conference is to give:

• preservation managers/librarians; preservation technicians;
• digitisation/scanning service providers; bulk electronic storage providers;
• artefacts and paper conservators, book restorers, archivists, special collections stack managers and museum curators an opportunity to share their challenge/s and experiences in dealing with natural and manmade disasters and best practice approach and techniques to prevent potential disasters that contribute to the deterioration or loss of research resources and electronic information in our research resource centres including University Libraries, government institutions, school libraries, private collections, community centres and museums.