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.

University of KwaZulu-Natal Special Collections Preservation Conservation Conference 2019 Conference : Theme Disaster Prevention Preparedness, Response & Recovery of collective collections and e-collections (digitised & born digital images)

Date: Wednesday 25 & Thursday 26 September 2019

Venue: UKZN Pietermaritzburg Campus, Pietermaritzburg

Time: 08h00 to 15h00

Invitation to Register & Registration Form Registration closes 8 August 2019