We value the involvement of students, working professionals, and volunteers whose institutional support is insufficient to attend this conference.  NCPC offers a limited number of conference scholarships.  The scholarship is intended to promote continuing preservation education and professional networking.  This scholarship covers full registration.  It does not cover travel, lodging, or other expenses.

The application process is simple and consists primarily of telling us why attendance is important for you.  Applicants must be employed by or volunteer at a North Carolina institution with a preservation mission that has little or no funding for professional development, or be a graduate student enrolled in a preservation related discipline at a college or university in North Carolina.

To apply for a scholarship, please send an email explaining why attendance is important to you to the NCPC Executive Director by October 10^th.  Early registration fees will be honored for any applicants who are not granted a scholarship.

More information on this year’s Annual Conference is online. Early Bird registration ends October 15th.

We have one spot remaining for this workshop as of 9/15/2017. Please reserve your seat by registering today. For complete information, please see our Workshop website.

Craig Fansler demonstrates book repair techniques.

Sponsored by the North Carolina Preservation Consortium
Z. Smith Reynolds Library ~ Wake Forest University

This workshop will cover a variety of repairs such a spine replacement, tipping in pages, end sheet replacement, 4-flap enclosures, paper tears and tightening hinges.

This workshop is intended for staff and volunteers in libraries, archives, museums, historic sites, and other heritage institutions that need training in repairing or housing archival materials. Books will be supplied for attendees to work on, but you are encouraged to bring 1 or 2 books which need repair or housing. If time permits, we’ll work on what you bring.

Date and Location

Friday, September 29, 2017
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. workshop

Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Preservation Lab, Room 329
1834 Wake Forest Road
Wake Forest, NC

Cost

$50 (NCPC Member or staff at an NCPC institutional member)
$75 (non-member*)

Preserving Historic Cemeteries
November 3, 2017
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
High Point Museum

This workshop will begin with a morning presentation covering:

• The basic steps of documenting historic cemeteries, including survey forms and successful photography,
• Establishing preservation priorities
• Cleaning stone monuments
• Basic cemetery care

After the presentation, there will be time for questions and answers before moving to High Point’s Oakwood Cemetery in the afternoon for hands-on cleaning of stone markers.

Who should attend?

This training is targeted to the nonprofessional, such as church sextons, genealogists, cemetery grounds keepers, and family members.  No prior training or experience is required.  Please send an email to jason_church@contractor.nps.gov, if you would like to request that a particular topic or challenge, related to your specific site, be covered.  Registration will be limited to 30 participants. Registration deadline is October 24, 2017. For registration information, please see our Workshop page.

NCPC wishes to thank the High Point Historical Society for its generous sponsorship of this workshop.