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On Campus and Around Town
In addition to utilizing
the educational resources available in PCS and GSLIS facilities, students
obtain invaluable experience through employment and volunteer opportunities
in the many libraries and other cultural institutions on campus and around
the city of Austin. Through these opportunities, students are able to
apply the theories, skills, and techniques learned in the classroom and
laboratory. Furthermore, students are exposed to the challenges and rewards
of preservation and conservation work and how such work forms an integral
part of the day-to-day operations of libraries, archives, and museums.
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Reference
materials in the PCS Resource Center
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Institutions on campus
and around Austin which serve as educational resources for PCS students
include:
Abbey
Publications
Alexander
Architectural Archive
Architecture and Planning
Library
Austin History
Center
Austin Public Library
Benson Latin American
Collection
Carraba Conservation
Center for American History
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art
JJT Inc.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
and Museum
Perry-Castañeda
Library
Physics Mathematics Astronomy
Library
On the Web
A number
of preservation and conservation resources are available on the World Wide
Web that enrich the education of PCS students and foster life-long learning
throughout their professional careers. Foremost among these is Conservation
Online (CoOL). This Web site is an indispensible full text library
of conservation information. Thousands of professionals around the world
subscribe to CoOL's listserv, the
DistList. To subscribe to the DistList, follow
these instructions.
The Preservation
Administration Discussion Group (PADG) is a part of the Preservation
and Reformatting Section of the Association
for Library Collections and Technical Services, a division of the
American Library Association. PADG meets
regularly at the semi-annual ALA conferences and also supports a listserv.
To subscribe to the PADG email list, follow
these instructions.
Other professional
associations and regional centers which play a vital role in the preservation
and conservation community include:
American
Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
Amigos Library Services
Association of Moving Image Archivists
(AMIA)
Regional Alliance for Preservation (RAP)
Northeast Document Conservation Center
(NEDCC)
Society of American Archivists
SOLINET
Guild of Bookworkers
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