3 October 2014
Alan Paton Centre, Pietermaritzburg

      

The ETHER Initiative has collaborated with Dr Estelle Liebenberg-Barkhuizen of the Alan Paton Centre to bring to you an exciting workshops on Photograph and film preservation. This workshop, which is created and presented by Estelle, is a one-day intensive and insightful course that deals with all the theory, methods and practices you need when dealing with the preservation of photographs and film.  You will learn all the reasons why photographs and film deteriorate and fade, and what are the best ways to prevent this. This includes policies, risk and security, storage and the ideal atmosphere, as well as handling techniques and digitisation.

Find out more details about the Photo and Film Preservation Workshop

If there is demand, we will run two complimentary ETHER workshops before the preservation workshop:

Collection Storage Management (2 October)

Project Management for Heritage Projects (1 October)

 

Please contact us for bookings or more information

Gladys Rapatsa
Tammy Reynard
+27(0)11.486.4671

New dates!

Pretoria

Archiving : 15 – 17 September

Collection Storage Management : 18 September

Project Management : 19 September

 

Archiving:
A workshop created and presented by Pétria Marais in collaboration with the ETHER Initiative.

Book your place on this three day intensive workshop which focuses on current optimal archiving procedures. This workshop will teach you everything you need to know about archiving theory and method in a practical setting. You will also learn about the latest developments in the field and have the chance to discuss your own case-studies and concerns.

Find out more details about the Archiving Workshop

Collection Storage Management:
A workshop created by Sholeen Sanker, our Conservation Specialist, and Roger   Layton.

Here they bring together their extensive knowledge about optimum storage practices. They will help you to identify your issues and offer you simple and affordable ways to improve your current practices. This workshop outlines a range of strategies and processes that will help organisations achieve best-practice in storage management.

Find out more about the Storage Management Workshop

Project Management for Heritage Institutions:
A workshop created by Roger Layton.

This workshop concerns optimal project management methods and how these can be used to improve the management and operations of heritage organisations. Managing projects required a wide range of skills and tasks to ensure success in the projects. This workshop introduces the concepts of best-practice project management in way that you can apply these immediately in your own environment on small to medium-sized projects.

Find out more about the Project Management Workshop

Pricing

Archiving: R1500 per day (excl. VAT).
Storage and Project Management: R1150 per day (excl.VAT)

Prices include the workshop, practical materials, course notes, as well as lunch, tea/coffee and refreshments.

Contact us for bookings or more information

Gladys Rapatsa
Tammy Reynard
+27(0)11.486.4671