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<p><b>Handling for Digitization<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p>Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts Webinar<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Register at <a href="https://ccaha.org/events/handling-digitization">https://ccaha.org/events/handling-digitization</a>
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<p>Event details: October 28, 2025 – 12-1pm. <i>Cost: Free</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Digitization is an important step in improving access to your collection, while simultaneously minimizing the frequency of handling that can potentially cause damage to collection items. But when is it safe to prepare fragile documents on your own, and when
is it time to call a conservator? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Digital Archives Specialist, Kaitlyn Pettengill will be in conversation with Paper Conservator, Chloe Houseman to give you practical tips on safeguarding your collection during the digitization process.
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<p>This webinar addresses Focus Area #3: “expanding collections-based knowledge creation” of the FAIC’s Held In Trust Report on digital technology: research and practice.
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<p><i>This program series was previously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, which allowed us to provide high quality educational programs in fulfillment of our mission. Please consider a donation to CCAHA to help keep our webinars free of
cost to all. <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p><b>About our speakers:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><b>Chloe Houseman</b>: As Paper Conservator, Chloe Houseman meets with clients, assesses condition and treatment needs, documents findings in reports, and treats a wide range of objects, including art on paper and archival materials. Prior to joining the
staff of CCAHA in 2018, Chloe worked as a paper conservator at Harvard University Libraries’ Weissman Preservation Center, after having previously interned there. She also completed a conservation internship at the National Archives and Records Administration
in Washington, DC. Chloe received an MA in Art Conservation, specializing in Paper Conservation, from Queen’s University in Canada. She received her BA in Art History from the University at Albany. Chloe is a member of the American Institute for Conservation
of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC). She previously served on the board of the Philadelphia Area Conservation Association, as Co-chair and then Event Chair.
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<p><b>Kaitlyn Pettengill</b>: As the Digital Archives Specialist, Kaitlyn Pettengill<b>
</b>conducts digital preservation assessments and assists with digitization planning for collecting organizations. She advises organizations in the ongoing development, implementation, and operation of their digital preservation programs as well as on recommendations
for the development and implementation of digital preservation strategies, technologies, and procedures. Prior to joining the CCAHA staff in 2024, Kaitlyn worked as the Digital Projects Coordinator for the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University and as
the Digital Services Archivist at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Kaitlyn earned an MLIS from San José State University, where she specialized in Digital Collections and Digital Asset Management. She also holds an MA degree in History of Art from the
Courtauld Institute of Art in London and a BA in Art History and English Literature from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA.
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<p><i>Established in 1977 in Philadelphia, the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) is a nonprofit organization delivering a wide range of conservation and preservation services. Our mission is to provide expertise and leadership in the
preservation of cultural heritage. CCAHA’s conservators repair and stabilize books, photographs, and documents. CCAHA’s preservation services staff works in the field providing education programs and helping institutions plan for the future of their collections.
We also offer a range of digitization and reproduction services, as well as fundraising assistance, housing and framing, and more.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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