Business and Management Practices for Conservators Records Management, Lab Safety, and other distance learning courses. Information and registration: AIC. Contact: Eric Pourchot, AIC Education Coordinator by phone (202)-452-9545, ext 12, by Fax: (202)-452-9328, or by email

CIPP 2.0 Los Angeles CA. Presented by CIPP at the AIC 2009 Annual Meeting. This workshop will present ideas and tips to help you learn how to improve your business efficiency and bottom line in the areas of marketing with AIC, web design, use of databases and “greening” your practice and will provide a taste of many new directions in business trends for conservators in private practice. Join us for a half day of shared ideas and discussions on how to improve our work environments. The workshop fee is $59 for CIPP members and $79 for others. Sign up when you register for the Annual Meeting.

Paper and Water Austin TX. Presented by AIC. Partially funded with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information contact AIC at (202)-452-9545, ext. 0.

Paper and Water Buffalo NY. Presented by AIC. Partially funded with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information contact AIC at (202)-452-9545, ext. 0.

Adhesives for Conservation Shephardstown WV. Presented by AIC. Partially funded with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information contact AIC at (202)-452-9545, ext. 0.

Removal of Pressure-Sensitive Tapes and Tape Stains Atlanta GA. Presented by AIC. Partially funded with a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Presenters include Elissa O'Loughlin of the Walters Art Museum and Linda Stiber Morenus of the Library of Congress. $600/AIC members. $800/others. Registration deadline is September 21. For more information contact AIC Education Manager Lisa Avent at (202)-661-8069 or by email.

The American Academy of Bookbinding Telluride CO. Contact: AAB, P.O. Box 1590, Telluride, CO 81435; (970) 728–3886;

Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies Mt. Carroll IL. Contact: Campbell Center, email.

Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts Philadelphia PA. Contact CCAHA by phone at (215)-545-0613.

Heritage Conservation Network Boulder CO. Contact HCN by phone at (303-444-0128 or email email.

Illinois Digitization Institute at the University of Illinois Library Urbana-Champaign IL. Preservation Basics and Beyond. Contact: Amy Maroso, Project Coordinator, 452 Granier Engineering Library Information Center, 1301 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana, IL 61801; email.

The Laboratory Safety Institute Two-Day Lab Safety Short Course. Nationwide locations. Contact: LSI, (800) 647–1977; Fax: (800) 303–4289; email

McCrone Research Institute Chicago IL. Contact: Lauren Logan, (312)-842-7100; email

National Preservation Institute Alexandria VA (classes offered in various locations nationwide). Contact: Jere Gibber, Executive Director, (703)-765-0100; email

Northern States Conservation Center Minneapolis MN. Contact: Helen Alten, email

RESTORE New York, NY. Contact: Mike Mecklenburg, (212)-749-1800: email

SOLINET Preservation of Library Materials. Contact: SOLINET, 1438 West Peachtree St., Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30309; (404) 892–0943; Fax: (404) 892–7879; Vanessa Richardson, (800) 999–8558, email

U.S. Department of Transportation Multimodal Hazardous Materials Transportation Training Seminar, various locations and dates. Contact: Suezett Edwards at (202) 366–4863.