Preservation 101: Approaches for Personal Collections
Taught by Hannah Swan, Ebling librarian
Event Details
Date
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Time
12-1 p.m.
Location
Description
Have you ever wondered what to do with your family photo albums or letters from loved ones? How to digitize slides or catalog a personal collection? Join Curator and History of Health Sciences Librarian Hannah Swan for a layperson’s guide to managing personal papers, photographs, and printed collections. The webinar will look at how cataloging, digitization, and basic preservation work undertaken at a library can be scaled down for the family historian or hobbyist collector.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email hannah.swan@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Wednesday, March 25, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.