Trainings

Training modules

The VHRP is developing a series of more in-depth training modules to explore topics related to the care of historical records. These modules include a series of short videos, quizzes, templates, and other materials. The modules can be worked through in the suggested order, or each video can be watched separately. More topics will be added as they are developed.

Emergency Preparedness (launched April 2022)

Virtual Office Hours presentations

When the VHRP monthly Virtual Office Hours include a presentation on a selected topic, we provide access to the presentation on our YouTube channel. Past topics have included inventorying basics, finding aids, and the required elements of DACS. Past and future recordings can be found in our VHRP Virtual Office Hours playlist.

Recorded training sessions

VHRP staff have done presentations on a variety of historical records-related topics. The following were recorded and are available for viewing:

• Film Preservation Basics: Practical Steps for Preserving Films (with Mary Albee) October 2023
• The ABC’s of Preserving Historical Collections (3 part series) June 2023
• Disaster Planning for Vermont Libraries, Beginning (with VACDaRN) April 2021
• Disaster Planning for Vermont Libraries, Intermediate (with VACDaRN) April 2021
• Grants & Grant Writing for Collections Care Projects (with CCCA) October 2020
• Dealing with Mold in Your Collections (with CCCA) July 2020
• Researching Women Voters in 1920 April 2020
• Women’s Suffrage in Vermont (with Lyn Blackwell) March 2020

Please subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay up to date and to find links to helpful content from our peer organizations.

If you have an idea for a training session, let us know.