Because these were so timely, I decided to include the information as a Forums post rather than an article. But I wanted to be sure my subscribers were made aware of them!

These interesting and informative FREE webinars are open to anyone who would like to sign up for them! They are part of AASLH's "Connecting to Collections" initiative.

The fall series includes the following topics:

•Telling the Story of Your Collections to the Press
October 28, 2010 at 11:30 am EDT

•Using Social Media to tell Your Collections’ Stories
October 28, 2010 at 2:00 pm EDT

•Getting the Most from your Bookshelf: Care of Art and Objects
November 4, 2010 at 2:00 pm EDT

•Funding for Collections Care
November 22, 2010 at 11:30 am EST

•Public Outreach and Collections Care
December 2, 2010 at 2:00 pm EST

•Getting the Most from your Bookshelf: Care of Paper, Photographs, and Audiovisual Collections
December 9, 2010 at 2:00 pm EST

Visit this link for more information about each webinar and to register:

http://learningtimesevents.org/c2c/

You can choose one or all six.

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To participate in free, fun online discussions, this site has a community forum all about Museums located here -

http://forums.bellaonline.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=338

I hope to hear from you sometime soon, either in the forum or in response to this email message. I thrive on your feedback!

Have fun passing this message along to family and friends, because we all love free knowledge!

Kim Kenney, Museums Editor
http://Museums.bellaonline.com

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