Opening Remarks by Dr. Anne-Imelda Radice

Anne-Imelda Radice, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services opens the Connecting to Collections forum with remarks by Benjamin C. Christy, Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, Buffalo State College, State University of New York.

Panel I: Help! I Don’t Have Enough Money: Building Support for Collections Care

Moderator: Lawrence L. Reger, President, Heritage Preservation
• Making the Case for Conservation. Debra Hess Norris, Vice Provost for Graduate and Professional Education & Chairperson, Art Conservation Department, University of Delaware
• Focus on Foundations.
   – Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker, President/CEO, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and
   – Catherine Schweitzer, Executive Director, the Baird Foundation
• Case Study in Collections Care Fundraising. Richard D'Abate, Executive Director of Maine Historical Society

Panel II: Help! I Feel Isolated From New Ideas: Tapping into Current Trends

Moderator: Mary Chute, Deputy Director, Office of Library Services, Institute of Museum and Library Services
• Going Green, For Not A Lot of Green. Patricia Silence, Conservator of Exhibits, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
• Digitizing Without Illusions. Jacob Nadal, Preservation Officer, University of California Los Angeles Library
• Harnessing the New Wave of Volunteerism. Sherelyn Ogden, Head of Conservation, Minnesota Historical Society
• Collections Care Volunteers Case Study. Kate Bennett, President, Rochester Museum and Science Center

Keynote Evening

• Remarks - Ted Pietrzak, Director, Burchfield Penny Art Center
• Introduction - Anne-Imelda Radice, Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services
• Keynote Address - "Prioritizing Conservation in Our Disposable Culture" Maxwell L. Anderson, The Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO, Indianapolis Museum of Art

Panel III: Help! I’ve Done All the Basics and Don’t Know What to Do Next: Expanding Your Network

Moderator: Eryl Wentworth, Executive Director, American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
• Who Can Help? Elizabeth Peña, Director and Professor, Art Conservation Department, Buffalo State College
• Finding and Developing Networks. Scott Carrlee, Curator of Museum Services, Alaska State Museum
• Providing Resources. Ingrid E. Bogel, Executive Director, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Working Together. Althemese Barnes, Director, The John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History & Culture, Tallahassee, Florida

Panel IV: Help! No One Is Interested in What I Do: Keeping Collections Care Central

Moderator: Marsha Semmel, Director, Office of Museum Services, Institute of Museum and Library Services
• Engaging with the Public. Julie Heath, Coordinator, Lunder Conservation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery
• Technology and Social Networking for Collections Care. Nancie Ravenel, Objects Conservator, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont
• You Aren't Alone: Collaborating to Care for Collections.
   – Michael Frisch, Professor and Senior Research Scholar, Department of History, University at Buffalo and
   – Chana R. Kotzin, Archivist and Historian, Jewish Buffalo Archives Project

Closing remarks by Dr. Anne Imelda Radice

Dr. Anne Imelda Radice closes the final Connecting to Collections forum in Buffalo, New York with closing remarks about the forum and the initiative and the importance of carrying the lessons learned forward.