Colleagues, Registration is now open for our Know Your Collections: Collections Management webinar, the third 90-minute webinar of the Building Capacity series, scheduled Tuesday, August 27, at 10:00 ET. Registration will close for this webinar on Friday, August 23, at 5:00 p.m. As briefly discussed at our 2018 Membership Meeting, "Building Capacity-HBCU" is a five-year program to address preservation and conservation needs at the special collections located at our member libraries. Through this program, your library will be able to competitively request funding for preservation planning documents, collection surveys, treatment and rehousing services, and educational programs. The Know Your Collections: Collections Management webinar will cover key collections management topics such as acquisition, appraisal, documentation and deeds of gift, inventory, and deaccessioning. Dyani Feige, Director of Preservation Services at the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, will lead the webinar. To register, access this survey monkey link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QN896WH and input the requested information. There is no limit to the number of colleagues who may attend from your library. The last webinar in this series is Building Momentum: Promoting Your Collections scheduled on Thursday, September 12 at 10:00 ET. The July 31st Introduction to Building Capacity and August 14th Collections Care Basics recordings are attached to this e-mail for your convenience. Share this messaging as appropriate and register as soon as possible. Stay tuned! Sandra SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/