imls 2009 connecting to collections statewide planning grants - february 2009 announcement

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Connecting to Collections Statewide Planning Grants

February 2009 Grant Announcement

Alabama

Alabama Historical Commission - Montgomery, AL

Award Amount: $39,611

Contact: Ms. Clyde EllerChief Curator(334)230-2668;[email protected]

Project Title: "Building an Alabama Alliance for Collections Care"

The Alabama Historical Commission, in partnership with the Alabama Department ofArchives and History, the Alabama Museums Association, the Network of AlabamaAcademic Libraries, and the Society of Alabama Archivists, use its grant to build aneffective alliance among stakeholders who share a common interest in preserving andconserving both two-dimensional and three-dimensional artifacts. The partners willexpand a directory of 1,186 archives, libraries, museums, and other collectingorganizations; conduct a survey of Alabama collections-holding organizations anddisseminate these results; develop a statewide collections plan in a series of focus groupsessions and meetings; conduct training in emergency preparedness; and create a plan toraise public awareness and marshal public-private support for collections care, addressingtwo recommendations of the Heritage Health Index.

Arkansas

Amigos Library Services - Dallas, TX


Contact: Ms. Gina MinksImaging and Preservation Service Manager(972)340-2825;[email protected]

Project Title: "Preserve Arkansas Heritage Project: An IMLS Connecting to CollectionsPlanning Grant"The Arkansas State Library, the Arkansas History Commission, and the ArkansasDepartment of Parks and Tourism will work with Amigos Library Services to conduct 25one-day site surveys of collections-holding organizations throughout the state and fiveregional preservation workshops to provide training to staff of museums, libraries, andarchives. This initiative will provide a basic understanding of the condition of thephysical collections throughout the state while providing basic preservation training.
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Colorado

Colorado Wyoming Association of Museums - Golden, CO


Contact: Ms. Laura DouglasPrincipal(303)594-7767;[email protected]

Project Title: "Colorado Consortium State Planning Grant: statewide surveys anddissemination of results"The Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums, in partnership with the Society ofRocky Mountain Archivists; the Colorado State Library; the State Historical Society ofColorado; and the Bibliographical Center for Research, Rocky Mountain Region, willconduct a statewide electronic survey and two-hour on-site surveys that build on the

findings of the Heritage Health Index. Sessions will be held at professional conferencesto disseminate the survey results and offer basic emergency preparedness. Additionally, aworkshop will be offered in multiple regions of the state to address the most urgent ofcollections care/preservation needs as identified by the surveys.

Guam

University of Guam - Mangilao, GU


Contact: Mrs. Monique StorieArchive Librarian(671)735-2150;[email protected]

Project Title: "Connecting to Collection: Guam Statewide Planning Grant Application"The University of Guam will partner with the Guam Public Library, the Robert F.Kennedy Memorial Library, and Guam Community College to create a comprehensiveprofile of the island's collecting institutions to develop programs for professionaldevelopment and guide collection care from routine maintenance to large-scalepreservation projects. Findings from this project will strengthen institutional ability toprioritize and undertake preservation and conservation activities.


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Illinois

Illinois State Museum Society - Springfield, IL


Contact: Dr. Bonnie StylesDirector(217)782-7011; [email protected]

Project Title: "Development of the Illinois Collections Preservation Plan and Network"The Illinois State Museum Society will partner with eleven diverse organizations toestablish the Illinois Collections Preservation Plan and Network. The partnership willhold a series of meetings across the state and accessible by teleconference to considercritical preservation topics with government organizations, large public and privateinstitutions, and small and mid-sized collections-holding organizations. The meetings will

focus on four themes: providing tools and assessing needs for improving conditions andcollections care; disaster training and cooperative response; building public preservationawareness through training and programming; and integrating existing preservationgrants for statewide benefit. The project partners will establish the statewide plan andnetwork to carry out the recommendations of The Heritage Health Index.

Iowa

Iowa Conservation and Preservation Consortium - Iowa City, IA


Contact: Ms. Nancy KraftHead, Preservation Department3193355286;[email protected]

Project Title: "Developing a Statewide Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan forIowa"The Iowa Conservation and Preservation Consortium, in partnership with the IowaDepartment of Cultural Affairs, the Iowa Museum Association, and the State Library ofIowa, will develop a formal, coordinated emergency response plan at the local and statelevel. The project activities include surveying institutional preparedness and knowledge

of resources, geo-referencing location of cultural repositories, raising awareness of theneed for disaster response plans, developing a strategy for establishing "first responders,"and developing a simple, broadly applicable disaster response planning tool.
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Kansas

State Library of Kansas - Topeka, KS


Contact: Cynthia RoupeDirector of Public Services(785)296-5437;[email protected]

Project Title: "Sustaining Kansans' Commitment to Collections by a Focus on EmergencyPlanning"The State Library of Kansas, along with seven partner organizations, will establish anonline statewide resource guide for library and museum emergency planning. The projectdirector and a consultant will work with the planning board to develop the resource guideand obtain feedback through a series of regional workshops led by preservation experts

and a professional moderator. Follow-up review sessions by the consultant and planningboard will refine and update the resource guide, establish a permanent CollectionsEmergency Coordinating Council for its maintenance, and produce a report withrecommendations for future collections care activities.

Kentucky

Kentucky Historical Society Foundation - Frankfort, KY


Contact: Christopher GoodlettCommunity Services Coordinator(502)564-1792;[email protected]

Project Title: "Kentucky's Cultural Heritage: A Statewide Plan for CollectionsAssessment and Care"The Kentucky Historical Society will partner with the Historical Confederation ofKentucky and the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives to assess thecollections care needs of the commonwealth and develop a plan to provide training,support, and capacity to ensure the ongoing preservation of the state's heritage. Thepartnership will develop a needs survey for collecting institutions in Kentucky; develop

and implement a pilot project with three to five collecting institutions for a statewidecollections management plan; and conduct a series of disaster planning and preparednessworkshops that will provide instructions and guidelines for writing a disaster plan andinform a process to develop a statewide disaster response team.


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Maine

Executive Office of the State of Maine - Augusta, ME


Contact: Dr. Paula WorkRegistrar(207)287-8109;[email protected]

Project Title: "Preserving Maine's Cultural Heritage: A Statewide Initiative"The Maine State Museum, in partnership with the Maine State Archives, Maine HistoricalSociety, Maine Humanities Council, Maine Archives and Museums, L.C. Bates Museum,Bangor Public Library, and University of Southern Maine, will create a statewideconsortium to raise public awareness about collections care and marshal public andprivate support for these collections. The consortium will compile, organize, and analyze

existing collections-based information across the state; create associated databases toassist in comparing the information; conduct a feasibility assessment of existingorganizations; and create a values assessment ranking system to assist organizations withprioritizing the collections needs across the state.

Maryland

Maryland Department of Planning - Crownsville, MD


Contact: Nichole DoubHead Conservator - MAC Lab(410)586-8577;[email protected]

Project Title: "Maryland Connecting to Collections Project"Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, along with 11 partner organizations, will assist inimproving the disaster plans for museum, archival, art, historical society, and librarycommunities across the state of Maryland. The partners will identify the hazards andcollections care challenges that face Maryland institutions and will develop a set of toolsfor disaster response including a modified version of an established online disaster-planning template, augmented to incorporate salvage steps for object-based collections,

and a pocket response guide containing a state-wide list of disaster recovery andrehabilitation resources in conjunction with planning and response checklists. These stepswill provide support to cultural institutions across the state and build relationshipsbetween cultural heritage and emergency management communities that are necessaryand invaluable when disaster strikes.


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New Mexico

Museum of New Mexico Foundation - Santa Fe, NM


Contact: Mr. Mark MacKenzieDirector of Conservation/Chief Conservator(505)476-1236;[email protected]

Project Title: "Creating a Collections Care Plan for New Mexico"The Museum of New Mexico Foundation, along with six partner organizations willsurvey institutions with collections holdings; compile and report on collections carestatewide for libraries, archives, and museums; and hold one-day collection careworkshops at six museum locations throughout the state. Capturing this informationthrough a comprehensive survey is essential for producing a baseline, statewide needs

assessment report that will ultimately address the recommendations made by the HeritageHealth Index.

North Carolina

North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources - Raleigh, NC


Contact: Ms. Andrea GabrielNC ECHO Project Manager

(919)807-7414;[email protected]

Project Title: "North Carolina Connecting to Collections"The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources will partner with the NorthCarolina Museums Council, the North Carolina Preservation Consortium, and theFederation of North Carolina Historical Societies to identify, coordinate, and assesscollections preservation and disaster preparedness activities in the state's cultural heritagecommunity. This project will facilitate lasting partnerships among individual entities andprofessional associations and build relationships with community representatives andpolitical supporters to plan for sustainable, long-term success in these activities.


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North Dakota

Museums in North Dakota - Bismarck, ND


Contact: Mr. Mark RyanVice President Collections and Registration(701)232-3821x104;[email protected]

Project Title: "North Dakota Cultural Heritage Initiative"Museums in North Dakota will partner with eight organizations to host eight regionalassessment meetings to determine how each museum, library, and archive throughout thestate deals with the four primary Heritage Health Index recommendations. At eachgathering, trained facilitators will identify the types and conditions of collections in orderto prioritize action steps and provide a variety of collections-based resources and

reference materials to attendees. The findings will be compiled in a database and sharedstatewide to highlight what assistance will be of most value to cultural organizations inthe state.

Ohio

State Library of Ohio - Columbus, OH


Contact: Ms. Missy Lodge

Head, Library Programs and Development(614)644-6914;[email protected]

Project Title: "Ohio Heritage Partnership: A Statewide Initative"The State Library of Ohio, partnering with the Ohio Historical Society, will conduct aneeds assessment of Ohio cultural heritage institutions. The steering committee willcollect data that is representative of all of the states cultural heritage organizations,compiling a directory of contact and institutional information and a report detailing thefindings of the needs assessment. A summit entitled State of the Historical Record inOhio will be held, followed by a series of regional meetings that will form the basis of theOhio Cultural Heritage Strategic Plan.


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Oregon

Oregon Museums Association - Portland, OR


Contact: Mr. Kyle JanssonPresident(503)986-0673;[email protected]

Project Title: "The Oregon Preservation Assessment and Education Planning Project"The Oregon Museums Association will partner with seven organizations to identify thepreservation needs of the states libraries, museums, and archives. After conducting asurvey, evaluating the information, and staging regional forums, leaders of the state'scultural organizations will collaboratively create a statewide preservation plan addressingthe recommendations of the Heritage Health Index. This plan will address the need for

more workers trained in collections care and emergency preparedness, outline steps toimprove the quality of collections care throughout the state, and raise awareness of andgenerate support for the preservation needs of the state's cultural collections among thepublic and decision makers.

South Carolina

Clemson University - Clemson, SC


Contact: Ms. Emily GoreHead of Digital Initiatives, Assistant Librarian(864)656-3622;[email protected]

Project Title: "Building South Carolina's Heritage Health Index"Clemson University Libraries in collaboration with partners across the state, including theSouth Carolina State Library,; the South Carolina Department of Archives and History;the Confederation of South Carolina Local Historical Societies; and the PalmettoArchives, Libraries, Museums Council on Preservation, will identify and perform onsitesurveys of cultural heritage organizations based on the Heritage Health Index. Thisinformation will be used to create a database of all South Carolina repositories with

corresponding photographs of the institution, publish a directory of institutions andcollection strengths based on this database and establish an informed baseline from whichto develop improved condition of collections, develop viable emergency plans, improvestaff training, and build stronger partnerships between identified cultural heritageagencies.


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South Dakota

South Dakota Heritage Fund - Pierre, SD


Contact: Helen LouiseMuseum Director(605)773-3798;[email protected]

Project Title: "South Dakota Connects to Collections Project"The South Dakota Heritage Fund, along with the Association of South Dakota Museums,will use grant funds to do a comprehensive assessment survey of the historical collectionswithin South Dakota. The project will develop an overall picture of the state's collections,set up a method for sharing expertise and resources to care for them, and plan foremergency and disaster training. Collections data from on-site and electronic surveys

would be compiled into a database for future reference and planning.

Utah

University of Utah - Salt Lake City, UT


Contact: Mr. Randy SilvermanPreservation Librarian(801)585-6782;[email protected]

Project Title: "Utah Connecting to Collections"The University of Utahs Marriott Library will oversee a project designed to responsiblyimprove the long-term care of Utah's material culture. Coordinated with six partnersamong Utahs community of libraries, archives, and museums, the project will developand implement the state's first formal preservation assessment. In keeping with thefindings of the Heritage Health Index, the results from this survey will be disseminatedthrough four preservation forums held in strategic geographic locations. These forumswill present an opportunity to improve preservation education opportunities statewide,and will help in the development of plans to improve preservation funding.


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Virgin Islands

Planning and Natural Resources - Charlotte Amalie, VI


Contact: Ms. Ingrid BoughTerritorial Director of Libraries, Archives & Museums(340)773-5715;[email protected]

Project Title: "Strategic Plan for Preservation of Virgin Islands Collections"The Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums of the Government of the VirginIslands, with the assistance of its fourteen grant partners, professional consultants, andadvisors, will form and direct a team of collections caregivers and custodians to conductconservation surveys, perform needs assessment evaluations, and promote best practicesfor conservation and preservation. Survey and analysis results will provide the

scaffolding for action plans and a professional approach to collections care management,and information will be shared throughout the territory in order to educate and raiseawareness.

Virginia

Virginia Association of Museums - Richmond, VA


Contact: Ms. Margo Carlock

Executive Director(804)788-5821;[email protected]

Project Title: "Statewide Planning Proposal for Virginia"The Virginia Association of Museums, along with the Library of Virginia, the Mid-Atlantic Archives Conference, the Virginia Conservation Association, and the VirginiaDepartment of Historic Resources, will undertake an assessment exercise for smallmuseums, present a two-day intensive training experience in collections care for staff ofsmall organizations, extend local emergency support groups throughout Virginia, developeasy disaster plan templates for museums of different sizes and capabilities to be used ina series of workshops, and develop a comprehensive strategy to raise public awareness

with internal and external audiences of the importance of collections care issues.


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Wyoming

Buffalo Bill Memorial Association - Cody, WY


Contact: Ms. Beverly PerkinsConservator(307)578-4029;[email protected]

Project Title: "Connecting to Collections Statewide Planning Grant"The Buffalo Bill Historical Center and five partners will identify and address the mostpressing preservation needs for Wyoming's cultural institutions. This process will includeidentifying the state's collecting institutions and assessing their stewardship concerns;holding regional conferences for networking, collections care training, and disasterresponse; developing and maintaining a statewide database of all collecting institutions;

and organizing workshops that address Heritage Health Index concerns. The partners areColorado-Wyoming Museum Association, Wyoming State Library, Sheridan CountyHistorical Society Museum, Western Wyoming Community College, and Nicolaysen ArtMuseum.
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