So, next week is Preservation Week! What is your library doing to prepare/celebrate/advance preservation concerns? What is Preservation Week, you might ask? From ALA: In 2005 the first comprehensive national survey of the condition and preservation needs of the nation’s collections reported that U.S. institutions hold more than 4.8 billion items. Libraries alone hold 3…
The Central New York Library Resources Council and Empire State Digital Network (ESDN) are pleased to announce that digital materials from New York institutions are now available in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). During the past year, CLRC has been collaborating with ESDN to facilitate the sharing of digital collections from member institutions to…
The Northeast Document Conservation Center is offering the following: FREE WEBINAR RECORDING WRITING YOUR NEH PRESERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT Presented by Frances Harrell, NEDCC Preservation Specialist, and featuring Mary Downs, Senior Program Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities. The webinar helps demystify the PAG process and can help you write a successful application. Emphasis is on…
The National Endowment for the Humanities has published the guidelines for Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions Program (PAG). The grant application deadline is May 5, 2015. Funded projects would begin January 2016. The NEH PAG program helps small and mid-sized cultural heritage institutions such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, town and county records offices,…
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) has provided $102,000 to be distributed by the Museum Association of New York (MANY) between January 1, 2015 and June 30, 2015. During this period MANY will offer “Mini-Grants” and “Travel Grants.” This program replaces Get Ready, Get Set, Go! the Grants for Museum Advancement. Mini-Grants of…
As you may be aware, Governor Cuomo released his FY2015-2016 Executive Budget proposal Wednesday afternoon. This officially begins the budget season in Albany. Last year the Governor cut $4M from the previous year’s enacted budget, and proposed $81.6M in state library aid. With the hard work from librarians across the state, including an intrepid group…
The FY2014 Preservation Statistics Survey, a project to document and analyze the preservation activities of cultural heritage institutions in the United States, is now open. Any library or archives in the United States conducting preservation activities is encouraged to participate in this survey, which will be open from Tuesday, January 20, 2015 through Friday, February…
CLRC is pleased to announce that Hamilton Public Library, has a featured collection in New York Heritage Digital Collections this January. The Hamilton Public Library Postcards collection features postcards depicting businesses and landscapes in and around the Village of Hamilton, NY. Founded in 1795 and first known as Payne’s Settlement, the Village of Hamilton…