Preserving humanities collections from coast to coast with training, resources, and assessments [as a respected preservation and conservation resource for collecting organizations of all sizes, the…

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), a nonprofit preservation organization. Through this 2-year award, NEDCC will provide a range of preservation services and training resources to support the long-term care and stewardship of paper-based, photographic, audiovisual, and digital collections at cultural institutions across the country. Key funded activities include conducting 4 hands-on emergency preparedness workshops in at-risk regions, performing 4 general preservation assessments, maintaining a 24/7 collections emergency hotline, developing 4 new preservation webinars, and offering free online preservation resources and training. This grant enables NEDCC to fulfill its mission of increasing knowledge and preservation skills among collecting organizations of all sizes.

Preserving humanities collections from coast to coast with training, resources, and assessments [as a respected preservation and conservation resource for collecting organizations of all sizes, the northeast document conservation center (nedcc) will continue to provide preservation field services with the goal of increasing the knowledge and skills of collections care professionals?at all levels?in the long-term care and stewardship of paper-based and photographic collections, audiovisual materials, and digital objects. Through this project, nedcc will provide 4 one-day hands-on emergency preparedness and response workshops in at-risk areas along the gulf coast and in california; 4 general preservation pre-assessments; ?ask nedcc? Reference service; 24/7 collections emergency hotline; and student registration discounts for web courses. Funding will support staff time to update the free preservation leaflets, maintain free online resources and textbooks, develop 4 new webinars, and deliver 6 free preservation training webinars.]