Preserving the past for the future: training, services, and resources to preserve humanities collections [as a respected preservation and conservation resource for collecting organizations nationwide,…

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Northeast Document Conservation Center, Inc. $350,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149).

The award funds NEDCC to develop and deliver preservation training and resources for collections care professionals nationwide. Deliverables include development of new technical leaflets on audiovisual materials preservation, maintenance of free online resources and textbooks, development of four new webinars, delivery of six free preservation training webinars, two free preservation assessments, and staffing of two ongoing free services: the "Ask NEDCC" reference service and a 24/7 collections emergency hotline. The funded activities target long-term care and stewardship of audiovisual materials, digital objects, and paper-based and photographic collections.

The award period runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028. Work is performed in Massachusetts. NEDCC is a Massachusetts-based nonprofit providing archival conservation, preservation, and digitization services to federal agencies and cultural institutions. The organization operates exclusively as a prime recipient on federal grants and does not pass through funding to sub-recipients.

Preserving the past for the future: training, services, and resources to preserve humanities collections [as a respected preservation and conservation resource for collecting organizations nationwide, the non-profit 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 in the long-term care and stewardship of audiovisual materials, digital objects, and paper-based and photographic collections. Funding will support staff time to develop new technical leaflets on the preservation of audiovisual materials, maintain free online resources and textbooks, develop 4 new webinars, deliver 6 free preservation training webinars, provide 2 free preservation assessments, and staff two free services: the ?ask nedcc? Reference service and the 24/7 collections emergency hotline.]