Digital preservation assessment and storage project [afam requests funding to commission a digital preservation assessment from the northeast document conservation center (nedcc)

The museum has digitized a substantial portion of our art and archival collections and is planning further digitization projects to fulfil our 2021-2026 strategic plan?s commitment to increasing access to our holdings and advancing our institution through a lens of diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. The nedcc assessment will enable collections staff to prepare and implement a long-term preservation plan that ensures our growing digital collections remain accessible to future generations. Wide and sustained access to digital resources related to folk and self-taught art will diversify the public?s understanding of america?s cultural heritage; offer alternative perspectives on entrenched national narratives; and shed new light on broad humanities themes such as race, gender, sexuality, religion, community, family, and the aesthetics of daily life.]