Preserving the past, supporting the staff: preservation and access at the center for jewish history [at the center for jewish history, an NEH ARP grant will fund preservation activities adversely…

The Center for Jewish History, Inc. was awarded a $199,791 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support preservation and access activities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access federal grant program. Through this funding, the Center will retain 14 core staff positions and hire one intern to sustain public-facing and preservation services. Key deliverables include preserving physical collections, increasing access through continued digitization on demand and preparing an onsite exhibit. The grant will also allow for the preservation, processing and digitization of a wide range of collections, including at-risk audiovisual materials. No subawards are planned under this Project Grant award, which runs from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.

Activities

  these staff members will & nbsp; engage in preserving physical collections,'will & nbsp; increase & nbsp; access to collections by continuing to & nbsp; provide & nbsp; digitization on demand,'and & nbsp; will & nbsp; prepare & nbsp; an onsite exhibit'among other activities'at the nation's largest repository of archival materials on jewish american history and culture.  other activities include the continuation of the & nbsp; born-digital taskforce with partners, expanding born-digital workflow documentation, and revisiting and revamping an out-of-date digital preservation policy draft.&nbsp

Expected outcomes

'the & nbsp; grant will allow for the & nbsp; preservation,'processing,'and digitizing of & nbsp; a wide range of collections,'including'at-risk & nbsp; audio-visual'materials. The continued functioning of the center for jewish history will result from this grant, specifically the & nbsp; reading room, the online public access catalog (search.CJH.ORG), and the network of systems used to manage all five partners' library, archive, and museum holdings & nbsp; will remain available.  the intern position & nbsp; will revive & nbsp; a previous, successful conservation internship program & nbsp; and & nbsp; will & nbsp; create a more sustainable staffing model for the preservation services lab.&nbsp

Intended beneficiaries

  researchers, scholars, educators,  and the public will benefit from the continued operations & nbsp; as will & nbsp; the five in-house partner organizations served by the center for jewish history.  in 2019, the center welcomed over 46,000 visitors onsite (67% adults, 22% seniors, 6% students, 5% children). &nbsp

Subrecipient activities

'the recipient does not intend to subaward funds. ]