[NHCOLL-L:3933] More IMLS Bookshelves available

[CAHawks at aol.com]

Date: 5 Aug 2008
From: Jeannine Mjoseth <jmjoseth [at]  imls__gov>
Subject: IMLS Conservation Bookshelf--addendum

776  Museums, Libraries, and Archives Selected to Receive IMLS
Connecting to  Collections  Bookshelf

<URL:http://www.imls.gov/news/2008/080508.shtm>

Dr.  Anne-Imelda Radice, Director of the Institute of Museum and
Library Services  (IMLS), announced that 776 museums, libraries, and
archives, representing  every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands,  and Guam have been selected to
receive the IMLS Connecting to Collections  Bookshelf. The contents
of the bookshelf were selected by a blue ribbon panel  of
conservation experts; it includes an essential set of books,  online
resources, and a user's guide that can profoundly affect the  ability
of small libraries and museums to care for their collections. To  see
the list of recipients, see

<URL:http://www.imls.gov/news/2008/080508_list.shtm>

"The Connecting to Collections Bookshelf provides museums,
libraries, and archives essential instructions on how to rescue
treasures of yesteryear that they hold in trust," said Radice.
"These Bookshelves, once they are all distributed, will touch
institutions around the nation."

The IMLS Bookshelf was made possible by  a cooperative agreement with
the American Association for State and Local  History (AASLH) with
support from the Getty Foundation, the Henry Luce  Foundation, and
the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. It is part of Connecting  to
Collections: A Call to Action, a strategic initiative by IMLS  to
address the challenges described in A Public Trust at Risk:  The
Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America's  Collections.
The report concluded that:

*    190 million objects need conservation treatment

*   65 percent of collecting institutions have damaged
collections due to improper storage

*   80 percent of collecting institutions lack an emergency  plan
for their collections and trained staff to  carry it out, and

*   40 percent of institutions  have no funds allocated in their
annual budget  for preservation and conservation.

Most recipients have small budgets and  staff, and have demonstrated
an urgent need for this permanent resource.  History museums,
historic houses, and academic libraries with special  collections are
especially well represented among the recipients. Ten zoos,  aquaria,
botanical gardens, and nature centers are also represented.  In
addition, ten art museums with Kress Collection items will receive
the  bookshelf with funding from the Kress Foundation. Recipients are
located in  327 of the nation's 435 congressional districts.

"Given the  Getty's longstanding commitment to the care of museum
and  archival collections, we are pleased to partner with IMLS
and  other foundations to provide key conservation resources to
the  institutions that most need them," said Getty Foundation
Director Deborah Marrow.

"We are delighted to help make this  important material reach so
many institutions around the  country," said Ellen Holtzman,
Program Director for American  Art at the Henry Luce Foundation.

"The Kress Foundation is  delighted to be working with IMLS to
ensure the broadest  possible access to this important reference
resource," said Max  Marmor, President of the Kress Foundation.

The IMLS Bookshelf focuses on  collections typically found in art or
history museums and in libraries'  special collections, with an added
selection of texts for living collections.  It addresses topics
including the philosophy and ethics of collecting,  collections
management and planning, emergency preparedness, and  culturally
specific conservation issues. Among the publications selected  were
The National Trust Manual of Housekeeping (published by the  British
National Trust in 2005), the Field Guide to Emergency  Response
(published by Heritage Preservation in 2006), and Essentials  of
Conservation Biology (published by Primack in 2006).

Based on the  enthusiastic response to the bookshelf, IMLS will offer
a third round of  competition to distribute an additional 1000
Bookshelves. Applications can be  submitted to AASLH between January
5, 2009, and March 9, 2009,  at

<URL:http://www.aaslh.org/Bookshelf/>.

Federally-operated  institutions, for-profit institutions, and
libraries that do not hold special  collections are not eligible to
receive the IMLS Bookshelf. For more  information, please contact

Terry Jackson
615-320-3203
jackson [at] aaslh__org



Catharine Hawks
Conservator
2419 Barbour Road
Falls Church  VA 22043-3026 USA
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