[NHCOLL-L:3929] Fwd: Heritage Preservation Update Summer 2008

CAHawks at aol.com CAHawks at aol.com
Tue Jul 29 10:03:49 EDT 2008 


Catharine Hawks
Conservator
2419 Barbour Road
Falls Church  VA 22043-3026 USA
t/f 703.876.9272  

 
  
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(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/raf?ide=AfWmEubwzgYthbg75i4m2tMx9dto)             Heritage Preservation Update   Summer  2008   In this 
Issue: 
_Digital  Forum in the Connecting to  Collections
National Tour Held in  Denver _ (mip://04bc3668/default.html#articles_5) 


_Task Force Responds to Midwest  Floods _ 
(mip://04bc3668/default.html#articles_6)   _2009  Conservation Assessment Program
Applications  Available This Fall _ (mip://04bc3668/default.html#articles_1)  
 _Rescue  Public Murals Planning New Best Practices Web Page  _ 
(mip://04bc3668/default.html#articles_3)   _Museums Selected for Emergency Planning  Pilot 
Program _ (mip://04bc3668/default.html#articles_7)   _Pittsburgh Alliance for  
Response
Forum Promotes Cooperation  _ (mip://04bc3668/default.html#articles_12)   
_GRANT INFO: Bank of America/IMLS  American Heritage Preservation  Program
_ (mip://04bc3668/default.html#articles_8) _GRANT  INFO: Statewide Planning 
Grants  _ (mip://04bc3668/default.html#articles_9)   _AIC-Heritage Preservation 
Award has been  announced for Outstanding Commitment to the  Preservation and 
Care of Collections  _ (mip://04bc3668/default.html#articles_4)   _Staff  
News _ (mip://04bc3668/default.html#articles_11)       
Join  Heritage Preservation Today!
Heritage Preservation provides its members with  timely, useful information 
and represents them before  decision-makers in the cultural heritage arena. Our 
 members know they can count on us to voice their  concerns where it counts 
most-from Capitol Hill to  corporate boardrooms to federal agencies!

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Board News 
Merv  Richard is the new Chair of Heritage Preservation’s  Board of 
Directors, and Elizabeth Schulte is the Vice  Chair.  For more information, _Click  
Here._ (http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQByAAEAAAOsAAIGiA)        
Digital  Forum in the Connecting to  Collections
National Tour Held in  Denver        
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAX-----AAIGiA)  
On June 24  and 25, 230 museum, library, and archive professionals  gathered 
in Denver to explore "Collaboration in the  Digital Age", sponsored by the 
Institute of Museum and  Library Services (IMLS) in partnership with Heritage  
Preservation. The forum was a resounding success, with  enthusiastic attendance 
at the panels and reception  and lively discussions in the Question-and-Answer 
 periods and  during the popular Connections Lab, a gathering of  attendees, 
speakers, and representatives of funding  orgnizations.  
The forum's  program is available via webcast:
_http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/heritage_preservation/080624/default.cfm
_ (http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAUAAALRAAIGiA) To read 
more  about the Denver Forum _CLICK  HERE!_ 
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAUAAAPkAAIGiA)        Task Force Responds to Midwest  Floods 
       (http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAb-----AAIGiA)   
The print version of the Guide to  Navigating FEMA and SBA Aid for Cultural  
Institutions is now  available.
Within hours  of the first reports of flooding in the Midwest,  Heritage 
Preservation and the Heritage Emergency  National Task Force responded by 
connecting response  agencies with cultural heritage leadership in affected  states 
and providing information resources for  collecting institutions and the public.

To read  more about the Recovery Resources made available _CLICK  HERE_ 
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAYAAAGhAAIGiA) !      2009  
Conservation Assessment Program
Applications  Available This Fall        
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAH-----AAIGiA)  
The 2009 CAP  applications forms will be mailed on Friday, October  10, 2008, 
to museums on the CAP mailing list and will  also be available on Heritage 
Preservation's Web site  at www.heritagepreservation.org.  The postmark  
deadline for applications is December 1, 2008.  CAP is administered by Heritage 
Preservation and  supported through a cooperative agreement with the  Institute of 
Museum and Library Services.  To be  added to the CAP application mailing 
list, or for more  information, please contact CAP staff at 
_cap at heritagepreservation.org_ (mailto:cap at heritagepreservation.org)  or  202-233-0800.  
For More  Information on the Conservation Assessment Program and  the 
Participants list for 2008 _CLICK HERE!_ 
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAEAAANFAAIGiA)   
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAEAAAOxAAIGiA)       Rescue  Public Murals Planning New Best Practices Web Page 
         Fertile Ground by Meg Saligman in  progress. Photo by Holly McAdams, 
Bemis Center  for Contemporary  Arts.   
Rescue Public  Murals will soon launch a new page on its Web site  with 
information on best practices for mural creation.  This hub will provide muralists 
and mural programs  with information on materials and techniques to  consider 
when painting a mural to help extend the life  and vibrancy of their artworks. 
The Web  resource will feature frequent updates on a current  case study in 
action. Award-winning Philadelphia  muralist and Rescue Public Murals Adviser, 
_Megan Saligman_ 
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAMAAAIqAAIGiA) , has just begun work  on Fertile Ground in Omaha, Nebraska... 
To read more  about the Mural Best Practices Web Page _CLICK HERE!_ 
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAMAAAMWAAIGiA)  
To read about  the latest Rescue Public Mural Assessments _CLICK  HERE!_ 
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAMAAAPqAAIGiA)        Museums 
Selected for Emergency Planning  Pilot Program    
Recent floods  demonstrate the importance of an ongoing commitment to  
preparing for emergencies. By identifying incentives  to help institutions with 
valuable collections but  limited resources plan for emergencies, the Risk  
Evaluation and Planning Program aims to increase the  number of cultural 
institutions that are prepared to  deal with disaster. 
To read more  about our Pilot Program _CLICK HERE!_ 
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAcAAAHhAAIGiA) 
For the  complete list of participants and program information,  go to_  
www.heritagepreservation.org/REPP/pilotparticipants.html_ 
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAcAAALHAAIGiA)       Pittsburgh Alliance for  
Response
Forum Promotes Cooperation          Courtesy Amy E. Baker, University of  
Pittsburgh Library Preservation  Department.   
The first in  a new series of Alliance for Response Forums was held  on June 
4, 2008, at the Carnegie Museum of Art in  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. More than 
60 representatives  from the cultural and university communities, private  
sector, and local government took part.  
For more  information about the Pittsburgh Alliance for Response  Forum 
_CLICK HERE_ (http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAwAAAGxAAIGiA) !  

GRANT INFO: Bank of America/IMLS  American Heritage Preservation  Program

Bank of  America is partnering with the Institute to provide  grants to small 
museums, libraries, and archives. The  grants will raise awareness and fund 
preservation of  treasures held in small museums, libraries and  archives.

Grants will help to preserve specific  items, including works of art, 
artifacts and  historical documents that are in need of conservation.  Applicants 
will build on completed conservation  assessments of their collections, to ensure 
that the  Bank of America/IMLS grants are used in accordance  with best 
practices in the field, and underscore the  importance of assessment planning.

Deadline:  September 15, 2008 
For more  information _CLICK  HERE!_ 
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAgAAAMCAAIGiA)        GRANT  INFO: Statewide Planning Grants       
   (http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAn-----AAIGiA) In 
January 2008, the  _Institute of Museum and Library  Services_ 
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAkAAAA9AAIGiA)  (IMLS) awarded _19 Statewide 
Planning Grants_ 
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAkAAACoAAIGiA)  to  address the recommendations of the Heritage Health  Index Report on 
the State of America's Collections.  Statewide Planning Grants are two-year 
opportunity  that is part of the IMLS initiative, _Connecting to Collections: A 
Call to  Action._ 
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAkAAAHYAAIGiA)   
IMLS hopes to  make a Statewide Planning Grant to each eligible state  or 
territory. The second and final deadline for  applications is October 16, 2008. 
_CLICK HERE_ (http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAkAAAMbAAIGiA) 
 for application  information. If Heritage Preservation may be of  assistance 
as you plan an application, contact us at  202-233-0800 or 
_survey at heritagepreservation.org_ (mailto:survey at heritagepreservation.org) .Most of the current  
awardees will conduct a survey of the museums,  libraries, historical 
societies, and archives in their  states as part of their planning process. Heritage  
Preservation has contacted each project to discuss how  the Heritage Health 
Index data might be useful and to  offer our experience having conducted such a 
study.  Most importantly, statewide planning grant projects  are being 
encouraged to use the Heritage Health Index  questions so that their state data may 
be comparable  to the national data Heritage Preservation collected  in 2004. 
Heritage Preservation staff participated in  an IMLS-sponsored conference call 
with the awardees in  May and will ask awarded states for updates on the  
surveys they are conducting.  
AIC-Heritage Preservation Award has been  announced for Outstanding 
Commitment to the  Preservation and Care of Collections         
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAT-----AAIGiA)   Photo from Massachusetts Board 
of  Library Commissioners  
The _Arizona State Museum_ (http://herita
ge.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAQAAAAsAAIGiA)  and the _Massachusetts Board of Library  Commissioners_ 
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAQAAACLAAIGiA)  have been 
selected to receive the  2008 Award for Outstanding Commitment to the  
Preservation and Care of Collections. This annual  award is selected by a panel of 
distinguished  conservation experts from across the nation and is  presented jointly 
by Heritage Preservation and the  American Institute for Conservation of 
Historic and  Artistic Works (AIC).

The two recipients have  shown a sustained and exemplary commitment to  
preserving America's heritage - one by caring for its  own collections and the 
other by promoting collections  care statewide.

To read more about the  AIC-Heritage Preservation Award _CLICK HERE!_ 
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAQAAANiAAIGiA)         Staff  
News        (http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAv-----AAIGiA)  
We are proud  to announce our new Staff!

Elsa  Huxley
Director of Meetings, Membership, and  External Affairs

Jimena Rojas
Formerly the  CAP Program Assistant is now our Web and Publications  
Coordinator

Lauren Hunley
Administrative  Assistant

Rachel Sloan
Program Assistant,  Heritage Emergency National Task Force 
If you would  like to read more about our new staff _CLICK HERE!  _ 
(http://heritage.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Fk4FfQBzAAsAAAIIAAIGiA)   

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