[NHCOLL-L:5615] Fwd: Heritage Preservation Update Summer 2011

Tue Aug 30 16:20:30 EDT 2011

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Subject: Heritage Preservation Update Summer 2011

In this Update:  new Connecting to Collections Online Community, Federal Update, and much more! 

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Federal Update
Ross Merrill Award
New IMLS Grant for Webinars
2011 Annual Meeting
New Sponsor for Wheel
AfR Meetings in the West
News from CAP
Welcome New Members!
Grant Roundup

Federal Update
The Save America’s Treasures (SAT) program at the National Park Service was not funded for Fiscal Year 2011, so no new grants are being made this year.  Since the President’s budget for Fiscal Year 2012 did not include funding for SAT, prospects for having funding for the program restored next year are remote.  However, the program is authorized by federal law, so Heritage Preservation and other interested organizations will work in the years ahead to have this critical support restored.  If you have a success story to share about work you have done with a SAT grant, please let us know at info at heritagepreservation.org. 

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has closed its SAT office.  The National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Grants division will, however, continue to manage all previously awarded and active grants.  

Announcing the Public Launch of the Connecting to Collections Online Community

Community offers the Chance to Connect wtih Colleagues and Experts

Heritage Preservation has launched the Connecting to Collections (C2C) Online Community, an interactive resource that connects staff at small museums, archives, and libraries with each other and with solid information about collections care.  All readers of Update are invited to join.

The site includes free Webinars with leading conservation professionals; a discussion forum where community members can post questions and assist one another; an archive of past discussions and presentations sorted by topic.  The community is produced in cooperation with the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) and with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). To learn more about the community, click here.  

Nominations Sought by December 15 for AIC/Heritage Preservation Ross Merrill Award 
The Joint AIC/Heritage Preservation Ross Merrill Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Preservation and Care of Collections was renamed in 2011 in honor of the late Ross Merrill, former Chairman of Heritage Preservation and the National Gallery’s chief of conservation.  Click here for more information on the award and how to nominate your institution.

New IMLS Grant for Webinars
Heritage Preservation is pleased to have received a grant from the IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarians Program for a new series of nine webinars in 2012 and 2013.  These programs will serve primarily smaller libraries and archives.  Watch the next issue of Update for further information on the series.

2011 Annual Meeting
New Board members Beverly Perkins and Margaret Holben Ellis were welcomed at Heritage Preservation's 2011 Annual Meeting.  To read about the meeting, click here.   

New Emergency Response and Salvage Wheel Sponsor Announced
Heritage Preservation is pleased to announce a new printing of the popular Emergency Response and Salvage Wheel, generously sponsored by BELFOR USA. As the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season churns ahead, there is no better time to ensure that collections of art, artifacts, records, and historic sites are prepared for an emergency.

Alliance for Response News
Denver Alliance for Response National Leadership Institute 
On July 20, 2011, Heritage Preservation hosted the second and final Alliance for Response National Leadership Institute in Denver, CO. The National Leadership Institutes provided an opportunity for Alliance for Response Steering Committee members to strengthen local networks and learn how to build more strategic partnerships with emergency managers. For a meeting summary, speaker bios, and PDFs of PowerPoint presentations, visit the National Leadership Institute Web pages. 

Galveston-Houston Alliance for Response Forum
With tropical storm Don threatening the Gulf Coast, leaders from the cultural and emergency management communities in southeastern Texas met at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, for the Galveston-Houston area Alliance for Response Forum on July 29, 2011. To learn more about the day’s events visit the Galveston-Houston Alliance for Response pages. 

Salt Lake City Forum Announced
Salt Lake City, UT, will be the location of the final Alliance for Response Forum in 2011. The local Steering Committee will be led with support from the University of Utah’s Marriott Library. The Forum is currently planned for the late fall of 2011; more details will be posted to the Salt Lake City Alliance for Response pages as they become available. 

CAP News
2012 Conservation Assessment Program (CAP) Applications Available October 3      
The postmark deadline for applications is December 1, 2011. Click to learn more about the program, application, and past recipients:  http://www.heritagepreservation.org/CAP/

To be added to the CAP application mailing list, or for more information, please contact CAP staff at cap at heritagepreservation.org or 202-233-0800. CAP is administered by Heritage Preservation and supported through a cooperative agreement with the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

CAP Staff Reaches Out: In Print and in Person 
The Small Museum Toolkit, a collection of six books that will assist small museum staff to pursue best practices and meet museum standards, is now available for pre-order from Alta Mira Press. Edited by Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko, the founding chair of the AASLH Small Museums Committee and Stacy Klingler, the Committee's current chair, the books in the Toolkit series focus on museum governance, collections care, audience and evaluation, development and financial management, and a host of other subjects. The CAP staff shared its expertise in the Conservation Assessment Program chapter in Book 1: Mission and Governance. See www.altamirapress.com for more information.

Be sure to visit the CAP booth at the American Association for State and Local History's annual meeting in Richmond, VA September 15-16, 2011. CAP Coordinator Sara Gonzales and Program Assistant Teresa Martinez will be on hand to answer all your CAP-related questions. 

Welcome New Heritage Preservation Members!

ArtCare Resources
Emory University Libraries
Gilcrease Museum
The Green-Wood Cemetery Archives
Jack Hadley Black History Museum
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
National Museum of African American History and Culture
New Mexico Museum Resources Division – Conservation
North Carolina State Archives
Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center

Click here to view our full list of members.  To join Heritage Preservation, click here.
Grant Roundup

IMLS- Conservation Project Support
Deadline: October 3, 2011
IMLS – Museums for America 
Deadline: November 1, 2011
IMLS – Conservation Assessment Program
Deadline: December 1, 2011
IMLS – Museum Assessment Program
Deadline: December 1, 2011
IMLS – Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
Deadline: December 15, 2011 

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