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Connecting to Collections: a review with a Vermont bias
The document reviews the condition of U.S. collections, revealing that 190 million objects require conservation treatment and 65% of institutions have faced damage due to inadequate storage. It highlights the lack of emergency plans and funding for preservation, while promoting initiatives like the 'Connecting to Collections' webinars and grants for statewide planning. The document emphasizes the importance of collaboration, funding advocacy, and education in improving collection care and sustainability.
Connecting to Collections: a review with a Vermont bias
- 1. Connecting to Collections: A short review (with a Vermont bias) in anticipation of the Raising the Bar webinars Nancie Ravenel, Objects Conservator, Shelburne Museum New England Conservation Association Meeting, September 10, 2010
- 2. Heritage Preservation’s Heritage Health Index, published 2005 ■ 190 million objects held by archives, historical societies, libraries, museums, & scientific organizations in the United States are in need of conservation treatment ■ 65 percent of collecting institutions have experienced damage to collections due to improper storage ■ 80 percent of collecting institutions do not have an emergency plan that Available at http://imls.gov/collections/about/pubs.htm includes collections, with staff trained to carry it out ■ 40 percent of institutions have no funds allocated in their annual budgets for preservation or conservation.
- 4. Dr. Anne ImeldaRadice http://www.imls.gov/images/bioRadice_300.jpg
- 5. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/ WhiteHouseSouthFacade.JPG Dr. Anne Imelda Radice http://www.imls.gov/images/bioRadice_300.jpg
- 6. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/ WhiteHouseSouthFacade.JPG Dr. Anne Imelda Radice http://www.imls.gov/images/bioRadice_300.jpg
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- 8. The National Summit 27-28 June, 2007, Washington, DC • Connecting to Expertise • Connecting to Technology http://imls.gov/news/2007/images/summit/crowd2.jpg • Connecting to the Public Summary at http://imls.gov/collections/summit/summary.htm • Connecting to Funders
- 9. 15 institutions inVermont received a bookshelf http://imls.gov/collections/bookshelf/biblio.htm
- 10. The online companion to the Connecting to Collections bookshelf is available to everyone http://imls.gov/collections/resources/index.htm
- 11. Vermont received a Connectingto Collections Statewide Planning Grant in 2008
- 12. National Tour ForumAttendees from Vermont Atlanta - Preserving America’s Diverse Heritage WASHI, West Burke Denver - Collaboration in the Digital Age University of Vermont, Burlington San Diego - It’s Alive! Petals to Primates: Preservation Challenges of Living Collections ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center, Burlington http://imls.gov/collections/Tour/images/Norris.jpg Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington Buffalo - Stewardship of America’s Legacy: Answering the Call to Action Shelburne Museum, Shelburne Woodbury Community Library, St. Johnsbury
- 13. If you missedthe forums they’re available online Links to the webcasts at http://www.imls.gov/collections/Tour/index.htm
- 14. National Impact •2,751 bookshelf sets awarded •42 Statewide Planning grants •1,163 attendees: National Summit & National Tour stops http://imls.gov/collections/about/pdf/CtoC_Map_Jul09.pdf
- 15. An Aside: The International Forum hosted by the Salzburg Global Seminar and IMLS, 28 October-1November, 2009, Salzburg, Austria Report available at http://imls.gov/collections/about/pubs.htm
- 16. Nobody from Vermont got to attend the Connecting to the World’s Collections forum☹ -BUT- the Salzburg Global Seminar has an office in the Marble The Marble Works by Don Shall Works, Middlebury, Vermont☺ http://www.flickr.com/photos/donshall/3541447981/in/faves-nancieshelburnemuseum/
- 17. 60 participants from32 •Emergency •Assessment & Preparedness Planning, countries •Raising Awareness & •Collaboration Report available at http://imls.gov/collections/about/pubs.htm Support •Sustainability •New Preservation •Indigenous Approaches Communities, Access & •Education & Training Cultural Rejuvenation
- 18. Connecting to Collections:Raising the Bar workshops organized by Heritage Preservation with support from IMLS, the Peck Stacpoole Foundation, and the Bay and Paul Foundations.
- 19. Debbie Hess Norris delivered the keynote, "It Won’t Be Long… Funding and Advocacy for Collections Care Here, There and Everywhere" http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3856698&id=35035829447&ref=fbx_album
- 20. Three panels, each consisting of a 20 minute talk followed by break out groups http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4108055&id=35035829447&ref=fbx_album#!/photo.php? pid=4108021&id=35035829447&ref=fbx_album&fbid=404487749447
- 21. Some ideas fromAnne Edgar •make a list of priority periodicals •personalize contact •know their lead time •pitch stories with a “hanging peg” Nationaal Archief / Spaarnestad Photo, SFA003003315 Dutch woman hanging out the laundry on a balcony. The Netherlands, 1965. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/4397796031/
- 22. From my talkOutreach through Media [New]
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- 24. Some key pointsfrom Lee Price •make a strong case •don’t get creative when writing grants •slow and steady wins the race Tortoise and the Hare by Nancy Quiny Schon (1994) photo by Wally Gobetz http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/4880558709/in/photostream/
- 25. Dale Wheary’s CaseStudy Maymont Mansion: Fundraising through Friend Raising Maymont House by PhotoPhiend, http://www.flickr.com/photos/photophiend/3521421126/
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- 27. Susan Blakney’s CaseStudies •adopt-an-object •school programs •rentals to support conservation http://www.barrowgallery.org/programs.php
- 28. www.ala.org/preservationweek/ includes an EventToolkit & other online resources
- 29. Connecting to Collections:Raising the Bar webinars coming to a computer near you! October - December, 2010 contact Lauren Hunley, lhunley@heritagepreservation.org for more info http://www.flickr.com/photos/lselibrary/4416711433/