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Fri, 01/16/2026
Three New Technical Bulletins Available from DHPSNY
Last year, DHPSNY published A Guide to Processing Plans, a technical bulletin designed to help collecting organizations plan and carry out archival processing work. Building on that resource, we are now pleased to announ…
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Wed, 12/31/2025
Cheers to 2025! The Annual DHPSNY Newsletter Has Arrived
As the year comes to a close, we’re celebrating the archivists, librarians, and organizations caring for New York State’s archival collections — and the shared work that sustains them. Thank you all!Explore our year-end…
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Mon, 12/22/2025
Securing Future Funding: Creating a Strategic Plan
By Sarah WilkinsonDHPSNY, in collaboration with the New York Council of Nonprofits (NYCON), facilitates Strategic Planning Assistance to help cultural organizations across New York State build clarity and capacity. In th…
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Wed, 12/10/2025
DHPS Tips 2025 Boxed
DHPS Tips 2025 Wrapped BoxedWhat did your playlists look like in 2025? If you’re a Spotify (or Apple Music, or YouTube Music) listener, you’ve probably already scrolled through this year’s “Wrapped”-style recap of your m…
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Tue, 12/02/2025
Apply Today to Join the 2026 Community Webs New York Cohort
DHPSNY is excited to partner with the Internet Archive’s Community Webs program to support New York State libraries, historical societies, museums, and community-based heritage organizations in building capacity for web…
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Thu, 10/30/2025
‘Stories from the Field: Revealing Restricted Voices, A Love Canal Interview Redaction Project’ Webinar Recording Now Available
In DHPSNY's final webinar of the year, University at Buffalo's Hope Dunbar & Saguna Shankar shared their methodical approach to reviewing and redacting sensitive 1970s testimonials, detailing how they navigated the inter…
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Thu, 10/30/2025
‘Stories from the Field: Deaccessioning with New York State’s Bureau of Historic Sites’ Webinar Recording Now Available
In this recent DHPSNY webinar, Senior Curator Amanda Massie and Deaccession Curator Natalie DeQuarto shared insights from New York State’s Bureau of Historic Sites, which manages historic collections from more than 34 si…
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Thu, 10/09/2025
DHPS Tips: An Archival Alphabet Soup of “A” Words
Sometimes the archives field feels like it was designed to cause maximum alphabetical amusement. There are so many A-words, you almost need an archaeologist (or an archivist) to dig you out. So, let's take on the challen…
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Tue, 10/07/2025
Welcoming and Inclusive Archive Practices: Experiences of the Formerly Incarcerated (Dialogue Recap with Recording & Resources)
Each year, DHPSNY Dialogues bring cultural heritage professionals together to engage in meaningful discussions about the challenges and opportunities shaping our field. In 2025, our series focuses on Collections for the…
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Thu, 10/02/2025
'Stories from the Field: Internships at Bethel Woods' Webinar Recording Now Available!
In a recent DHPSNY webinar, Julia Fell from Bethel Woods gave us an inside look at the Museum’s evolving internship program. Since 2021, both remote, in-semester internships and in-person summer internships have focused…
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Thu, 09/11/2025
Congrats to Our Summer 2025 Planning & Assessment Class!
This past July, we concluded DHPSNY's Summer 2025 Planning & Assessment Services application period and are excited to announce that 12 collecting institutions have been selected by our independent field reviewers to rec…
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Tue, 09/09/2025
September is National Preparedness Month — Are Your Collections Ready?
Each September, National Preparedness Month reminds us of the importance of being proactive about emergencies, not just in our homes, but also in our institutions. For libraries, archives, museums, and historical societi…
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