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Wed, 05/20/2020
Conversations on Local History Move Online, Hudson Valley Session Announced
In light of recent events, DHPSNY will host our remaining Conservations on Local History live online! So far, we have held three virtual conversations that have provided us with valuable insight from individuals across t…
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Wed, 05/20/2020
Congratulations to Our Spring 2020 Planning & Assessment Class!
We're excited to announce the new class of Planning & Assessment Services sites from our latest application round! From a competitive pool of applicants, our advisory committee and field reviewers selected 18 organizatio…
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Tue, 05/19/2020
Interview: Farmingdale Public Library
When the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic became apparent this past March, the Farmingdale Public Library in Nassau County rapidly adjusted its programs, services, and initiatives to the changing needs of its community. Re…
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Wed, 05/13/2020
“Lighting: Beyond Standards” Webinar Now Available
In DHPSNY’s most recent live webinar presentation, Heather Hendry, CCAHA Senior Paper Conservator, discussed one of the most inescapable agents of deterioration—light—and how institutions can manage light exposure in the…
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Mon, 05/11/2020
Join us for Conversations on Local History in the DHPSNY Community Facebook Group!
In the most important stage of the Statewide Documentation Planning project, we’ve invited the historical records community to engage with us in conversations on local history in order to identify under-documented topics…
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Wed, 04/29/2020
Join a DHPSNY Mentorship Mini Cohort and Connect with Colleagues Across NYS
The DHPSNY Mentorship Program establishes mentorship circles to serve individuals currently caring for historical records and unique library research collections or pursing an MLIS degree in the state of New York. In lig…
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Tue, 04/28/2020
“Assessing the Condition of Your Book Collections” Webinar Recording Now Available
In the second presentation of our “Common Collection Conditions” series, Assessing the Condition of Your Book Collections, presenter Amber Hares, Book Conservator at the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts,…
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Tue, 04/28/2020
Documenting the Now: Call for COVID-19 Impact Projects
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unsettling event in the history of New York State. DHPSNY, the New York State Archives, and the New York State Library recognize the gravity of the situation and want members of the historic r…
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Fri, 04/24/2020
Interview: National Vaudeville Artists Lodge / Will Rogers Memorial Hospital
For the latest chat in our ongoing Q&A series, we caught up with Leslie Hoffman, Historian at Saranac Village at Will Rogers, home of the National Vaudeville Artists Lodge / Will Rogers Memorial Hospital in Saranac Lake,…
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Thu, 04/23/2020
Space Planning Webinar Recording Now Available!
Maria Holden, Preservation Officer at the NYS Office of Cultural Education, gave a thorough and information overview of space planning for collecting institutions in last week’s webinar Space Planning: Getting Started. S…
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Fri, 04/17/2020
RSVP for next week's virtual Conversations on Local History: Capital District (4/21) and Western NY (4/23)
Next week, DHPSNY will be conducting the first two of three upcoming Conversations on Local History to take place online. Join us on Tuesday, April 21 at 2:00 PM for the Capital District Conversation and on Thursday, Apr…
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Mon, 04/13/2020
Presenting the DHPSNY COVID-19 Information Aggregate!
We are excited to introduce the DHPSNY COVID-19 Information Aggregate, a weekly updated collection of resources to support New York's collecting institutions. To help institutions navigate this period of uncertainty, thi…
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