In yesterday's DHPSNY webinar Managing Your Institutional Records, David Lowry, Head, Local Government Advisory Services, NYSA, and Jennifer O’Neill, Supervisor, Scheduling and State Agency Services, NYSA, covered the basics of organizing a records management program at a collecting institution, regardless of size. They explained why having a records management program is crucial and took the audience through the basic elements of a program and the first steps in building one.
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Dacia Metes, Digital Archives Manager at the Queens Public Library, took the audience through the fundamentals of metadata in yesterday's DHPSNY webinar "Metadata Matters: The Basics." She explained core concepts and tecniques, including best practices for item- and collection-level metadata, file naming, and systems for capturing metadata—complete with helpful tips and visual aids.
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In yesterday's webinar, Black, White, and Read All Over: Addressing Newspaper in Collections presenters Gillian Marcus, DHPSNY Preservation Specialist, and Jennifer Palmentiero, SENYLRC Digital Services Librarian, addressed the challenges of having newspapers in collections and the best practices to preserve, protect, and increase accessibility to these important historical documents. In the first half, Gillian gave an informative overview of why newspapers have an increased risk of…
With DHPSNY’s first Planning & Assessment Services application deadline of 2019 coming up on Friday, March 15, we thought it would be a good time to catch up with some of our alums to highlight each of our services.
This week, we checked in with the I.V.H. Gill Room of the Greenwich Free Library, who received an Archival Needs Assessment in our fall 2017…
We are excited to offer three new workshops for 2019, presented in 15 locations throughout New York State. As always, DHPSNY's education programs are presented free of charge for New York institutions.
This year's workshops sessions are Preservation Planning for Collecting Institutions, Care and Preservation of Audiovisual Materials, and Understanding Archives: An Introduction to Archival Basics. You can learn more and register below or on our …
We're excited to announce the new class of Planning & Assessment Services sites from our latest application round! We look forward to beginning site visits for the following institutions in the coming weeks. Application materials for DHPSNY's Planning & Assessment Services are accepted year-round and reviewed three times a year. The next application review deadline is Friday, March 15, 2019. Visit our Planning & Assessment page to learn more and apply.
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In DHPSNY’s second webinar in our funding series, Lee Price, Director of Development at CCAHA, spoke from his experience to explain how to craft a successful narrative for grant applications. With examples drawn from success stories at museums, historic sites, libraries, and archives, he explored the delicate balancing act of meeting all guideline requirements while telling a compelling story and provided many useful tips from the grant reviewer perspective.
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Yesterday’s webinar, Policies and Procedures for Deaccessioning, is now available to view here and on our Webinars page. CCAHA Director of Preservation Services Dyani Feige guided viewers through the reasons to deaccession, deaccession policy, mechanisms for disposal, and legal & ethical considerations. Key terms were discussed, and Dyani left viewers with a wealth of additional resources.
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In yesterday's webinar Good Housekeeping, DHPSNY Archives Specialist Amelia Parks gave a great overview of how and why institutions should develop and maintain a housekeeping program, including the 10 agents of deterioration and how to prevent them, housingkeeping policy best practices, and down and dirty tips and tricks for cleaning collections.
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DHPSNY has extended the deadline of Collections & Community: A Survey for New York State Collecting Institutions to Friday, January 25! Help us to understand how your communities, organizations, and institutions collect and share the stories that are our collective history.
This survey is part of a multi-year research project conducted by DHPSNY under the leadership of Lead ScholarJorge Arévalo Mateus, Ph.D. The end-result of the project will be the development of a plan to assist in the collection, preservation, and accessibility of…