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Mon, 02/26/2018
Housing Material Basics Webinar Recording Now Available
If you missed last week's webinar, Housing Material Basics, a recording is available here and on our Resources page. DHPSNY Preservation Specialist Gillian Marcus led this presentation, which defined common terminology a…
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Wed, 02/21/2018
FOCUS ON: Strategic Planning
Since fall 2016, DHPSNY has provided Archival Needs Assessments, Preservation Surveys, Condition Surveys, and Strategic Planning Assistance to over fifty organizations. With our first Planning & Assessment application de…
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Thu, 02/15/2018
Interview: Empire State Aerosciences Museum
In DHPSNY’s first Planning & Assessment round of 2017, we received an archival needs assessment application that particularly caught our eye. The name at the top was the Empire State Aerosciences Museum, and the Museum’s…
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Wed, 02/14/2018
Announcing 2018 Workshops!
Happy Valentine’s Day from everyone at DHPSNY! Our gift to you this year is a lovely assortment of new workshops for 2018, presented in 15 locations throughout New York State. As always, DHPSNY's education programs are p…
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Wed, 02/07/2018
Mold Prevention Webinar Recording Now Available
Earlier this week, DHPSNY Preservation Specialist Gillian Marcus presented Mold: Prevention, Detection, and Response, perhaps our grossest webinar since Gillian's Pest Management presentation last year. This webinar iden…
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Tue, 02/06/2018
NYSL Invites You to #ColorOurCollections
All this week, our partners at the New York State Library, along with libraries and special collections around the world, invite you to #ColorOurCollections. This annual coloring fest encourages both children and adults…
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Thu, 01/25/2018
Cold and Frozen Storage Webinar Recording Now Available
Thanks to everyone who attended yesterday's webinar, Demystifying Cold and Frozen Storage, presented by Barbara Lemmen, Senior Photograph Conservator at CCAHA. This was a very popular session, packed with details on how…
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Tue, 01/23/2018
Reminder: Planning & Assessment Services Applications Now Open
Just before the holidays, we announced our first Planning & Assessment Services application period of 2018. DHPSNY accepts applications year-round, with three review deadlines scheduled throughout the year in the spring,…
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Thu, 01/18/2018
Interview: Rockefeller Archive Center
For the latest chat in our ongoing series, we caught up with Robert Clark, Director of Archives at the Rockefeller Archive Center in Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County. The Archive Center houses a number of historic colle…
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Fri, 01/12/2018
Preservation in Exhibits Webinar Recording Now Available
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our first webinar of 2018, Preservation in Exhibits. DHPSNY Archives Specialist Amelia Parks led a very imformative presentation, discussing strategies for planning and installing exh…
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Wed, 01/03/2018
Happy New Year from DHPSNY!
Hello, 2018! It's chilly this week at DHPSNY HQ—not quite as bad as conditions in this photo, but close. Despite the low temperatures, our spirits couldn't be higher as we look ahead to all that we have in store. We ende…
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Thu, 12/21/2017
Interview: FASNY Museum of Firefighting
Earlier this month, we began a new series of brief conversations with library, museum, and archives professionals and volunteers from around New York State. In our latest installment, we caught up with Jamie Quinn, Execu…
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