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We hope everyone had a happy and festive holiday season! We're excited to be back and ready to announce a new slate of programs for 2017. Last fall, DHPSNY's webinars helped New York's institutions develop and implement new funding strategies, rethink the way they house and maintain their collections, and establish best practices for digital preservation. For the New Year, we've lined up another series of free presentations catered to the needs of small- to medium-sized collecting institutions.

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Our first round of applications for Planning & Assessment Services closed on October 18, 2016, and the response was fantastic! After receiving applications from every corner of New York State, DHPSNY, with the support of our advisory committee and field reviewers, awarded services to 18 organizations. Congratulations to the following institutions, and thanks again to everyone who applied! Our next application round will open on January 18, 2017, with applications due on March 1, 2017. Continue to check our…

If you missed last week's Documentary Heritage Program webinar, don't worry! You can view a recording at the link below. This instructional webinar features helpful tips for writing a DHP grant proposal in the areas of Arrangement & Description and Documentation. DHP recommends beginning the prequalification registration process immediately if you are considering applying. The 2017-2018 deadline is Tuesday, January 17, 2017.

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There's still time to register for this week's free Documentary Heritage Program grant information webinar on Thursday, December 15, at 10:00 AM. Our partners at the New York State Archives wil guide participants through the application for Arrangement & Description and Documentation Projects.

Email dhs@nysed.gov to register.

The Documentary Heritage Program was established by law in 1988 to provide financial support and guidance to not-for-profit organizations that hold, collect, and make available New York's historical…

This afternoon we concluded DHPSNY's education programming for 2016 with Introduction to Digitization, a webinar packed with helpful information to guide you through the essentials of digital preservation. Tamara Talansky, Preservation and Imaging Project Coordinator at the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts, offered insights on a range of topics, from the basics of scanning and storage to equipment and software recommendations, copyright compliance, metadata best practices, and more. Thanks again to everyone who attended and joined in for the Q&A…

Last week marked the year's third and final presentation of the DHPSNY workshop Understanding Archives: An Introduction to Archival Basics. We anticipated a much colder, potentially snowy journey to Niagara County in late November, but the weather cooperated, and we had a smooth trip and another great turnout. Like in Highland and Glens Falls earlier in the month, it was fun to connect with professionals and volunteers from archives, libraries, museums, and historical societies across the region. Also, special thanks to Daniel DiLandro, Archivist at…

A special thanks to everyone who attended this week's workshops in Highland and Glens Falls! This was our first time taking DHPSNY's education programming on the road, and it was a great success by all accounts. It was nice to spend time with so many archives, museum, and library professionals and volunteers from institutions throughout the state, and we're looking forward to a third presentation of Understanding Archives: An Introduction to Archival Basics at SUNY Buffalo State on November 29. We're also getting ready to present our…

If you missed our November 10 webinar, Collections Care Basics: Agents of Deterioration, you can view a recording at the link below! In the latest installment of DHPSNY's webinar series, Program Coordinator Anastasia Matijkiw provides an overview of the essentials of collections care through a discussion of the ten agents of deterioration: physical force; theft and vandalism; fire; water; pests; pollutants; light; incorrect temperature; incorrect relative humidity; and custodial neglect.

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DHPSNY's first workshop of the season, Understanding Archives: An Introduction to Archival Basics, begins next week on Tuesday, November 15, at the Southeastern New York Library Resource Council in Highland. From there, we'll head to Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls for another presentation on Thursday, November 17, and SUNY Buffalo State on Tuesday, November 29. There's still plenty of time left to register for all three installments!

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For all of our friends at institutions in northwestern New York, we're excited to announce a third presentation of our fall workshop, Understanding Archives: An Introduction to Archival Basics, at SUNY Buffalo State (Buffalo State College) on November 29. This will be the same workshop as presented earlier in the month at locations in Highland and …