Applications for DHPSNY’s free Planning & Assessment Services are due on Friday, March 16th! Whether you're putting on the finishing touches or getting a late start, there's still time to submit your application.
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DHPSNY Staff
Since fall 2016, DHPSNY has awarded Archival Needs Assessments, Preservation Surveys, Condition Surveys, and Strategic Planning assistance to over fifty organizations. With this year's first Planning & Assessment application deadline coming up on Friday, March 16th, we are highlighting each of these services and how they can benefit your organization. Today, we’re focusing on Archival Needs Assessments.
DHPSNY Staff
This week's webinar, Legal Issues: Old Loans and Unknown Sources, was a very detailed look at the steps New York-based institutions must legally take to deal with holdings such as abandoned property and materials "found in collection." Thanks to Erin Richardson for an informative presentation! You can view a recording and download the handouts here, and all DHPSNY webinars are archived on the Resources page.
DHPSNY Staff
Since fall 2016, DHPSNY has provided Archival Needs Assessments, Preservation Surveys, Condition Surveys, and Strategic Planning assistance to over fifty organizations.
DHPSNY Staff
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 and professional standards, as well as presented many specific examples and recommendations for housing paper and book collections.
DHPSNY Staff
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 deadline coming up on March 16th, we wanted to take a moment to highlight each of these services and how they could benefit your organization. Today, we’re focusing on Strategic Planning Assistance!
DHPSNY Staff
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 website raised our hopes for the possibility of a very interesting site visit. Now, a few months since ESAM received its survey report, we reconnected with Donna Esposito, Director of the Museum’s Vander Veer Research Center. She talked to us some more about the Museum’s collections, upcoming programs, and how to stay focused at work while WWII fighter planes drop in to refuel outside your window.
DHPSNY Staff
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 presented free of charge for New York institutions.
DHPSNY Staff
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 identified the many species of mold commonly found in archival collections and explained how they reproduce, the environmental factors that affect their growth, and how you can prevent and mitigate damage.
DHPSNY Staff
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 alike to "explore, color, and connect with libraries and their collections."