Of possible interest. Maybe some of our small local history societies can take advantage of this. --- Heidi Bamford <hbamford@wnylrc.org> wrote: > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:19:42 -0500 > From: Heidi Bamford <hbamford@wnylrc.org> > To: DHP Mail list <wnylrcdhp@ns.wnylrc.org> > Subject: programs of interest for historical records programs > > hello! > > Both of these programs may be of interest to you! > > Heidi Bamford > DHP Regional Archivist > > 2005-2006 National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation > Assistance > Grants for Smaller Institutions > > Deadline: May 16, 2005 > > NEH Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions > help small and > mid-size institutions, such as libraries, museums, and > historical societies, > archival repositories, town and county records offices, and > colleges, > improve their ability to preserve and care for their > humanities collections. > These may include special collections of books and journals, > archives and > manuscripts, prints and photographs, moving images, sound > recordings, > architectural and cartographic records, decorative and fine > arts, textiles, > archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, furniture, and > historical > objects. > > Awards of up to $5000 provide support for consultant fees, > workshop > registration fees, travel and per diem expenses, and the costs > of purchasing > and shipping preservation supplies and equipment. No > cost-sharing is > required. All grants are awarded for a period of eighteen > months. > > Application materials and instructions are available at: > http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pag.html The receipt > deadline is May > 16, 2005, for projects beginning in January 2006 > > A summary of recently funded projects follow. For more > information, contact > the NEH Division of Preservation and Access by e-mail at > preservation@neh.gov or at the telephone number below. > > Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions > > Division of Preservation and Access, Room 411 > > National Endowment for the Humanities > > 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW > > Washington, DC 20506 > > Telephone: (202) 606-8570 > > > > The National Archives and Records Administration, Mid Atlantic > Region is > pleased to offer a special two day class at the Pennsylvania > State Records > Center in Harrisburg. > > Disaster Preparedness and Response > Date: 5/3/05-5/4/05 > Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm > Cost: $300.00 > Location: The State Records Center Building, 1825 Stanley > Drive, > Harrisburg, PA 17103 > > The two-day workshop will prepare you to participate fully in > your agency's > Continuity of Operations (COOP) planning program. Every agency > is required > by law to have a working COOP plan that is tested > periodically. Records > managers and vital records programs have a critical role to > play in disaster > preparedness to ensure the records your agency needs remain > available under > the worst of circumstances. The workshop provides practical > advice on > developing a workable recovery plan. Find out what you need to > do to be a > key player if you are not already. > > A "mini-disaster" is staged a on the second day to give > participants a > hands-on recovery experience. Casual dress, especially on the > second day, > is strongly recommended! > > Topics: > " Identifying vital records > " Planning a vital records program > " Writing a COOP or disaster plan > " Handling minor as well as major disasters > " Salvaging damaged records > " Preserving your agency's permanent records > > WHO SHOULD ATTEND? > > Anyone involved with the development or implementation of a > disaster plan > including administrative staff wanting to know how to identify > and minimize > risk. > > Reserve your space early, as the class is limited to 20 > people. To attend > this workshop, please contact Dana Keene Sloan at 215-305-2008 > or by email > at Dana.Keene@nara.gov. For directions to the State Records > Center Building, > go to > www.archives.gov/midatlantic/fed_agency_services/records_management/training > _locations.html#harrisburg > > Please note: registration closes ten days prior to the class. > > To see our complete listing of workshops, dates and locations, > visit our web > site at > http://www.archives.gov/midatlantic/fed_agency_services/records_management/t > raining.html. > > If you have any questions, please contact Lee Webster by phone > at > 215-305-2024 or by email at Lee.Webster@nara.gov. We look > forward to seeing > you there. > > Is your office prepared? > > > Lee G. Webster > National Archives & Records Administration Mid Atlantic Region > Phone: 215-305-2024 > www.archives.gov/midatlantic > > > ***** > > E-mail: preservation@neh.gov > > Web site: www.neh.gov and > http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pag.html > > > > R > > > > > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com www.buffaloresearch.com "My heart is moved by all I cannot save: So much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who, age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world." -Adrienne Rich