Subject: Local History List Serve - Connecting to Collections Bookshelf Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:38:16 -0600 Message-ID: <B46BC0C8F6373F43B0A84089442FE921014D9BDF@MEWMAD1P0129.enterprise.wistate.us> From: "Seymour, Janet I - WHS" <Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org>
Last Chance to apply for the Free IMLS Connecting to Collections
Bookshelf
Janet Seymour
Field Services Representative - Northern Region
Wisconsin Historical Society
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Museums, Libraries, and Archives Urged to Apply for Free IMLS Connecting
to Collections Bookshelf
Apply between January 5, 2009, and March 9, 2009
Washington, DC-Based on the enthusiastic response from museum, library
and archive professionals throughout the country, the Institute of
Museum and Library Services (IMLS) will offer a third, and final, round
of competition to distribute an additional 1,000 copies of the IMLS
Connecting to Collections Bookshelf. Online applications can be
submitted to the American Association for State and Local History
(AASLH) between January 5, 2009, and March 9, 2009, at
www.aaslh.org/Bookshelf.
The IMLS Bookshelf, supported in the third application period by the
Henry Luce Foundation, is a core set of texts that are essential for the
care of collections. To date, 1,841 IMLS Bookshelves have been
distributed to cultural heritage institutions. Every state and
territory, including Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S.
Virgin Islands has received a copy of the IMLS Bookshelf.
The IMLS Bookshelf, valued at approximately $800, focuses on collections
typically found in art or history museums and in libraries' special
collections, with an added selection of texts for zoos, aquaria, public
gardens, and nature centers. It addresses such topics as the philosophy
and ethics of collecting, collections management and planning, emergency
preparedness, and culturally specific conservation issues. The final set
of recipients will also receive a recently published book by the
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
(AIC). The AIC Guide to Digital Photography and Conservation
Documentation is a comprehensive guide to photographic equipment,
software, and processing for those who use digital photography for
conservation documentation. The complete Bookshelf bibliography and the
list of application questions are available for review at
www.aaslh.org/Bookshelf.
Recipients of the IMLS Bookshelf will also receive two guides: The
Bookshelf User's Guide and the Guide to Online Resources. Both documents
are available on the IMLS Web Site at www.imls.gov/collections.
The IMLS Bookshelf is part of Connecting to Collections: A Call to
Action, a multi-year initiative to help improve the care of our nation's
collections. IMLS began the initiative in response to A Public Trust at
Risk: The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America's
Collections, a 2005 Heritage Preservation study supported by IMLS, which
concluded that:
* 190 million objects need conservation treatment,
* 65 percent of collecting institutions have damaged collections due to
improper storage,
* 80 percent of collecting institutions lack an emergency plan for their
collections and trained staff to carry it out, and
* 40 percent of institutions have no funds allocated in their annual
budget for preservation and conservation.
Priority for the IMLS Bookshelf will be given to smaller institutions,
but large museums and libraries with special collections are also
eligible to apply. For the third round, organizations such as state
libraries and museum associations, which may wish to circulate the IMLS
Bookshelf within their states, are also encouraged to apply.
Federally-operated institutions, for-profit institutions, and libraries
that do not hold special collections are not eligible to receive the
IMLS Bookshelf.
For more information, email Terry Jackson at jackson@aaslh.org or call
615-320-3203.
About the Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of
federal support for the nation's 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums.
The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that
connect people to information and ideas. The Institute works at the
national level and in coordination with state and local organizations to
sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and
innovation; and support professional development. To learn more about
the Institute, please visit www.imls.gov.
The American Association for State and Local History, the Cooperating
Partner of the Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, is a non-profit
membership organization comprising individuals, agencies, and
organizations acting in the public trust, engaged in the practice of
history, and representing a variety of disciplines and professions. It
provides leadership and support for its members who preserve and
interpret state and local history in order to make the past more
meaningful to all Americans. To learn more, visit www.aaslh.org.
The Henry Luce Foundation was established in 1936 by the late Henry R.
Luce, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Time Inc. With assets of
approximately $750 million, the Luce Foundation supports American art,
higher education, Asian affairs, theology, and women in science and
engineering. To learn more, visit www.hluce.org.