Free Resource Guide for Historic & Cultural Resource Preservation Available

[StephGaub]

From PreservationDirectory.com's website:

As part of a presentation that Tim Cannan, President of PreservationDirectory.com, recently gave at the Architectural Heritage Center's "Old House Fair", we are pleased to announce the availability of a free comprehensive resource guide for historic and cultural resource preservation. The title of the resource guide is "Preservation Resources on the Web" (with emphasis on Portland and Oregon resources).

The presentation is focused on national resources, with an emphasis on resources in Portland and the State of Oregon. The comprehensive resource guide presents primary online resources in the field of historic and cultural resource preservation. Topics include researching your historic home; funding sources and tax credit programs available; utilizing your State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO); finding an undergrad/graduate program in historic preservation; historic real estate resources online; preservation event/conference directories; and much more.

TO REQUEST A FREE COPY OF THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE CONTACT US AT info@preservationdirectory.com OR 503-223-4939 AND WE WILL SEND YOU A COPY.

Check out http://www.preservationdirectory.com...d=558&catid=11 for additional information.

[StephGaub]

Here's a link to the Regional Alliance for Preservation. They have information and resources on preservation and conservation for cultural institutions throughout the U.S.

http://www.preservecollections.org/index.php

They also have some of their past newsletters online:

http://www.preservecollections.org/i...ge=newsletters

[Museumgirl]

The Northeast Document Conservation Center recently posted a list of new products that address the training needs of those that work in cultural instituions. Here are the descriptions and links as listed on their website:

Preservation 101 is a free distance-education course on preservation administration designed especially for practitioners who don’t have ready access to training opportunities. It is also useful as a handy reference for professionals who receive inquiries from the public: www.preservation101.org


Toolkit on Surveying Digital Readiness contains checklists and information to help institutions contract for an in-depth survey of the preservation needs of their digital holdings. The tools also support digital preservation consultants who undertake such surveys: www.nedcc.org/resources/digtools.php

Toolkit on What's Wrong With This Picture contains readings and resources on preservation and digitization of photograph collections, based on a highly successful three-day workshop series: www.nedcc.org/resources/wwwtptools.php


Preservation Education Curriculum is an instructor’s guide for a semester-long preservation course for graduate programs in librarianship and archives. It includes 13 detailed lesson plans with activities, assignments, and readings, as well as an online image library to help illustrate each lesson. The balance of topics represents consensus among a national advisory committee of preservation experts and educators: www.nedcc.org/curriculum/lesson.introduction.php


The Coordinated Statewide Emergency Preparedness (COSTEP) framework is a cooperative planning process for area-wide disasters that brings together state agencies, cultural institutions, emergency management agencies, and first responders: www.nedcc.org/services/disaster.costep.php


A new edition of NEDCC’S Preservation Leaflets, updated and expanded, will be available by December 2008. It includes new topics such as disaster planning for digital assets and moving library collections: http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leafl...troduction.php