Partnership for New York’s Cultural Heritage New York’s IMLS Connecting to Collections Planning Project A statewide survey of New York cultural heritage community to determine preservation needs and challenges

Partnership for New York’s Cultural Heritage New York’s IMLS Connecting to Collections Planning Project The Office of Cultural Education (OCE: State Museum, State Library, and State Archives) have granted 100 million dollars over the past 25 years for preserving collections and provided countless preservation workshops, site visits, surveys, and disaster aid History of investment in preservation

Partnership for New York’s Cultural Heritage New York’s IMLS Connecting to Collections Planning Project OCE will take the lead We will partner with regional cultural and professional organizations New York State Council for the Arts Museum Association of New York Lower Hudson Conference/Greater Hudson Heritage Network New York Archives Conference New York Library Association Upstate History Alliance Leadership/Partnership

What is Partnership for New York’s Cultural Heritage? Survey Preservation Plan

Who We Surveyed Approximately 4,000 Institutions Public Libraries Academic Libraries Local Governments Museums Historical Societies

Does your institution have a written, long range plan? No, but preservation is addressed in institutional plan 9% No, but one is being developed 9% Yes, but it is not up-to-date 15% Yes 11% Don’t know 5% No 51%

Does your institution have a Disaster Plan that has been updated in the last 3 years?

Collections types needing preservation training Unbound Sheets 67% Books and Bound Volumes 67% Digital Material & Electronic Records 58% Art Objects47% Historic & Ethnographic Object47%

Preservation topics for training Disaster Preparedness & Recovery 74.6% Digitization/Imaging74% Collections Conservation69% Preservation Mgmt.69.9% Written Policies & Procedures68%

Top three preservation services from New York State Preservation Grants Workshops Site Visits by a Preservation Professional

Statewide Preservation Plan Goals Sustainability Ability to Measure Progress Identify Other Sources of Funding

Priorities Training Disaster Preparedness Build Infrastructure

Training Design a Cohesive Curriculum –Identify top training topics –Identify delivery techniques –Identify existing models

Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Identify existing best practices Promote collaboration Support the development of regional consortia/capacity Planning –Response and Recovery –Risk Assessment and Mitigation –Mapping of Hazards

Build Infrastructure Stronger Preservation Programs Across the State Regional Capacity/Leaders Sustainable Partnerships Advocacy Communication Statewide Contracts Use of Technology

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