NEDCC Upcoming Preservation Training and Grant Opportunities

NEDCC Upcoming Preservation Training and Grant Opportunities
Greetings from the Northeast Document Conservation Center! Below are preservation-related opportunities in the upcoming months. Full descriptions and registration are available online. Webinars are available to registrants for three months after enrollment. Free preservation webinars are available on YouTube.   
Training
10/12 - "Ready—Or Not" Cultural Heritage Disaster Preparedness Project in California: Disaster Planning for Tribal Cultural Heritage Organizations (FREE webinar)    10/17 - Managing an Environmental Monitoring Program (2-session webinar)    10/23 - "Ready—Or Not" Cultural Heritage Disaster Preparedness Project in California: Getting Your Library Ready for Disaster (FREE webinar)    10/26 - Moving and Renovation: Collections Concerns (webinar)    10/31 - Writing Your PAG (Preservation Assistance Grant) (FREE webinar)   
02/29/24- Preservation 101 (10-session webinar course)
06/06/24 - Writing a Disaster Plan (2-session)

Additionally, a number of funding agencies make grants available for assessments, conservation treatment, digitization, audio preservation, and other preservation activities. NEDCC can help plan and carry out these grant-funded activities and can offer advice on planning proposals. Begin the conversation by contacting [email protected].   

Grant Deadlines

11/15/23 - IMLS Museums of America | Award supports surveys and assessments, conservation, and digitization.   

11/15/23 - IMLS Museums Grants for African American History and Culture | Award supports digitization and preservation training.   

11/15/23 - IMLS Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program | Award supports collection assessments, digitization, conservation, and audio reformatting.   

11/15/23 - IMLS Inspire! Grants for Small Museums | Award supports collection assessments, digitization, and conservation.   

01/12/24 - NEH Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions | Award supports preservation assessments.   

01/12/24 - NEH Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections | Award supports conservation.