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 NetworkNew York Archives ConferenceNew York Library AssociationUpstate History Alliance

Leadership/Partnership

What is Partnership for New York’s Cultural Heritage?

• Survey

• Preservation Plan

Who We SurveyedApproximately 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?

No, but the plan is being

prepared12%

No53%

Don’t know4%

Yes20%

Yes, but the plan is out of date

11%

Collections types needing preservation training

• Unbound Sheets 67%

• Books and Bound Volumes 67%

• Digital Material & Electronic Records 58%

• Art Objects 47%

• Historic & Ethnographic Object 47%

Preservation topics for training

• Disaster Preparedness & Recovery 74.6%

• Digitization/Imaging 74%

• Collections Conservation 69%

• Preservation Mgmt. 69.9%

• Written Policies & Procedures 68%

Top three preservation services from New York State

• Preservation Grants

• Workshops

• Site Visits by a Preservation Professional

Statewide Preservation PlanGoals

• 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

Link to Connecting to Collections Statewide Preservation Survey

• http://www.oce.nysed.gov/imls08/survey.pdf