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 The
IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf,
informative, practical resources to help the nation's
museums and libraries sustain our heritage.
IMLS is holding a special competition for institutions with living
collections to receive the Connecting to Collections Bookshelf. IMLS designed this
set of conservation resources specifically for institutions that care for plants and
animals, including zoos, aquaria, arboreta, botanical gardens, nature centers, and
historic houses/sites with living collections.
The Bookshelf consists of a core set of resources that includes
several items developed especially for the Bookshelf, as well as six texts that
address collections care issues related to plants and animals. The application
period is open to all institutions that have not received a Connecting to Collections
Bookshelf in the previous rounds and that care for living collections.
To access a bibliography of Bookshelf materials and to apply for
the Living Collections Bookshelf, please
see www.aaslh.org/Bookshelf. The
application period will be open Monday, October 19 - Friday, November 20, 2009.
IMLS Press Release--September 15, 2009:
IMLS Holds Special
Competition for Institutions with Living Collections
IMLS Press Release--June 17, 2009:
907
Museums, Libraries, and Archives Selected to Receive IMLS
Connecting to Collections Bookshelf
IMLS Press Release--August 5, 2008:
776 Museums, Libraries, and Archives Selected to Receive IMLS
Connecting to Collections Bookshelf
IMLS Press Release--February 19, 2008:
851 Museums,
Libraries, and Archives Selected to Receive IMLS Connecting
to Collections Bookshelf
To help raise the conservation IQ of museums, libraries,
and archives, IMLS, in cooperation with the American Association
of State and Local History (AASLH), offered over 2,800 free
copies of the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf,
a core set of books, DVDs, online resources, and an annotated
bibliography that are essential for the care of collections.
The Bookshelf 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 will address such topics as
the philosophy and ethics of collecting, collections management
and planning, emergency preparedness, and culturally specific
conservation issues.
 Available
online! Recipients of the Bookshelf also received
a 44-page User's
Guide (PDF, 1MB). Developed by Heritage Preservation,
in consultation with the Getty Foundation, the guide contains
an individual sheet on each text (containing bibliographical
and other information), and FAQ's.
The Guide to
Online Resources was prepared by Heritage Preservation
as a digital companion to the Bookshelf.
The Bookshelf has received support from the
Getty Foundation and the Henry Luce Foundation.
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