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Connecting to Collections
Statewide Planning Grants
Deadline: October 16, 2008
Now available! Grant
Program Guidelines (PDF, 623 KB) at Grants.gov
Instructions
Technical Assistance Audio Conference
Calls
To assist grant applicants with putting together their applications,
IMLS will be offering technical assistance audio conference
calls at the following dates and times. You will need the
following information to participate in the call:
Thursday, September 4 at 3:00pm ET
Conference ID#: 60868522; Dial-in#: 1-800-603-9527
Wednesday, September 17 at 3:00pm ET
Conference ID#: 60868688; Dial-in#: 1-800-603-9527
The Statewide Planning Grants, an important
component of the Connecting to Collections initiative, aim
to foster partnerships among organizations in a state, commonwealth,
or territory to implement recommendations of the Heritage
Health Index.* According to the recommendations, organizations
that hold collections in the public trust must:
- provide safe conditions for their collections;
- develop an emergency plan;
- assign responsibility for collections care; and
- marshal public and private support for and raise public
awareness about collections care
Over the next two years, IMLS intends to award
a grant to each eligible state, commonwealth, or territory
to advance their collective conservation goals guided by the
Heritage Health Index recommendations.
*Click
here to learn more about A Public Trust at Risk: The
Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s
Collections, a landmark study conducted by Heritage Preservation
in partnership with IMLS.
Grant Amount: Up to $40,000
Program Contacts:
Christine Henry, Senior Program Officer
Phone: 202/653-4674
E-mail: chenry@imls.gov
Mark Feitl, Program Specialist
Phone: 202/653-4635
E-mail: mfeitl@imls.gov
Please note: Awards resulting from the first
round of applications (with a deadline of October 16, 2007)
were announced January 23, 2008. Read
more.
Sample Application Narratives (PDF format)
Alaska: Alaska
Division of Libraries, Archives, and Museums
California: Peninsula
Library System
Connecticut: Connecticut
State Library
Delaware: Delaware
Division of Libraries
Florida: Florida
Association of Museums Foundation, Inc.
Georgia: Georgia
Archives
Indiana: Indiana
Historical Society
Michigan: Michigan
Museums Association
Minnesota: Minnesota
Historical Society
Mississippi: Mississippi
Department of Archives and History
New Jersey: Newark
Museum Association
New York: Office
of Cultural Education, New York State Education Department
Oklahoma: Oklahoma
Department of Libraries
Pennsylvania: Conservation
Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Rhode Island: Rhode
Island Office of Library and Information Services
Tennessee: Tennessee
State Library and Archives
Texas: Texas
State Library and Archives Commission
Vermont: Vermont
Historical Society
Washington: Washington
State Library
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