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Connecting to Collections Statewide Planning GrantsFebruary 2009 Grant Announcement
AlabamaAlabama Historical Commission - Montgomery, AL
Award Amount: $39,611Contact: Ms. Clyde Eller Chief Curator (334)230-2668; clyde.eller@preserveala.orgProject Title: "Building an Alabama Alliance for Collections Care"The Alabama Historical Commission, in partnership with the Alabama Department of Archives and History, the Alabama Museums Association, the Network of AlabamaAcademic Libraries, and the Society of Alabama Archivists, use its grant to build aneffective alliance among stakeholders who share a common interest in preserving andconserving both two-dimensional and three-dimensional artifacts. The partners willexpand a directory of 1,186 archives, libraries, museums, and other collectingorganizations; conduct a survey of Alabama collections-holding organizations anddisseminate these results; develop a statewide collections plan in a series of focus groupsessions and meetings; conduct training in emergency preparedness; and create a plan toraise public awareness and marshal public-private support for collections care, addressingtwo recommendations of the Heritage Health Index.
ArkansasAmigos Library Services - Dallas, TX
Award Amount: $40,000Contact: Ms. Gina MinksImaging and Preservation Service Manager (972)340-2825; minks@amigos.orgProject Title: "Preserve Arkansas Heritage Project: An IMLS Connecting to CollectionsPlanning Grant"The Arkansas State Library, the Arkansas History Commission, and the ArkansasDepartment of Parks and Tourism will work with Amigos Library Services to conduct 25one-day site surveys of collections-holding organizations throughout the state and fiveregional preservation workshops to provide training to staff of museums, libraries, andarchives. This initiative will provide a basic understanding of the condition of the physical collections throughout the state while providing basic preservation training.
 
ColoradoColorado Wyoming Association of Museums - Golden, CO
Award Amount: $40,000Contact: Ms. Laura DouglasPrincipal(303)594-7767; educationalacarte@yahoo.comProject Title: "Colorado Consortium State Planning Grant: statewide surveys anddissemination of results"The Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums, in partnership with the Society of Rocky Mountain Archivists; the Colorado State Library; the State Historical Society of Colorado; and the Bibliographical Center for Research, Rocky Mountain Region, willconduct a statewide electronic survey and two-hour on-site surveys that build on thefindings of the Heritage Health Index. Sessions will be held at professional conferencesto disseminate the survey results and offer basic emergency preparedness. Additionally, aworkshop will be offered in multiple regions of the state to address the most urgent of collections care/preservation needs as identified by the surveys.
GuamUniversity of Guam - Mangilao, GU
Award Amount: $38,484Contact: Mrs. Monique StorieArchive Librarian(671)735-2150; mstorie@guam.uog.eduProject Title: "Connecting to Collection: Guam Statewide Planning Grant Application"The University of Guam will partner with the Guam Public Library, the Robert F.Kennedy Memorial Library, and Guam Community College to create a comprehensive profile of the island's collecting institutions to develop programs for professionaldevelopment and guide collection care from routine maintenance to large-scale preservation projects. Findings from this project will strengthen institutional ability to prioritize and undertake preservation and conservation activities.
 
IllinoisIllinois State Museum Society - Springfield, IL
Award Amount: $40,000Contact: Dr. Bonnie StylesDirector (217)782-7011;director@museum.state.il.usProject Title: "Development of the Illinois Collections Preservation Plan and Network"The Illinois State Museum Society will partner with eleven diverse organizations toestablish the Illinois Collections Preservation Plan and Network. The partnership willhold a series of meetings across the state and accessible by teleconference to consider critical preservation topics with government organizations, large public and privateinstitutions, and small and mid-sized collections-holding organizations. The meetings willfocus on four themes: providing tools and assessing needs for improving conditions andcollections care; disaster training and cooperative response; building public preservationawareness through training and programming; and integrating existing preservationgrants for statewide benefit. The project partners will establish the statewide plan andnetwork to carry out the recommendations of The Heritage Health Index.
IowaIowa Conservation and Preservation Consortium - Iowa City, IA
Award Amount: $40,000Contact: Ms. Nancy KraftHead, Preservation Department3193355286; nancy-e-kraft@uiowa.eduProject Title: "Developing a Statewide Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan for Iowa"The Iowa Conservation and Preservation Consortium, in partnership with the IowaDepartment of Cultural Affairs, the Iowa Museum Association, and the State Library of Iowa, will develop a formal, coordinated emergency response plan at the local and statelevel. The project activities include surveying institutional preparedness and knowledgeof resources, geo-referencing location of cultural repositories, raising awareness of theneed for disaster response plans, developing a strategy for establishing "first responders,"and developing a simple, broadly applicable disaster response planning tool.
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