| NEDCC presents New Preservation Tools |
THE NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER is pleased to announce a suite of new products that address the training needs of archivists, librarians, and museum and historical
society professionals. The free, online tools were developed primarily with grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and ongoing support from the National Endowment for the Humanities for NEDCC’s Field Service program. NEDCC is also grateful for support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and for the hard work of the many project partners and
participants who helped develop these products.
THE FOLLOWING ARE LINKS TO NEW TOOLS:
dPlan: The Online Disaster Planning Tool, is currently being used by more than 2,400 individuals to write institutional disaster plans. dPlan Lite, a streamlined response tool, will be made available by October 2, 2008, to simplify the process for smaller institutions: www.dplan.org
Preservation 101 is a free distance-education course on preservation administration designed especially for practitioners who don’t have ready access to training opportunities. It is also useful as a handy reference for professionals who receive inquiries from the public: www.preservation101.org
Toolkit on Surveying Digital Readiness contains checklists and information to help institutions contract for an in-depth survey of the preservation needs of their digital holdings. The tools also support digital preservation consultants who undertake such surveys: www.nedcc.org/resources/digtools.php
Toolkit on What's Wrong With This Picture contains readings and resources on preservation and digitization of photograph collections, based on a highly successful three-day workshop series: www.nedcc.org/resources/wwwtptools.php
Preservation Education Curriculum is an instructor’s guide for a semester-long preservation course for graduate programs in librarianship and archives. It includes 13 detailed lesson plans with activities, assignments, and readings, as well as an online image library to help illustrate each lesson. The balance of topics represents consensus among a national advisory committee of preservation experts and educators: www.nedcc.org/curriculum/lesson.introduction.php
The Coordinated Statewide Emergency Preparedness (COSTEP) framework is a cooperative planning process for area-wide disasters that brings together state agencies, cultural institutions, emergency management agencies, and first responders: www.nedcc.org/services/disaster.costep.php
A new edition of NEDCC’S Preservation Leaflets, updated and expanded, will be available by December 2008. It includes new topics such as disaster planning for digital assets and moving library collections: www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets.introduction.php
NEDCC is a nonprofit preservation center located in Andover, Massachusetts. Its core services include conservation of books, paper, and photographs, high-quality digitization and preservation microfilming, workshops and conferences, surveys, publications, reference services, and disaster assistance.
We welcome your feedback. If you would like to comment on the Center's new preservation tools, contact Julie Martin, jmartin@nedcc.org.