Archives Arrangement & Description
Improve access to your archival collections.
Grant Amount:
Up to $20,000
Time Range:
1 year
Eligibility:
Any
Staff Contact:
Program Description
Support to enhance further arrangement and description of archival collections that are demonstrably important to your institution and community.
Projects funds can be used for archival consultants (MBLC maintains a current list of vendors) to assist with any aspect of archival plans and practices needed for your project according to currently accepted national standards, including but not limited to:
- training staff and volunteers in processing and rehousing,
- policy development,
- workflow planning,
- collection-level and object-level processing,
- estimating storage and supply needs, and
- finding aid development.
It is acceptable to use portions of the grant for extra staff hours dedicated solely to this project (over and above other regular hours and duties), purchases of rehousing and processing supplies for the specific collection, and other related activities in the spirit of the grant in accordance with IMLS/MBLC guidelines.
In addition to satisfying the eligibility requirements for LSTA Direct Grants set by MBLC, applicants to this category must have recently completed a formal Preservation Assessment on file with MBLC by the application deadline. In lieu of this Preservation Assessment, applicants can complete two online questionnaires, available at MBLC LibGuide for Preservation in MA Libraries | Forms:
- Preservation Self-Assessment
- Special Collection Management Priorities