Earlier posts described the efforts of Massachusetts and other states in securing planning grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a Federal agency.
One of the shortcomings of past efforts, including the national Heritage Health Index (described in this post), was the under-representation of smaller institutions, including the many local historical societies.
There are [...]
From: [name] [mailto:[address]@IMLS.GOV]
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 11:55 AM
Subject: FOIA 09-15
Ms. [sic] Lee,
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has received your on-line e-mail request for information regarding “[r]ecently-funded Connecting to Collections grant applications….”
In response to your request and stated desire to obtain information electronically, I have coordinated with the [...]
Today was the deadline to comment on the National Park Service’s draft digital photo policy. An earlier article on state leadership on digital photo policies cited North Carolina’s policy of requiring digital photos.
I recently asked Peter Sandbeck, who administers North Carolina’s Historic Preservation Office and serves as the Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, how they [...]
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When the Institute of Museum and Library Services announced the latest round of Connecting to Collections grants, they included brief descriptions of each. However, the full text of the submissions is not available online.
In an effort to share knowledge and insights among all of us working in this area, we can rectify this situation by [...]
The recent request by the National Park Service for comments on the proposed update to the National Register photography guidelines, which omits geotagging, raises the question of the way in which states handle digital photography.
North Carolina, for example, requires the use of digital photography:
North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office
Digital Photography for Historic Property Surveys and [...]
The Heritage Health Index, published in 2005, was a major effort to assess the state of the collections in institutions across the country. The recent state-level IMLS Connecting to Collections grants are based on this work.
With the recipients just announced and planning getting underway, this is the time to ensure that these state-level efforts don’t [...]