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 The
IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf,
informative, practical resources to help the nation's
museums and libraries sustain our heritage.
Bookshelf update!
Based on the enthusiastic response to the bookshelf, IMLS
will offer a third round of competition to distribute an additional
1000 Bookshelves. Applications can be submitted to AASLH between
January 5, 2009, and March 9, 2009, at
www.aaslh.org/Bookshelf.
IMLS Press Release--August 5, 2008:
776 Museums, Libraries, and Archives Selected to Receive IMLS
Connecting to Collections Bookshelf
IMLS Press Release--February 19, 2008:
851 Museums,
Libraries, and Archives Selected to Receive IMLS Connecting
to Collections Bookshelf
To help raise the conservation IQ of museums, libraries,
and archives, IMLS, in cooperation with the American Association
of State and Local History (AASLH), is offering 2000 free
copies of the Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, a core
set of books, DVDs, online resources, and an annotated bibliography
that are essential for the care of collections.
The Bookshelf focuses on collections typically found in art
or history museums and in libraries' special collections,
with an added selection of texts for zoos, aquaria, public
gardens, and nature centers. It will address such topics as
the philosophy and ethics of collecting, collections management
and planning, emergency preparedness, and culturally specific
conservation issues.
 Now
available online! Recipients of the Bookshelf will
also receive a 44-page User's
Guide (PDF, 1MB). Developed by Heritage Preservation, in consultation
with the Getty Foundation, the guide contains an individual
sheet on each text (containing bibliographical and other information),
and FAQ's.
The Guide to
Online Resources was prepared by Heritage Preservation
as a digital companion to the Bookshelf.
| Mark your calendars!
The third round of the Bookshelf will run from January
5, 2009 to March 9, 2009. You will be able
to submit your application at www.aaslh.org/Bookshelf
at that time.
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The Bookshelf has received support from the
Getty Foundation and the Henry Luce Foundation.
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