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The Long Island Library Resources Council (LILRC) is pleased to announce the formation of a new pilot program to provide historical societies and museums an opportunity to improve access to archival collections. LILRC will be hiring a project archivist to assist member institutions in providing archival services such as processing and housing a collection or defined body of materials.
The project archivist will process and describe materials according to archival standards. Depending on the proposed project, materials may be rehoused in archival quality storage containers. If so, the institution will be required to pay the costs of the materials to rehouse any collection up to $500. LILRC will cover the first year costs to incorporate finding aids in Empire Archival Discovery Cooperative (Empire ADC) or digitized content to be placed in New York Heritage. The project archivist will not engage in conservation methods requiring a professional conservator.
The purpose of the Accessing Archives Pilot Project is to provide an opportunity for cultural institutions on Long island to increase the accessibility of their collections. Due to the limited resources, the work the project archivist can do will be limited to the scope of materials agreed upon from the application.
The project archivist will only work on materials agreed upon in the application. For these materials, the project archivist will:
The following tasks are considered out of scope for activities of the project archivist:
Provide preservation and conservation services beyond basic rehousing and stabilizing how the materials are stored and handled
Priority will be given to collections documenting underrepresented populations and materials historically significant to Long Island
The institution and LILRC will sign a memorandum of understanding after the project has been approved.
TIMELINE
Open Institution Applications | August 2, 2021 |
Institution Application Deadline | January 15, 2021 (Extended!) |
Conduct Site Visit of Institutions | November 1-December 31, 2021 |
Identify Sites | December 31, 2021 |
INSTITUTIONAL APPLICATION & INSTRUCTIONS
QUESTIONS? Contact Nicole Menchise, nmenchise@lilrc.org
COMPLETED APPLICATIONS
Email to Tim Spindler, tspindler@lilrc.org
or they can be mailed to
LILRC - Accessing Archives Pilot Project
627 N. Sunrise Service Road
Bellport, NY 11713