Folk & Traditional Arts Resources. Museum Resources. Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action. Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action. The IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, informative, practical resources to help the nation's museums and libraries sustain our heritage.
To help raise the conservation IQ of museums, libraries, and archives, IMLS, in cooperation with the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH), offered over 2,800 free copies of the IMLS 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. Appraisal and Selection. Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action. Book Companion Site. It has been over ten years since the publication of "Promoting Preservation Awareness in Libraries" and much has changed in the library and archive world.
The general content of the book still applies as a means of promoting preservation awareness but some of the vehicles of transmission have changed. This companion website offers an opportunity to update the Appendixes without producing a new edition of the title. In general the update includes some print, but more predominately web-based resources that support the premise of the title - that there are a variety of means for educating your community of users to establish desirable preservation behaviors by example, attitude and actions.
RAP home. Bibliography. Society of American Archivists www.archivists.org/saagroups/preserv/text/links.htm Conservation Online Guide to Online Resources: Care for Collections and Connecting to Collections: The Bookshelf Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Comprehensive Resources. Conservation OnLine.