Preserving the Past for the Future: Training, Services, and Resources to Preserve Humanities Collections

FAIN: PE-309526-26

Northeast Document Conservation Center, Inc. (Andover, MA 01810-1438)
Ann Marie Willer (Project Director: June 2025 to present)

The continuation and expansion of field service activities, including preservation assessments, emergency response, continuing education workshops and webinars, and the development and revision of educational publications on preservation and conservation of humanities collections. 

As a respected preservation and conservation resource for collecting organizations nationwide, the non-profit Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) will continue to provide preservation field services with the goal of increasing the knowledge and skills of collections care professionals in the long-term care and stewardship of audiovisual materials, digital objects, and paper-based and photographic collections. Funding will support staff time to develop new technical leaflets on the preservation of audiovisual materials, maintain free online resources and textbooks, develop 4 new webinars, deliver 6 free preservation training webinars, provide 2 free preservation assessments, and staff two free services: the “Ask NEDCC” reference service and the 24/7 Collections Emergency Hotline.