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Help is Available to Make Local Archives Discoverable on the Internet
Improved Link to Application Below
Do you have collections in your archives that you want to make accessible
to researchers and students?
Do you think it's important for people outside your institution
to know about the collections in your archives?
If you answered yes to these questions, then you will want to learn more about the
Finding Aid Project!
The archival collections held by Connecticut's mid-sized and small cultural heritage organizations are incredibly important in documenting and understanding the history of our state. These repositories hold the private and public history of the people, communities, businesses and political entities that have shaped the history of Connecticut. They are the threads that tie together diverse institutions and support local identity.
The Connecticut State Library and Conservation ConneCTion invite museums, historical societies, public libraries with local history collections and other organizations with publicly accessible archives to apply to the
Finding Aid Project.
This grant-funded program will help cultural heritage organizations make their archive collections available on the Internet by creating new finding aids or making existing finding aids discoverable following archival best practices. This program will provide a
free half-day (3 hour) site visit
from a Traveling Archivist to assist sites on this project, as well as training workshops.
Any Connecticut museum, historical society, public library with a local history collection, or an organization with a publicly accessible archive, may apply. Applying institutions must have accessible collections and be able to identify 5 important, unique and/or regularly used collections for which finding aids are needed.
Deadline for online applications is Monday, October 23, 2017.
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
For more information on these programs please contact Kathy Craughwell-Varda at Conservation ConneCTion -
[email protected] or 203-241-0618.
About IMLS: The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 35,000 museums. Our mission has been to inspire libraries and museums to advance innovation, lifelong learning, and cultural and civic engagement. For the past 20 years, our grant making, policy development, and research has helped libraries and museums deliver valuable services that make it possible for communities and individuals to thrive. To learn more, visit www.imls.gov and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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