Information for organizations involved in digitization through SCRLC | |
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SCHOAM! for February 2024
Special Collections, Historical Organizations, Archives & Museums
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in short: News | Grants | Ideas | Events | Webinars | Jobs | |
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Grants & Assistance
★★★ SCRLC Digitization Grants ★★★
Apply for up to $5,000 from us, your friendly neighborhood library council, for your digitization project. Our most common grant awards are for microfilmed newspapers to go on NYS Historic Newspapers or for us to digitize yearbook collections for NY Heritage - but we're open to new and different projects!
If you need a quote or have any questions, reach out to me at [email protected].
DHPSNY Spring 2024 Planning & Assessment Grants
Get help from DHPSNY. This round of grants is due by March 8. They just unveiled a new blog series that explains how these assessments work, so you can see what to expect during the process.
Local Government Grants
The NYS Archives has its annual grant cycle for the Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund (LGRMIF) open now through March 11. Beware: you must have a user account in order to apply, and that deadline is February 26. These grants are for local governments and can go up to $75,000 for disaster management, document conversion (like digitization), and file management.
NYSCA/GHHN Conservation & Preservation Grants
Apply for a grant to pay a professional conservator to address your paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, textiles, or objects. There are also grant opportunities for collection management supplies and a site assessment from a collection consultant.
Preserve New York Grants
These grants are from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the Preservation League of NYS. Nonprofit organizations can apply for historic structure reports, building condition reports, and cultural landscape reports for sites used primarily for arts and culture. They don't support construction costs but will pay (80%) for the consultant costs preceding a project.
Preservation Grants for Film
The National Film Preservation Foundation will support laboratory work to preserve culturally and historically significant film materials. The awardee must offer public access to their collection, and the collections can't have been made for TV or funded by public broadcasting or cable TV entities.
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Ideas & Inspiration
Eclipse Planning
Most of you reading this are going to be in at least 96% totality during the April 8th total solar eclipse. If you're in parts of Allegany, Steuben, Seneca, Yates, and Cayuga counties, you may be directly in the path of totality and could see a surge of visitors and tourists that afternoon. Seriously - read this account from a surprised librarian in South Carolina in 2017.
We're offering a series of webinars (Moon Mondays) and we've put together a LibGuide of resources, links, and ideas about the eclipse. We welcome more info to add, particularly of your local events. The Cayuga Museum in Auburn has a vibrant weekend planned for the Solar Eclipse.
Douglass Day 2024
Frederick Douglass never knew his actual birthday, so he chose February 14. Since his death in 1895, Douglass Day has been an opportunity to celebrate Black history. Douglass had so many ties to our region, and honoring his life and activism will always make a great program for Black History Month.
The Library of Congress is trying to transcribe their collection of his correspondence, in what they're calling a transcribe-a-thon. Consider participating, promoting, or planning a similar event for next year.
MANY Testimony & Museum Advocacy
Erika Sanger, Executive Director of the Museum Association of New York, gave testimony to the NYS Legislature (viewable here) advocating for funding for museums, continued support for the Museum Study Act, and secured funding for NY250. A few key points from her testimony:
- NY's museum attendance is 25% higher than the national average! However, 43% of NY's museums haven't recovered from the pandemic; they're at just 66% of their 2019 attendance.
- Advocate to restore the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funding, despite the Governor's proposed cut to 2019 levels. This is especially crucial as COVID relief is gone.
She also referenced what's happening to MiSci in Schenectady, which is a scary case study for all of us.
National History Day
I have not been successful at pulling the Southern Tier NHD program back from dissolution, but I remain optimistic about its future because it is inherently a fantastic opportunity for students, teachers, and all other history-lovers. If student historical research brings you joy, please sign up to be a judge in a regional contest or in the state contest, which will be held at SUNY Oneonta on April 14. Feel free to email me with any questions about what it's like!
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Happening in the Neighborhood
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Hometown Heroes in Oneonta
If you're considering a Hometown Heroes banner program in your area, check out the work done by the Greater Oneonta Historical Society. Their banners complemented the work of local historian Jim Greenberg, who developed The Oneonta NY World War II Fallen Project (soon to join New York Heritage as a collection from the Greater Oneonta Historical Society). GOHS is also opening a new display called "Precautions Urged: Public Health and Pandemics in Oneonta," which coincides with the release of Chronicling a Crisis: SUNY Oneonta's Pandemic Diaries, co-edited by Milne Library's Darren Chase.
Free Virtual Tours from Fenimore
In the next few weeks, while closed in person, Fenimore Art Museum is opening its online doors so you can explore the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art (February 13), work by American Artists Abroad (February 20) and Cooper, Cole, and the Hudson River School (February 27). Fenimore is also hosting a fun promotion for We Love Our Members Month in this leap year. Four members who 1) send in homemade art, 2) renew or join, 3) upgrade membership level, and/or 4) give an extra donation will be put in a raffle to win four years of membership. Cute idea!
HistoryForge Improvements in Ithaca
Thousands of tax assessment photos from 1950s Ithaca have been added to HistoryForge thanks to the work of Historic Ithaca and the History Center in Tompkins County. Historic Ithaca recently posted about the St. James AME Zion Church in honor of Black History Month, leaning on one of those digitized 1950s photos, all of which is a great way to get the word out about the photos and project. But beyond that, Historic Ithaca has also created wonderful videos to show off HistoryForge's many features.
There's a new feature in HistoryForge! If you visit the website on your phone, you can click the blue icon in the lower left of the map and see what photos and records are near your current geolocation!
Marbles in Corning
As always, Corning Museum of Glass has a terrific schedule of Winter Break activities planned, including a special Marvelous Marble Day on February 18 where kids can help build a mega-marble run!
Worldly Travels and Post-War Art in Auburn
Kate Grindstaff, Education and Outreach Coordinator at the Seward House Museum, is going to present at Seymour Public Library in Auburn on Thursday, February 22, all about William H. Seward's travels in 1870 and 1871. At the Cayuga Museum, they've just opened a new exhibit called "Reconsideration: Art After the World Wars." Cayuga Museum is also hosting "Americans Who Tell the Truth: Portraits by Robert Shetterly" in partnership with the Southern Cayuga Anne Frank Project.
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Zooms & Webinars Up Your Alley
A Sustainability Discussion with Claudia Depkin, Co-Creator of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative
Friday, February 9 at 10 am
AI in Libraries: A Practical Guide for Non-Techies
Tuesday, February 13 at 10 am
PLA: IDEAS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Solutions) in the Library
Wednesday, February 14 at 2 pm || $79
Creative Solutions in Cataloging, Acquisitions, and Resources Management
Thursday, February 15 from 11 am to 5 pm
Lincoln, the Founding, and an America Worth Saving
Thursday, February 15 at 12 pm
Brought Forth on this Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration
Thursday, February 15 at 12:30 pm
Repatriating the Red Jacket Peace Medal and Cultivating Museum Partnerships
Thursday, February 15 at 2 pm
Library of Congress: Congress.gov Webinar
Thursday, February 15 at 2 pm
Shelf Help: The Librarian’s Guide to Bibliotherapy
Thursday, February 15 at 2 pm
New York History Primary Sources & More through New York State Archives
Tuesday, February 20 at 10 am
A Trip Around the Lifecycle: Assessing Your Oral History Metadata
Tuesday, February 20 from 11 am to 3 pm
Best Practices for Deconstructing Whiteness in the Academic Library: Antiracist Librarianship
Wednesday, February 21 at 10 am
Integrating Research, Publishing, and Presenting Into Your Career
Wednesday, February 21 at 12:30 pm
“A Dreamer With A Tiny Spark:” E.J. Josey Transforms the Modern Library Profession
Wednesday, February 21 at 1 pm
digiTIPS: Applications and Implications of International Standards and Guidelines
Thursday, February 22 from 10 am to 3:30 pm || $165
Book Banning In 21st-Century America: A Book Talk With Emily J. M. Knox
Thursday, February 22 at 4 pm
Community Centered Archiving: The Community Archiving Workshop (CAW) Model
Friday, February 23 at 6:30 pm
CDLC's Special Interest Group on Preservation: Tools & Software for Digital Preservation
Tuesday, February 27 at 9:30 am
The Inside-Out Library – How OA is Changing the Role of the Librarian
Tuesday, February 27 at 11 am
Spaces of Enslavement with Andrea Mosterman
Tuesday, February 27 at 12:30 pm
Emergency Planning: Working with First Responders
Tuesday, February 27 at 2 pm
Copyright for Archival Newspapers
Tuesday, February 27 at 2 pm
SENYLRC's Archives Special Interest Group (open to SCRLC members to drop in!)
Tuesday, February 27 at 2 pm
COPY BYTES: Digitization And Libraries, Part 2
Tuesday, February 27 at 4 pm
Robert’s Rules of Order Training
Wednesday, February 28 at 10 am
MLA: Digging Deep into Data: Critically Appraising Data and Data Collection Methods
Wednesday, February 28 at 2 pm
The Basics of Records Management
Thursday, February 29 at 10 am
Homeschoolers and the Public Library
Thursday, February 29 at 10 am
Diving into data: exploring ways to leverage your institutional repository metadata
Thursday, February 29 at 12 pm
Tasting History @ Your Library
Thursday, February 29 at 12 pm
Public and Association Library Construction: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Application Process
Monday, March 4 at 2 pm
In Person Events
OCM BOCES: AI's Power Unleashed: Revolutionizing Education and Bridging the Digital Divide
March 8 from 8:30 to 3 pm in Liverpool (Onondaga County)
Museum Association of New York Annual Conference
April 6 - 9 in Albany
Recordings
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That's all for this month! Send me an email if there's anything at your organization you'd like me to include in the next newsletter: [email protected] | Claire Lovell, Digital Services Librarian | | | | |
