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Oregon Connecting to Collections (OC2C)
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OC2C Highlights

Oregon Heritage was awarded an IMLS grant to support archives, libraries and museums in collections care and disaster preparedness. The project includes three components:

  • Statewide Training
  • Regional Mentor Development
  • Resource Website Development

Statewide Training 

FREE training will be offered throughout the state this fall.

The workshops are set up as two-day trainings. The first day for collections care and the second day for emergency preparedness. Dates and locations for the workshops will be announced this summer.

MentorCorps

Oregon Heritage will be training a crew of people throughout the state that will serves as mentors to archives, libraries, and museums in their regions. They will provide:

  • Site visits
  • Training
  • General assessment
  • Phone assistance

Mentors have been selected for the program. Information about how to access their services will be available in late fall 2013.

Resource Website

This site is under development. It will be available late summer 2013. 

Contact Information

For details about the program please contact:

Kyle Jansson - Kyle.Jansson@state.or.us; 503-986-0673

Details 

Photo courtesy of the Heritage Programs Division, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
An artifact at Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Park.

The Oregon Heritage MentorCorps , the trainings and the website will assist archives, museums and libraries in the state with collections care and emergency management. In addition, the Oregon Heritage Commission is appointing two dozen statewide preservation leaders to an advisory group to plan and strategize on initiatives to preserving heritage collections. 
  
The Connecting to Collections Project planning group had found that more than half of the archives, libraries and museums in Oregon had no paid staff for preservation, and that 25 percent of heritage institutions have no funds allocated to preservation. In addition, 85 percent of the institutions do not have a disaster preparedness plan that is current and ready to be activated.
 
Its final Needs Assessment Report was made following public meetings, an online survey and a summit involving leaders of statewide archive, library and museum organizations.  
 
The group formed to carry out a Connecting to Collections Planning Grant by the federal Institute for Museums and Library Services to the Oregon Museums Association on behalf of archive, library, and museum partners throughout Oregon. It has taken stock of preservation, training, and disaster preparedness needs.

 
In 2006, the Heritage Health Index identified millions of items in the nation's museums, libraries and other cultural institutions that were in danger due to neglect, poor environmental conditions, lack of training, and other causes. 

The Oregon Library Association has devoted an issue of its OLA Quarterly to this Oregon preservation effort.

Progress Reports
March 2013


Related information 

 

Workshop Flyer

 

MentorCorps Information

IMLS grant application

Envisioning Oregon Planning Project

Heritage Health Index