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A New Grant for Preserving Canada’s Documentary Heritage

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If you’re a non-governmental history institution with archival holdings in Canada then you should apply for the Local Documentary Heritage Communities Grant. This is $7.5M in new funding (announced in June 2015), to be disbursed by Library & Archives Canada over the course of five years. Each grant has a cap of $100K, but it is renewable over five years so could be as much as $500K for a multi-stage project. The first-round deadline is Sept 4. 2015.

As indicated on the official DHCP site, funding is available to archives, privately-funded libraries, historical societies, genealogical organizations/societies, professional associations and museums with an archival component. The funding objectives fall under two main rubrics, namely: Continue reading →

Safety First: A Canada-Wide Survey

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 Purpose of this Survey

How safe is your small museum, archive or historic site? Is your institution compliant with profusion of government standards and codes designed to protect your staff, your visitors, your artifacts and your physical facilities? Do you have a health and safety handbook, and regular staff training for day-to-day and emergency procedures? Does your staff have a clear grasp of the risks inherent in certain artifacts and in the materials used to treat and clean them? Do you feel that you could do better in any of these respects?

A document like the Standards for Community Museums in Ontario rightly points to the necessity of formalized health and safety policies, but Continue reading →