Application Deadline: September 30, 2009
(RALEIGH) - The September 30, 2009, deadline for the Traveling Archivist Program (TAP) applications is fast approaching. The TAP provides hands on preservation assistance to cultural and heritage institutions that house archives, papers, and records at risk of deterioration and damage.
This program, announced last July is coordinated by the North Carolina State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB) and the North Carolina State Archives, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.
Created as a pilot project, TAP will provide conservation training to those cultural institutions throughout North Carolina that hold historic records and archival collections. The program is designed to identify collections at greatest risk from damage, neglect, or deterioration, and demonstrate hands-on preservation and collection care techniques and practices.
Application information is available on the Web sites of SHRAB and State Archives http://www.history.ncdcr.gov/SHRAB/documents/SHRAB_application_instructions_81709.doc
Institutions chosen to participate in this program will receive an onsite visit, a collections assessment, recommendations for managing and caring for the collections, training and instructions, and other resources including some basic preservation supplies.
The application is open to all North Carolina cultural and heritage institutions that house and maintain active historical collections, and whose collections are accessible to the public; however, federal agencies and those institutions housing solely objects or artifacts are ineligible to apply.
Refer to the instructions for more details. Questions relating to the application process may be addressed to Andrea Gabriel, North Carolina State Archives, 919-807-7326, andrea.gabriel@ncdcr.gov , Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The State Archives is a division of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, the state agency dedicated to the promotion and protection of North Carolina’s arts, history and culture. www.ncculture.com.