Resource Guides: Preservation in Massachusetts Libraries: Self-Assessment Tools for Preservation and Digital Curation

Self-Assessment Tools for General and Physical Collections Care

The following tools are structured to provide a general or broad preservation assessment that may include digital collections and materials within the spaces, policies, and collections materials being assessed.

Self-Assessment Tools for Digital Preservation

The tools listed below are focused on measuring an organization's digital preservation readiness or assessing the robustness of an institution's current digital stewardship practices.

When funding IS available and self-assessment is a challenge

Preservation Consultants Contact List
MBLC maintains and makes available a list of agency-known preservation consultants with experience working in and with Massachusetts libraries, archives, and cultural heritage institutions.

Depending on their area(s) of expertise, some consultants listed are Peer-Reviewed Professional Associates of the American Institute for Conservation and/or have significant experience providing preservation assessments, digital curation recommendations, or other collections care-related services for libraries, archives, or similar collecting institutions.

Each consultant sets their consulting rate(s). Note: For LSTA Explore Preservation Assessments, MBLC currently awards $7,500 to the grantee, for payment in full as the contracted rate for those projects.