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Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners Resource Guide Collection

Preservation in Massachusetts Libraries: Grants

Subscribe and connect with Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) Preservation Specialist Evan Knight and colleagues around the Commonwealth that work to advance the protection of cultural collections.

PRESERVATION VENDORS 2022-2023

MBLC Approved Preservation Vendors
MBLC Approval process includes vendors that are Peer-Reviewed Professional Associates of the American Institute for Conservation, or have demonstrable and significant experience providing preservation assessments for libraries or similar collecting institutions.

Sample LSTA Direct Grant Applications

Example: Protecting Priority Collections application
Howe Library / Pollen Archives at the Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mass General Hospital, FY21
Example: Protecting Priority Collections application
Peru Library, FY 22
Example: Archives Arrangement and Description application
Lawrence Public Library, FY22
Example: Archives Arrangement and Description application
Lenox Public Library, FY22

MBLC Preservation Assessment Grant

IMLS / LSTA / MBLC Direct Grants

LSTA Direct Grant Background: https://mblc.state.ma.us/programs-and-support/lsta-grants/application-index.php.

Grant Cateogires related to Preservation and Special Collection Management are listed below:

Archives Arrangement and Description
Go Local
Managing Fine and Decorative Arts
Protecting Priority Collections
Open

Find out more about these categories from the following link: Current Grant Opportunities (FY2024) - MBLC (state.ma.us).

MA SHRAB Grant Programs

Roving Archivist

Veteran's Heritage

Supplies Regrant

Mass Humanities

Reading Frederick Douglass Together

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Last Updated: May 10, 2023 10:32 AM
URL: https://guides.mblc.state.ma.us/preservation
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