MayDay 2012

From our friends at Heritage Preservation:  

You can take one simple step to prepare for emergencies

Join libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, and preservation organizations across the country in setting aside May 1, 2012, to participate in MayDay, a national effort to prepare for disasters. Promoted by Heritage Preservation and other members of the Heritage Emergency National Task Force, MayDay encourages cultural organizations to take one simple step to protect the art, artifacts, records, books, and historic sites they hold in trust. To help cultural institutions make the most out of MayDay, Heritage Preservation will provide a wealth of activities and information.

Win disaster supplies This year, turn participation into an opportunity to win free disaster supplies from Gaylord Brothers! Participants that submit a brief description of 2012 MayDay plans or accomplishments by May 31, 2012, to Heritage Preservation will be automatically entered into this random prize drawing. Purchase discounted resources Need resources to help you get started? From now until May 31, Heritage Preservation will offer its award-winning Field Guide to Emergency Response and Emergency Response and Salvage Wheel at special MayDay prices. RescuingRecords.com will also offer a 15% discount on its tabletop exercises and the book Implementing the Incident Command System at the Institutional Level from May 1 to May 6. Learn more For examples on what others have done in the past, information on our prize drawing, or additional resources and promotional material, please visit Heritage Preservation’s Web site.

Federal Grant Opportunity for Small and Mid-Sized Museums

IMLS, in a private-public partnership with Bank of America Charitable Foundation, has released its guidelines for the American Heritage Preservation Grants. This program is designed to fund the preservation of endangered and fragile collections of art, rare books, scientific specimens, and historical documents (photographs, maps, deeds, etc.) held in the nation’s small- and medium-sized museums, archives, and libraries.

Guidelines can be found here. The deadline is September 15, 2010.

So get writing! SMA wishes all applicants luck in applying for this grant opportunity.