Utah Community Preservation Program (UCPP)

FAIN: PE-277137-21

Utah Arts Council (Salt Lake City, UT 84102-1101)
Jennifer Ortiz (Project Director: June 2020 to March 2021)
Emily Johnson (Project Director: March 2021 to June 2021)
Marie D. Desrochers (Project Director: June 2021 to present)

Establishment of the Utah Community Preservation Program, which would train professionals across the state who manage humanities collections. One conservator would be hired to coordinate the program and serve as lead instructor for a series of twenty-four online and eight in-person trainings and workshops over the course of two years; the program would also train seven cultural heritage professionals, geographically distributed throughout the state of Utah, to act as an ongoing Community Preservation Team.

Utah Field Services seeks a NEH Preservation and Access Education and Training grant to establish a new Utah Community Preservation Program (UCPP). This project will develop, implement and test a comprehensive set of virtual and on-site, culturally appropriate, training and mentorship activities, designed to elevate the preservation literacy (knowledge and skills) of museum/collections stewards across Utah through more than 1,000 engagements.After the three-year project period ends in early 2024, Utah Field Services (UFS) will sustain UCPP.

Associated Products

Utah Collections Preservation project website (Web Resource)
Title: Utah Collections Preservation project website
Author: Marie Desrochers
Abstract: Project website landing page - includes pathways to webinars, workshops, information about the Collections Preservation Team, and other evergreen collections resources.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://artsandmuseums.utah.gov/utah-collections-preservation/
Primary URL Description: The project URL, housed at the Utah Division of Arts & Museums. Utah Collections Preservation program! Utah Humanities and the Utah Division of Arts & Museums are working together to establish the Utah Collections Preservation (UCP) program, providing preservation training to humanities collections stewards statewide. Starting in 2022, this program will support comprehensive preservation training for collections stewards through webinars, in-person workshops, preservation assessments, and the focused training of seven Collections Preservation Team members. This program is supported by the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Humanities through a Preservation and Access Education and Training grant.

Utah Collections Preservation Webinars webpage (Web Resource)
Title: Utah Collections Preservation Webinars webpage
Author: Marie Desrochers
Abstract: Webinar Series: January 19, 2023: Digitization and Collections Care February 16, 2023: Handling Procedures Manual March 16, 2023: Collections Move April 20, 2023: Preservation Site Assessments: Thinking in Systems: May 18, 2023: Preservation through Partnerships: Care of Culturally Sensitive Objects June 15, 2023: Preservation of Outdated Media July 20, 2023: Preservation and Collections Hazards August 17, 2023: Integrated Pest Management September 21, 2023: Collections Management Systems/Data
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://artsandmuseums.utah.gov/workshops-technical-assistance/
Primary URL Description: A list of our webinars, their associated resources, and anticipated training schedule.

Utah Humanities Collections Preservation web landing page (Web Resource)
Title: Utah Humanities Collections Preservation web landing page
Author: Megan van Frank
Abstract: Utah Collections Preservation program! Utah Humanities and the Utah Division of Arts & Museums are working together to establish the Utah Collections Preservation (UCP) program, providing preservation training to humanities collections stewards statewide. Starting in 2022, this program will support comprehensive preservation training for collections stewards through webinars, in-person workshops, preservation assessments, and the focused training of seven Collections Preservation Team members.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://www.utahhumanities.org/index.php/Center-for-Community-Heritage/heritage-workshops.html

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