Emergency Preparation and Response Training to Preserve Humanities Collections

FAIN: PE-290151-23

FAIC (Washington, DC 20005-1704)
Elaina Gregg (Project Director: May 2022 to present)

The creation of two Alliance for Response (AFR) networks in New Hampshire and Arizona, the training of four National Heritage Responders (NHR) cohorts in Massachusetts, Charleston, New Orleans, and Philadelphia, and the development of webinars, microgrants, and new online resources for the AFR community.

Emergency preparation and response for humanities collections would be improved by creating new “Alliance for Response” (AFR) networks, training and developing regional heritage response teams, developing inclusivity tools, and providing training and resources to strengthen AFR networks, over a three-year period. Specifically, two new AFR networks in New Hampshire and Arizona would be established and four volunteer heritage response teams would be trained, in cooperation with AFR networks in Massachusetts, Charleston, SC, New Orleans, and Philadelphia. A guide would be developed to support collaboration with community groups. The response training curriculum will be expanded to provide guidance on working with culturally sensitive collections. Project grants, a series of webinars, web forums, and expanded online resources will support these efforts and increase sharing of expertise among existing AFR networks.