Graduate Education in Preservation of Cultural Heritage

FAIN: PE-50019-08

University of Texas, Austin (Austin, TX 78712-0100)
Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa (Project Director: July 2007 to December 2009)
Mary Lynn Rice-Lively (Project Director: December 2009 to November 2011)

The graduate education of conservators and preservation administrators in the care of library and archival collections in the humanities.

This project will continue to enhance the graduate education programs of the Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record at the School of Information, The Univ. of Texas at Austin. The Kilgarlin Center is the most comprehensive education & training program in the nation for preservation administrators & conservators for library & archives collections. The Center's strength is producing knowledgeale, educated, persuasive professionals to lead at the institutional, regional, consortial, and associational levels to chart the course of library & archives preservation for the 21st century. The program focuses on the needs of collections significant for education & scholarly research in the humanities.