Thiel College Conservation and Presentation Assessment and Training

FAIN: PG-287519-22

Thiel College (Greenville, PA 16125-2181)
David Robert Buck (Project Director: January 2022 to October 2024)

A preservation assessment of Thiel College’s archives and art collections, as well as training for newly hired archives staff in the fundamentals of preservation and digital library projects from the American Library Association.

Thiel College requests a grant of conservation and preservation of its archive and art collection. This will help stabilize the archive and art collection and make them more useful to the campus and the broader community. The first step is to have a conservation and preservation assessment completed by an outside consultancy that will help us prioritize areas of greatest need. Thiel College has never had a general preservation assessment of our archives and art collections. After receiving the recommendations, we will develop a preservation plan and budget for both the archives and art collection. This assessment will also inform our upcoming renovations of the Langenheim Library’s archival space. The next part of this grant will be to provide additional archival training of our professional staff and faculty.