General Preservation Assessment of the Library Collections at the National Association for Armenian Studies & Research (NAASR)

FAIN: PG-287679-22

National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (Belmont, MA 02478-3036)
Marc A. Mamigonian (Project Director: January 2022 to November 2024)

A general preservation assessment and the purchase of rehousing supplies to protect the collections of the Mardigian Library at the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, which include rare books and archival materials documenting the Armenian language, the histories of Armenian villages and towns, and Armenian American immigrants and organizations.

The General Preservation Assessment of the Library Collections at the National Association for Armenian Studies & Research (NAASR) project consists of conducting a full assessment to determine short, medium, and long-term preservation priorities. NAASR is a non-partisan, non-political organization and has built an extensive library which contains materials primarily in Armenian and English and important publications in Turkish, Farsi, Russian, French, German, Arabic, and others. The library is used primarily by scholars and researchers, university and high school students, and the general public. With the increasing number of the library’s collections, their proper preservation has become an imperative. Therefore, a full assessment will allow NAASR to prioritize areas of need and to take steps to preserve key holdings of its library and thus better serve its community and scholars who benefit from its resources.