Program

Preservation and Access: Preservation Assistance Grants

Period of Performance

9/1/2022 - 2/29/2024

Funding Totals

$7,536.00 (approved)
$7,536.00 (awarded)


Upgrading Loyola University New Orleans Special Collections and Archives’ (SCA) Environmental Monitoring Infrastructure

FAIN: PG-287784-22

Loyola University, New Orleans (New Orleans, LA 70118-6143)
Andrew Lau (Project Director: January 2022 to present)

The purchase of environmental monitoring equipment and the installation of ultraviolet light filters to promote the preservation of collections. 

The requested upgrades are all the more pressing given New Orleans’ geographic vulnerability to tropical weather during the summer, with major storms increasing in frequency and intensity with each passing hurricane season.