Preserving Humanities Positions for Conservation of Humanities Collections

FAIN: ZPA-283297-22

FAIC (Washington, DC 20005-1704)
Eryl P. Wentworth (Project Director: May 2021 to January 2022)
Tiffani Emig (Project Director: January 2022 to present)

The retention of three staff positions and the hiring of two consultants to maintain operations of the National Heritage Responders program and online resources for conservation professionals.

Financial support will ensure continuance of two programs that are key to preserving humanities collections in the U.S. FAIC’s National Heritage Responders (NHR) is a national network of volunteers who are specially trained to respond to emergencies involving cultural collections. FAIC’s Conservation OnLine (CoOL) and the associated Global Conservation Forum are free online resources that allow preservation specialists from around the world to share resources, discuss new materials and treatments, and ask and respond to questions as they arise. Funding for these two at-risk services would provide FAIC time to secure alternate sources of funding to keep all its vital programs in place.