What Can Foundational Planning Do for You?
Is your organization just starting out on its preservation planning journey? A foundational plan can help! Functioning like a mini strategic plan for collections, a foundational plan is a useful tool for organizations who have never had a preservation needs assessment or for whom it's been a while. Meant to be informal, flexible, and accessible, this tool provides you with the support to build a sustainable preservation plan providing you with immediate, achievable short-term goals. DHPSNY Program Manager, Amanda Murray, walks you through why you'd use this plan, how you'd use it, and what the process of foundational planning looks like.
This webinar addresses Focus Area #2: "training and engagement" of the Foundation for the Advancement in Conservation’s (FAIC) Held in Trust Report on collections care and preventative conservation.
About our speaker
As a member of the Preservation Services Department of the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts, Amanda Murray works with cultural heritage organizations of all sizes, addressing preservation and collection management needs. Amanda is based in Rochester, NY and in her role as program manager for the Documentary Heritage and Preservation Services for New York, she oversees all aspects of DHPSNY. This includes managing communications and outreach, teaching educational programs, and working with individual organizations through planning and assessment services. She has worked as a Visual Materials Cataloger in Cornell University's Rare and Manuscript Division and Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, as well as an archival consultant for various organizations in the Rochester area. She previously served as a graphics and marketing/communications coordinator at the Corning Museum of Glass. Amanda received an MLS from the University at Buffalo, an MA in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management from the University of Rochester, and a BA in Art History from SUNY Fredonia.