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Community Heritage Grants
2012
Presentation by CHG Coordinator, Dianne Dahlitz
Show me the money!Access to fundingMuseums & Galleries NSW
Batemans Bay NSW 16 March 2012
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What are Community Heritage Grants?
• Aim to preserve and provide access to heritage collections of national significance held by community groups
• Grants of up to $15,000
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Who can apply?
• A not-for-profit organisation;• That owns or manages a collection of national
significant material;• That is accessible to the general public
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2011 NSW RECIPIENTS• Australian Golf Heritage Society Inc • Australian Turf Club (Australian Jockey Club Heritage
Society)• Campbelltown City Council Library • Coonamble Heritage and Historical Museum • Deaf Society of New South Wales• Eleanor Dark Foundation Ltd • Goulburn and District Historical Society Inc• Lady Denman Heritage Complex• Leichhardt Women's Community Health Centre Inc • Macleay River Historical Society Incorporated• Marrickville Council
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NSW 2011 RECIPIENTS cont.• Mosman Regional Art Gallery and Cultural Centre • National Trust of Australia (NSW)• New England Regional Art Museum Ltd • Newcastle Maritime Museum Society In• Singleton Public Library• Sulphide Street Railway and Historical Museum • Sydney Legacy• Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church (Diocese of
Wagga Wagga) • Tumut and District Historical Society Incorporated • Veech Library, Catholic Institute of Sydney
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What types of projects receive funding?
• 2 Types of Project
– 1. Collection Preservation Projects
– 2. Training
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1. Collection Preservation Projects
• 1. Significance Assessment• 2. Preservation Needs Assessment• 3. Conservation Activities & Collection
Management– Conservation and preservation activities– Software– Digitisation
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SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENTPort Macquarie Historical Society – Volunteer Anne Oud and consultant Roslyn Russell – preparing for the significance assessment
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Significance Criteria
• Historic, Aesthetic, Scientific/ Research, Social/Spiritual
• Provenance, Rarity/Representative, Condition/Completeness, Interpretative capacity.
• Significance 2.0 - A Guide to Assessing the Significance of Collections (2009) - 2nd revised edition (online version) which can be found at: http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/publications/significance2-0/
• Significance - A Guide to Assessing the Significance of Cultural Heritage Objects and Collections (2001) which can be found at: http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/sector_info_item/5
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National Significance
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National Significance- Section 4 of the Application Form
• A significance statement is about the importance of your collection, or items in it
• Only tell us about the collection you are applying for funding for, e.g. do not describe the whole collection here, if you are applying for the photograph collection
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Tips for answering Section 4 – National Significance
• Make sure your answer refers to the collection material you are seeking funding for
• Provide as much information about this material as you can
• Identify rare or unique items• Detail items about significant Australians• Relate your answer to the significance criteria• Attach supporting documents• Refer to the 2011 Assessment Report on the website
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Preservation Needs Assessment
• Stage 2 of the 3 stage process• Assesses physical condition• Assesses housing and storage facilities• Makes recommendations – basis for further
funding applications
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Conservation Activities & Collection Management
• Prioritised recommendations from PNA• Most at risk and most significant items– Rehousing collections– Conservation treatments– Reformatting – including digitisation– Cataloguing or collection management software
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Rehousing Collections
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Digitisation & Software
Digitisation• Preservation of original materials• Digital copies management plan• OutsourcingSoftware • Cataloguing or collection management• Researched/trialled options
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Digitisation
• Page turning of rare manuscript during digitisation
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2.Training
• Collection care and handling• Cataloguing• Disaster Preparedness• Collection Management• Assessing significance
• Partnerships with other groups
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Care and Handling Training
• Care and handling training workshop
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What are the assessors looking for?
• Evidence of national significance• A clear description of the collection, who
owns it and how it is used• A project that is feasible & good value for
money with a well supported budget• Projects that will enhance access to
collections• Training projects that will reach many people
and collections
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BUDGET (Section 7.5)• Important to get this right – just include in the
budget table items relevant to the project for which you are applying for a grant.
• Standard fees for SA and PNA - $4,000 (plus travel and accommodation)
• Quotes…if not applying for standard fee, for purchasing equipment , treatments or training workshops
• Applicant’s contribution – Cash or Inkind?• GST – Registered/Not Registered?
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Assessment Process
• 1. CHG Coordinator – Confirms eligibility
• 2. Significance Assessor– National significance
• 3. Preservation Assessor– Feasibility– Value for money
• 4. Expert Assessment Panel• Comments from both assessors• Overall application
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What do you get?• Grant of up to $15,000• Opportunity to undertake projects that will
help preserve your collections• Intensive Preservation workshop in
Canberra (first grant)
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2011 AWARDS CEREMONY
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TIPS!
• Type your application• Describe your collection, but be concise – dot
points and lists are good• Answer all relevant questions• Attach supporting documents e.g. previous
assessments, photographs, letters of support • Sign your application and submit it on time
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How to apply
• Applications can be downloaded from the website and posted to: – CHG Coordinator, NLA, Canberra ACT 2600
• or emailed: [email protected]• or complete online at www.nla.gov.au/chg• Ph: 02 6262 1147