California Association of Museums

In partnership with the California Historical Society, California State Archives, California State Library, California State Parks, and California Library Association, the California Association of Museums will undertake a statewide preservation information, education, and training project, the California Preservation Assistance Service (CPAS). CPAS will deliver the following services to the California heritage community: a 24/7 collection emergency hotline, plus e-mail and telephone reference; eight two-day workshops on institutional disaster preparedness and response; eight “disaster networking” workshops using scenario planning; four preservation project design workshops; a collections stewardship campaign targeted to trustees; and a project Web site. CPAS will be a test bed for an ongoing service, whose goal will be to develop a self-sustaining culture of preservation management in California heritage institutions.