Illinois State Museum

The Illinois State Museum and its partners – the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies, the Chicago Public Library, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the Illinois Fire Service Institute, the Illinois Heritage Association, the Illinois Humanities Council, the Illinois State Archives, the Illinois State Library, the Macomb Public Library, the Morris Library at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, the Spurlock Museum at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Chicago Library, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library – will implement the recommendations from their statewide planning project and expand activities piloted during that work. Focusing on three key areas of need, they will increase awareness and communication about collections preservation, provide a broad program of preservation education and training, and facilitate statewide cooperative disaster planning and preparedness. IMLS funding will support a database of Illinois collections-holding institutions, new regional Google Map coverage for use in emergencies, an expanded listserv and Web site, public events, Webinars on collections preservation, scholarships for advanced training, and regional workshops on disaster planning and recovery.