University of Colorado Denver (Auraria Library)

The Colorado Collections Consortium, headquartered at the University of Colorado Denver at Auraria Library and partnering with Colorado Board of Education, the Society of Rocky Mountain Archivists, and the State Historical Society of Colorado, will create a network of trained preservation assessors; foster the development of emergency plans and a multiyear training program; encourage individual institutions’ responsibility for collections care; increase awareness of collections needs among state and local government officials and the public; and build a sustainable, collaborative Colorado Collection Care initiative among the state’s archives, libraries, museums, professional organizations, and government emergency management offices. Action! Colorado Connecting to Collections will increase the number of trained professionals who can assess institutional preservation needs, increase institutional capacity collections preservation, and strengthen relationships with emergency managers and first responders.