[Libs-Or] Oregon State Library Receives Preservation Assistance Grant

[Jessica Rondema]

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Kate Brown, Governor

State Library
250 Winter St. NE
Salem, OR 97301-3950
(503) 378-4243
Fax (503) 588-7119



Contact:           MaryKay Dahlgreen
                        State Librarian
                        503-378-4367

December 17, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Oregon State Library Receives Preservation Assistance Grant

The Oregon State Library is pleased to announce that it has been selected to receive a Preservation Assistance Grant for Smaller Institutions from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The $5,981 grant will be used to purchase archival (non-acidic, non-lignin) pamphlet binders and envelopes to rehouse more than 3,500 items from library's Oregon history and culture collection which are in danger of deterioration in their current acidic enclosures (please see photos below). The rehousing project will be completed by members of the Government Information and Library Services division by the end of 2016.

The mission of the Oregon State Library is, in part, to provide "leadership and resources to continue growing vibrant library services" for "the Legislature and state government." Maintaining a research-level library collection on the history and culture of Oregon is a key tool to support the work of state elected officials and state agencies. With more than 70,000 titles, the Oregon history and culture collection has items from as early as 1789 to the present day and covers all phases of Oregon history: from early exploration and Old "Oregon Country," the Territorial period, and statehood to recent events in the 21st century. The collection contains monographs, journals, magazines, newsletters, pamphlets, maps, ephemera, and a small number of audio-visual items. The materials are available to state government agencies and officials, and to the general public during Government Room hours (Monday to Friday, 1-4 p.m.).



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Here are two examples of deteriorating, acidic enclosures currently housing items from the Oregon State Library Oregon history and culture collection. These will be replaced by non-acidic, archival-grade envelopes and pamphlet binders purchase with money from the Preservation Assistance Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.




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