Heritage Preservation Programs transition to FAIC

Heritage Preservation Programs Transition to the Foundation of the
American Institute for Conservation (FAIC)

Throughout its 33-year history, first as the National Institute for
the Conservation of Cultural Property and then under its current
name, Heritage Preservation has fulfilled its mission to preserve
the nation's heritage for future generations through innovative
leadership and educational agendas.  It has steadily advocated for
the protection of cultural heritage by creating programs,
publications, and easily accessed products that advance the field of
conservation and serve the needs of allied preservation professions.

Heritage Preservation's programs have been tested and proven. Hence,
they are trusted and highly valued.  Their loss would be severely
felt throughout the cultural heritage community.  Research
undertaken over the past six months indicates that several synergies
exist between the programs of the DC-based Foundation of the
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
(FAIC) and Heritage Preservation.  For this reason, following the
recent vote by Heritage Preservation members approving its
dissolution as of June 30, 2015, several popular Heritage
Preservation programs will transition to FAIC, thus ensuring their
continuation.

Programs That Will Move to FAIC

FAIC will administer and lead three primary emergency planning,
preparedness, and response programs currently offered by Heritage
Preservation: Alliance for Response (AFR), State Heritage Emergency
Partnership (SHEP), and Risk Evaluation and Planning Program (REPP).
FAIC will also promote the annual MayDay campaign in 2015 and into
the future.  Heritage Preservation's plan to develop an app called
the Disaster Assessment Reporting Tool (DART) is on hold until
funding is obtained to develop a prototype.

Transfer of the Connecting to Collections (C2C) Online Community
program, and other activities related to the statewide preservation
planning and implementation program developed and funded by the
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), with programmatic
assistance from Heritage Preservation, began in December 2014, and
has been fully implemented as C2C Care.

FAIC is in the process of hiring additional programmatic and support
staff, as well as part-time contractors, to ensure that former
Heritage Preservation activities will thrive.  Four key Heritage
Preservation staff members will be retained, allowing uninterrupted
access to their expertise.

Heritage Preservation's joint award with the College Art Association
was presented in February 2015 in New York City.  The College Art
Association and the American Institute for Conservation of Historic
and Artistic Works (AIC) have agreed to form a partnership in time
for the 2016 award.  It is hoped that a new organizational
arrangement for the joint Heritage Preservation/AIC Ross Merrill
Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Preservation and Care of
Collections can be announced prior to the 2016 award cycle.
Although FAIC will not directly oversee Heritage Preservation's Save
Outdoor Sculpture! and Rescue Public Murals programs, existing
digital materials from these and other initiatives will be hosted on
FAIC's Conservation OnLine (CoOL) website to ensure continued
access.

The Smithsonian Institution Archives, the Campbell Center, the
National Park Service, the Library of Congress, the Washington
Conservation Guild, the University of Maryland Archives,
Conservation Resources Management, and the George Washington
University Libraries graciously agreed to accept library and
archival materials so that they may continue to be put to good use.

After April 30, 2015, the Heritage Preservation Board of Directors
will:

    Donate the intellectual property rights for the name and logo of
    Heritage Preservation to FAIC

    Transfer copyrights and inventory of all Heritage Preservation
    publications and products to FAIC so that these important
    resources can continue to be distributed

    Work with FAIC to arrange for mail, product sales, and the
    website URLs to be redirected to FAIC

    Allocate all unencumbered monies and transfer unspent funds, as
    appropriate, to FAIC when the closure of Heritage Preservation
    is completed

Other Key Heritage Preservation Programs

The completion and successful delivery of Heritage Health
Information 2014, funded by an IMLS grant award with additional
support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National
Endowment for the Arts, The Getty Foundation, and others, will
continue to be Heritage Preservation's principal activity for the
first half of 2015, with results tabulated and disseminated to the
cultural heritage community by summer 2015.

The IMLS Conservation Assessment Program (CAP), managed by Heritage
Preservation, will close on April 30, 2015.  Further information
about this program can be found at

    <URL:http://www.imls.gov>

Plans are underway to place the Heritage Emergency National Task
Force, of which FAIC is an active member, under the jurisdiction of
a federal agency.

Additional Information: Questions or comments regarding the status
of Heritage Preservation programs may be directed to

    Tom Clareson
    Acting President
    Heritage Preservation
    tclareson<-at->heritagepreservation<.>org

or

    Eryl Wentworth
    Executive Director
    Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation
    ewentworth<-at->conservation-us<.>org

Learn more by going to

    <URL:http://www.conservation-us.org/about-us/press-room/hp-release>


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