[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2020-07-09

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Oregon Heritage News 2020-07-09

In this issue:

  *   Learn more about Oregon Heritage Mentor assistance July 15, 12pm
  *   Presentation on Historic Cemetery Interpretation July 15, 5pm
  *   State Library Topic Talk: Introducing Northwest Digital Heritage, July 20, 10am
  *   Article on adapting to a hybrid reality
  *   Funding available for conservation assessment
  *    National Historic Landmarks Program and Racial Discrimination in Housing

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Learn more about Oregon Heritage Mentor assistance July 15, 12pm

The Oregon Heritage MentorCorps is a trained group of volunteers with professional experience in collections care, emergency management, and non-profit management. Its members are ready to help your organization get the guidance, training, and tools it needs to move your mission and organization goals forward.

Some of the ways mentors can help your heritage organization include (but are not limited to!):

  *   Project prioritization
  *   Project planning
  *   A collection assessment to help prioritize collection needs and projects
  *   Review of policies and procedures
  *   trainings such as collections care basics, topics related to board roles and responsibilities, disaster preparedeness, volunteer management, and more.
  *   Grant application advice and review
  *   Recommendation of resources and references
  *   and more!

Those requesting mentor assistance will be matched with a mentor based on factors such as geography and skills and abilities.  Mentors are assigned to organizations for a period of nine months and assistance may be in person, virtual, or by phone depending on distance and type of projects.

If you have questions about the Oregon Heritage MentorCorps there will be a MentorCorps Q&A on July 15, 12pm-1pm. Register here<https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrceuorjkvGNdteMu8brr1T5wHPScVnSXI>.

Please visit here<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/mentorcorps.aspx> for more information on MentorCorps and to submit an application to request a mentor.

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Presentation on Historic Cemetery Interpretation July 15, 5pm

FREE Presentation
5:00-6:00
Location: Online, Zoom
Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlcuquqDkuH9Ga9hh6etQ91IPiCwLSa_kF

Becky Soules will present an overview of recent work at the Marshfield Pioneer Cemetery and discuss some of the challenges in creating engaging interpretative materials for the site. Established in 1888, the cemetery encompasses four acres of greenspace near downtown Coos Bay and has more than 2000 gravesites. However, it has suffered from extensive neglect and vandalism for much of its history. In recent years, grants from OCHC and Travel Oregon have funded a new interpretative display at the cemetery's main entrance. Becky will share some of the strategies that she used in designing the new signage -- endeavoring to provide an overview of the cemetery's history while also telling the stories of some of the diverse individuals buried in the cemetery.

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State Library Topic Talk: Introducing Northwest Digital Heritage, July 20, 10am

Please join us virtually from 10am-11am on Tuesday, July 20, to learn more about Northwest Digital Heritage<https://www.northwestdigitalheritage.org/>, the State Library's new cross-state, interagency partnership!

Presented by Katie Henry (Oregon Heritage Commission), Evan Robb (Washington State Library), and Ross Fuqua (State Library of Oregon), come hear about this new program which seeks to help public libraries and heritage organizations in Oregon build and share their historic and cultural collections broadly through a newly established, regional service hub of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). There will be time for Q & A after the presentation. If you're not able to attend, no worries: this session will be recorded and hosted in Niche Academy<https://my.nicheacademy.com/oregonstaff?category=6848> and on our YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-kU8Gu0jS_YcnXg-b_TRA/featured>.

No need to register, just join in via computer or phone on July 20, 10:00 - 11:00am using the link or numbers below:

Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86214903165 or phone numbers 669 900 6833 (San Jose) or 253 215 8782 (Tacoma)
with Meeting ID: 862 1490 316 and passcode: 621573

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Article on adapting to a hybrid reality

With recent restrictions lifted, many organizations will be facing decision about hybrid programming and whether they can offer programs for both an in-person and virtual audience at the same time. This article examines some things to think about in the museum setting. View article here<https://www.aam-us.org/2021/06/30/adapting-to-a-hybrid-reality-accelerating-a-digital-methodology-and-mindset-at-your-institution/?utm_source=American+Alliance+of+Museums&utm_campaign=d725bd94d4-FieldNotes_2021_July5&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f06e575db6-d725bd94d4-37243273>.

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Funding available for conservation assessment

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) have a new three-year cooperative agreement to provide 300 small and mid-sized museums with collections conservation assessments. Applications are due September 15, 2021. Learn more<https://458rl1jp.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.culturalheritage.org%2Fresources%2Fcollections-care%2Fcap/1/0100017a7d4613c6-6dd3c4e8-184f-4ce7-926e-7e789e591914-000000/TPOUNkVt1dCVOoLmyDGp_w6qENg=225>.

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 National Historic Landmarks Program and Racial Discrimination in Housing

The National Park Service has released a study on the history of racial discrimination in housing to help determine what sorts of relevant historic structures could be included in the National Historic Landmarks program. Learn more<https://458rl1jp.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.nps.gov%2Fsubjects%2Fnationalhistoriclandmarks%2Fupload%2FCivil_Rights_Housing_NHL_Theme_Study_final.pdf/1/0100017a7d4613c6-6dd3c4e8-184f-4ce7-926e-7e789e591914-000000/cSJLwT0EyczoCasJxG4Dwiigaz8=225>.

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Oregon Heritage News is a service of Oregon Heritage, a division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The news editor can be contacted at heritage.info at oregon.gov<mailto:heritage.info at oregon.gov>.


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