Current Programs
Let's Talk About...The Conservation Treatment Grant
February 27, 2012 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Southeastern NY Library Resources Council 21 S. Elting Corners Road Highland, NY 12528 Greater Hudson Heritage Network invites you to join us as we discuss the 2012 Conservation Treatment Grant. This informal and informational session, presented by GHHN Executive Director Priscilla Brendler, will be held at Southeastern NY Library Resources Council in Highland, NY . The program will provide information about the Conservation Treatment Grant, the application process and techniques for writing great grant applications. GHHN and SENYLRC Members: $8.00 Non-members: $10.00 Fee includes an informational packet and light morning breakfast Please join us afterwards for a GHHN Listening Session. | 
"The Burning of Charlestown" by David Gardiner; Sagtikos Manor Historical Society
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| Getting the Most out of Your Grant
March 12, 2012 1 PM - 3 PM Westchester County Archives and Records Center 2199 Saw Mill River Road Elmsford, NY 10523 GHHN Board Members Ward Mintz and Kathryn Slocum will lead a discussion designed to help you get better results from your grant proposals and fundraising in general. Kathryn, the Development Director for the Architectural League of New York State and former museum grants officer, will give pointers on how to improve your grants and cultivate relationships with potential funders. Ward Mintz, Executive Director of the Coby Foundation and former head of NYSCA's Museum Program, will give the funder's perspective on what makes an organization and its programs stand out from the crowd. GHHN Members: $8.00 Non-members: $10.00 Fee includes an informational packet and light refreshments Please join us afterward for a GHHN Listening Session |
| Coming soon!
Board Governance April 2012 1 PM - 3 PM Boscobel House and Gardens 1601 Route 9D Garrison, NY Learn the characteristics of a good board and good board members; including day-to-day management and legal, ethical, and financial responsibilities. Methods and techniques for training, engaging, and rewarding board members for their service will also be discussed. Check back for more information! |
Past Programs
Stone Strategies:
Documentation, Stewardship & Conservation of Historic Cemeteries May 9, 2011: Ellenville, NY May 19, 2011: Bedford, NY June 2, 2011: Carmel, NY 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Historic cemeteries are found in every community and many are in emergency need of documentation and preservation as residential and business development projects progress through urban, suburban and rural farming communities in the Hudson Valley. Here's a hands-on chance for citizens, local historians, educators, librarians, genealogists, community groups and historical societies to learn professional and practical steps necessary to preserve a vanishing heritage. Those responsible for care and access to cemetery property and the information incised on historic gravestones will find archivists and conservators on hand in a workshop setting to highlight state and local legal issues, and to demonstrate identification, documentation, cleaning and preservation strategies you can use. Presenters: Joe Ferrannini, Conservator/Founder of Gravestone Matters Kerry Sclafani, HVDHP Regional Coordinator/Archivist Reg White, HVDHP Regional Archivist
| Check out our program photos on Flickr! |
Oral History Audio Digitization Training Workshops
Feeling overwhelmed just thinking about digitizing your oral history collection? It's not to late to save the voices of the past.
GHHN is here to help! Generate Voices of the Hudson Valley from your collection!
November & December 2010
Held at Southeastern NY Library Resource Council in Highland, New York and the New Rochelle Public Library in New Rochelle, New York.
Funding for this workshop series was provided by the New York State Program for the Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials.
Day One
Introduction to Audio Preservation
Faculty: George Blood, President, Safe Sound Archive
An overview of the basics of audio preservation including the different types of analog audio recordings, how to assess the condition of your collection and environmental risks. The proper handling, storage, cleaning, packaging and playback equipment maintenance for audio recordings will be discussed. Guidelines and best practices for digital preservation will be reviewed. Participants are encouraged to bring sample audio recording for demonstration assessment of condition and quality.
Day Two
The Nuts and Bolts of Digitizing your Oral History Collection
Faculty: Eileen McAdam, Director, The Sound & Story Project and Bett Barry, Silver Hollow Audio
This is a hands-on workshop where participants will assemble an analog to digital workstation and convert audio cassette recordings. Participants will learn basic audio editing and how to produce an archival set. Participants are encouraged to bring an audio cassette interview from their oral history collection.
Day Three
Designing an Oral History Digitization Plan
Faculty: Eileen McAdam, Director, The Sound & Story Project
The process of designing a small scale plan for converting analog recordings to digital formats will be discussed, including basic copyright and intellectual property issues and their impact on a digitization plan, developing a selection policy, managing workflow and options for providing access to collections. Contracting for reformatting and funding opportunities will also be reviewed.
Feeling overwhelmed just thinking about digitizing your oral history collection? It's not to late to save the voices of the past.
GHHN is here to help! Generate Voices of the Hudson Valley from your collection!
November & December 2010
Held at Southeastern NY Library Resource Council in Highland, New York and the New Rochelle Public Library in New Rochelle, New York.
Funding for this workshop series was provided by the New York State Program for the Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials.
Day One
Introduction to Audio Preservation
Faculty: George Blood, President, Safe Sound Archive
An overview of the basics of audio preservation including the different types of analog audio recordings, how to assess the condition of your collection and environmental risks. The proper handling, storage, cleaning, packaging and playback equipment maintenance for audio recordings will be discussed. Guidelines and best practices for digital preservation will be reviewed. Participants are encouraged to bring sample audio recording for demonstration assessment of condition and quality.
Day Two
The Nuts and Bolts of Digitizing your Oral History Collection
Faculty: Eileen McAdam, Director, The Sound & Story Project and Bett Barry, Silver Hollow Audio
This is a hands-on workshop where participants will assemble an analog to digital workstation and convert audio cassette recordings. Participants will learn basic audio editing and how to produce an archival set. Participants are encouraged to bring an audio cassette interview from their oral history collection.
Day Three
Designing an Oral History Digitization Plan
Faculty: Eileen McAdam, Director, The Sound & Story Project
The process of designing a small scale plan for converting analog recordings to digital formats will be discussed, including basic copyright and intellectual property issues and their impact on a digitization plan, developing a selection policy, managing workflow and options for providing access to collections. Contracting for reformatting and funding opportunities will also be reviewed.
