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Forwarded from the NINCH list. >>> NINCH-ANNOUNCE <[log in to unmask]> 9/23/02 1:01:19 PM >>> NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources from across the Community September 23, 2002 New Resources on Preservation & Cultural Heritage Center for Arts & Culture Distributes Four Key Studies http://www.culturalpolicy.org/ * "Building on the Past, Traveling to the Future" * http://www.nationaltrust.org/help/traveling.html * "Caring for the Past, Managing the Future" * http://www.achp.gov/pubs-stewardship.html * "Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis" * http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub96/contents.html * "Preserving Our Heritage" * http://www.culturalpolicy.org/pdf/heritage.pdf >Subject: CENTER FOR ARTS AND CULTURE PRESS RELEASE >Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 12:28:21 -0400 > > >CENTER FOR ARTS AND CULTURE PRESS RELEASE > >September 23, 2002 >CONTACT: Keith Donohue >202-783-5277 NEW RESOURCES ON PRESERVATION AND CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER FOR ARTS & CULTURE DISTRIBUTES FOUR KEY STUDIES Washington, DC -- Public policies designed to help save America's cultural treasures have failed to fully prevent the loss and decay of our national heritage. Despite the tremendous growth of the cultural heritage field, much work remains to ensure that preservation becomes as engrained into the American consciousness. Recent reports have found that: * A national crisis looms in the loss of digitally-created cultural works * Audio and visual collections suffer from deterioration and terminal neglect * Federal agencies have not fully complied with mandated preservation requirements * Since the National Historic Preservation Act was signed into law in 1966, the Federal government has been charged "to be a good steward in managing the historic resources under its administration." Together with the work of private entities, the government has made significant strides in stewardship, and the cultural preservation movement has accomplished much, including: * Transportation Enhancement funds for historic preservation * The Save America's Treasures movement as a first step to make preservation part of our national consciousness * The United States is set to rejoin UNESCO after an 18-year absence Ellen Lovell, President of the Center for Arts and Culture, and a longtime advocate for cultural preservation, says of the four reports, "They are extraordinary resources for journalists and others who need information on the latest developments in cultural preservation and heritage. These concise, reliable and insightful summaries of the state of federal preservation efforts can help journalists shine a light on this often underestimated and misunderstood field." The Center for Arts and Culture, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to improved public policies for the arts and culture, has assembled resources on its website at www.culturalpolicy.org for the preservation field. The recommendations in the enclosed four reports shed light on possible courses of action to slow the daily loss of our collective heritage. * "Building on the Past, Traveling to the Future" is a guide to preservation funding through the Transportation Enhancement program of the Department of Transportation. * "Caring for the Past, Managing the Future" is the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's own assessment of federal agency stewardship of historic resources. * "Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis," published by the Council on Library and Information Resources, ties together the complexities of access, rights management, and preservation. * "Preserving Our Heritage" is an overview of federal efforts in historic preservation, the preservation of artifacts, documents and archives, living cultural heritage, and cultural property. -- ============================================================== NINCH-Announce is an announcement listserv, produced by the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH). The subjects of announcements are not the projects of NINCH, unless otherwise noted; neither does NINCH necessarily endorse the subjects of announcements. We attempt to credit all re-distributed news and announcements and appreciate reciprocal credit. For questions, comments or requests to un-subscribe, contact the editor: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ============================================================== See and search back issues of NINCH-ANNOUNCE at <http://www.cni.org/Hforums/ninch-announce/>. ============================================================== __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]