Flow Chart Foundation

THE FLOW CHART FOUNDATION WILL PARTNER WITH THE INFORMATION SCIENCES DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY TO CREATE A PAID INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AT THE ASHBERY RESOURCE CENTER (ARC). ARC IS THE FOUNDATION’S REPOSITORY AND SPECIAL COLLECTION LIBRARY DEDICATED TO THE SCHOLARLY RESEARCH OF THE 20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN POET, JOHN ASHBERY, AND THE BROADER NEW YORK SCHOOL OF POETS AND PAINTERS. THREE PART-TIME INTERNS WILL BE HIRED AND TRAINED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ARC ’S ARCHIVIST/LIBRARIAN TO ASSIST WITH PROCESSING, CATALOGING, DIGITIZING, AND REHOUSING UNDOCUMENTED COLLECTIONS. THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT MUSEUM AND LIBRARY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BY PROVIDING INTERNS WITH HANDS-ON TRAINING IN COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT AND ARCHIVAL PROCESSING. THE WORK COMPLETED BY INTERNS WILL ENHANCE PRESERVATION AND ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION FOR STUDENTS, VISITORS, AND RESEARCHERS AND EXPAND DOCUMENTATION FOR USE IN EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMMING.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT POETRY PROGRAMMING.

TAKING STOCK TOWARD TAKING ACTION: A PRESERVATION PLAN FOR THE ASHBERY RESOURCE CENTER [THIS GRANT WILL SUPPORT TWO COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES: FIRST, CONSERVATOR ANNE HILLAM WILL PREPARE A DETAILED PRESERVATION PLAN FOR THE FLOW CHART FOUNDATION?S ASHBERY RESOURCE CENTER (ARC), THE GOAL OF WHICH IS TO CREATE THE FIRST SUCH PLAN FOR THE REPOSITORY AND ARCHIVE?S COLLECTION. THIS WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF THE COLLECTION AND GUIDE FUTURE PRESERVATION EFFORTS. SECONDARILY, MS. HILLAM WILL CONDUCT A WORKSHOP??CARING FOR COLLECTIONS??ON WORKING WITH ARCHIVAL MATERIALS. THIS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FLOW CHART FOUNDATION?S FLOW CHART SPACE (OR VIRTUALLY IF REQUIRED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC). IT WILL BE OFFERED FREE TO REGIONAL ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES, HISTORICAL SOCIETIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. FINALLY, WE WILL PURCHASE ESSENTIAL ARCHIVAL PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION MATERIALS.]