1. Community Heritage Grants helping community groups preserve and manage their collections Elizabeth Watt CHG Coordinator

2. Community Heritage Grants Aim to preserve and provide access to nationally significant Australian cultural heritage material held by community groups across Australia by providing grants of up to $10,000 per project

3. Started 1994 506 projects $2 million Current Partners –National Library of Australia –Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts –National Film and Sound Archive –National Archives of Australia –National Museum of Australia

4. Who can apply for a CHG ? Archives Art galleries Community groups Genealogical societies Historical societies Indigenous groups Migrant community groups Museums Professional associations Public libraries Religious groups Schools

5. Projects funded Significance assessments Preservation surveys Implementing recommendations of preservation surveys – archival storage – environmental control and monitoring equipment –Conservation activities including cleaning, repairing or rebinding of individual collection items –Reformatting (including digitisation) of original material for preservation and access purposes Preservation and collection management training projects

6. Keys to a successful CHG application Read the Guidelines ! –Make sure your project and organisation are eligible –Submit on time –2007 CHG opens early March & closes mid June –Check CHG website http://www.nla.gov.au/chg/ for past successful organisations and projects –Talk to the coordinator –Include a compelling significance statement of your collection (emphasise national themes) –Submit a sound feasible budget

7. 2006 applications 114 Museums and historical societies 40 successful 16 libraries 2 successful Calling more libraries to apply!

8. Significance of Significance Describe how your collection: Is unique Has created great impact over a period and or within a particular cultural area of Australia Has influenced the course of Australian history Has nationally prominent people represented in it Is representative of a type, but has no direct equal Has research value Is well used Came to reside in your organisation - Who owned the material before it came to your organisation and how was it used? Provenance And finally…. What is the condition of the material? Is it complete or intact?

9. 2006 competition CHG program is national 239 applications 148 short listed 80 awarded grants = $400,000 Cash plus visit to Canberra for 3 day intensive preservation and collection management workshop

10. CHG 2006 Awardees 8-10 November

11. Digitising with CHG Preservation survey first Digitisation recommended by survey Preserve the original items and the digital copies Capture, delivery, naming, description and management plan Impact of the dig. process on the original materials Copyright Web accessible

12. CHG Digitisation projects 1994 - 2006 19941 19952 19961 19974 19983 19991 20000 20012 20025 20037 20045 20056 20064 TOTAL 41 of 506

13. 1994 - 1996 1994 –Northern Territory University aboriginal community language material 1995 –Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation Djomi Museum’s photographic collection –University of Qld Hume family photograph collection1996 –Lytentye Apurte Community Photographic collection held by Santa Teresa –Ngaayatjara Council Warburton Mission photographic collection

14. 1997-1998 1997 –Newcastle Region Library various collections –Footscray Historical Society/ Maribyrnong Library Historical Society’s collection –Ngarinyin Aboriginal Corporation Heritage photograph collection 1998 – Pijantjatara Council - $7000 – Photographs –Brennan and Geraghty’s Store Museum – Document and photographs –http://amol.org.au/midnightgrocer/http://amol.org.au/midnightgrocer/

15. 1999-2000 1999 –Ngaayatjarra Yankunytjatjara Pijantjatara Women’s Council Photographic collection 2000 –None 2001 –Mackay City Library South Sea Islander records –Fremantle City Library Local history photographic collection

16. 2002 –Australian Music Centre Music Centre collection –Community Radio Federation Sound collection –Jewish Holocaust Centre Video recordings –Koorie Heritage Trust Oral histories –SKA TV Community television collection

17. 2003 –Albury City Libraries Oral history collection –Museum of the Riverina Photographic collection –CAAMA TV productions and radio broadcasts –Kanamkek Yile Ngala Museum AV collection –CO-AS- IT Italian Historical Society Archival collection –Churches of Christ Federal Aborigines Board Photographs –Jarndu Yawuru Aboriginal Corporation Oral history collection

18. 2004 –Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery Archival storage and digitisation –Furneaux Historical Research Association film collection –Renown Kindergarten Photographs –Churches of Christ Federal Aborigines Board Photographs –City of Albany Historical photographs

19. 2005 Ausdance Photographs Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West Audio and AV collection North Bondi Surf Life Saving Society Photographs Multicultural Sudanese Centre Photographs Moonta Branch of the SA National Trust Photographs Central Highlands Regional Library Oral histories

20. 2006 –SDN Children’s Services Photographs – Australian Lebanese Historical Society Photographs –Maritime Museum of Tasmania Photographs –Broome Historical Society Photographs

21. Flying Fruit Fly Circus – photo Travis Drever

22. Albany City Library 1500 historic photos scanned and catalogued in house Large images scanned and manipulated by Image Quest Originals housed in archival storage in cool dark store room 300 most significant images on CD arranged by themes Pictures available on- line http://history.albany.wa.gov.au/

23. North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club 8,000 images 300 DPI res tif files Digital Masters Australia Captioning images in progress-volunteers http://www.digitalmasters.com.au/surf_life _saving/north_bondi_slsc/surf_life_saving _images.htmlhttp://www.digitalmasters.com.au/surf_life _saving/north_bondi_slsc/surf_life_saving _images.html

24. Albury City Library Preservation survey 70 reel to reel oral history tapes copied to CD format (jointly funded CHG, Albury Council) by Dex Audio Oral histories catalogued, indexed and transcribed – help from volunteers Master CD and original tapes stored separately in cool dry conditions Access improved Took longer as tape in poor condition

25. Community Heritage Grants helping community groups preserve and manage their collections http://www.nla.gov.au/chg/ Elizabeth Watt CHG Coordinator the end any questions ?