By Jason Church Cemetery care and maintenance is undergoing a surge in popularity that hasn't been seen since the Victorian era. It's little wonder. Cemetery gravemarkers are at once memorials to those we've loved and pieces of art. Caring for them provides a connection to a world before the internet absorbed all of our attention. Cleaning these monuments properly is the best thing one can do to ensure that they will last for generations to come. And it's easily done too!
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Apply online for preservation technology grants through Oct.15
The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training is looking to fund innovative projects that advance the application of science and technology in historic preservation. The PTT Grants program funds up to $25,000 for projects that develop new technologies or adapt existing technologies to preserve cultural resources.
Saving heirlooms from storm damage
Practical guidance for protecting and recovering family heirlooms before and after floods and severe storms, including photographs, books, papers, textiles, furniture, and framed art. The advice draws on National Park Service and Heritage Emergency National Task Force conservation resources and emphasizes early action, careful drying, and professional help for badly damaged objects.
Top five sources for disaster response information
This resource guide gathers practical disaster-response information for cultural institutions facing floods, fires, hurricanes, earthquakes, and other emergencies. Drawing on preservation organizations and government sources, it emphasizes planning, damage assessment, material-specific recovery, health concerns, triage, and drying methods. Its continuing lesson is straightforward: cultural resources become especially vulnerable when organizations wait until disaster strikes to determine where expertise, supplies, procedures, and reliable information can be found.
Social Bookmarking: track, index and share your web journey
Yahoo claims to have indexed some 20 billion web pages. With that much real estate on the web, how can you be assured you will ever find—and get back to—the information most relevant to you? The answer is social bookmarking. And it's not quite the same as the favorite birthday card you used to hold your spot in the novels you read over the summer. One of the most widely used of these tools is one called "Delicious." Delicious is a free service that allows the user a web-based way to bookmark sites.