Northeast Document Conservation Center

05/31/2026

Stop by our booth at the upcoming Massachusetts Town Clerks Association conference!

NEDCC specializes in serving municipal clerks, providing conservation treatment, digitization, free resources, and professional advice on caring for historic town records.

Municipal and town clerks across the U.S. are invited to explore our free resources: https://www.nedcc.org/free-resources/resources-for-town-and-municipal-clerks

05/30/2026

We look forward to the Connecticut League of Museums Conference!

Visit NEDCC's booth to speak with Terrance D’Ambrosio, Director of Imaging Services, about the safe digitization of fragile, rare, and historically significant collections. Attendees are also invited to enter a raffle for a free preservation webinar and a two-year subscription to dPlan|ArtsReady!

05/29/2026

What goes into writing an effective disaster plan for your collections?

Join us for the “Writing a Disaster Plan” webinar series on June 16 and 18 (two hours per session). Participants are guided through the stages of developing a disaster plan, including risk assessment and recovery planning.

Following the series, attendees will also have the opportunity to share their organization’s disaster plan with the instructor for review and feedback.

More details and registration information: https://www.nedcc.org/event-template/?eventtemplate=8-writing-a-disaster-plan

05/28/2026

Historic broadcasts are being rediscovered through the HBCU Radio Project.

This month’s newsletter highlights how non-commercial radio history at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is being preserved through free digitization and long-term preservation planning.

For many HBCUs, the work begins in storage rooms and filing cabinets. Read more: https://ow.ly/gYTt50Z5cc8

Video: NEDCC Field Archivists Jenohn Euland and Chinyere Neal at Grambling State University. In about 3.5 hours, the archivists sorted through 1,700 KGRM materials, selecting 186 items for digitization.

05/27/2026

05/27/2026

Audio collections often come with complex preservation challenges, from unstable formats to storage concerns.

Join us for the “Introduction to Audio Preservation” webinar on June 11 for an overview of common audio formats, their preservation risks, and practical strategies for care, handling, and preservation planning.

While focused on audio materials, many of the concepts discussed also apply to moving image collections.

Register: https://www.nedcc.org/event-template/?eventtemplate=72-intro-to-audio-preservation

05/26/2026

We are seeking a Collections Photographer to join the Imaging Services department!

Our Imaging Services team focuses on the safe digitization of fragile, rare, and historically significant collections, including materials that are unusual or difficult to handle and large collections that may exceed an institution’s internal digitization capacity.

View the full job description: https://www.nedcc.org/about/employment-opportunities

05/25/2026

In 2023, the Town of Wilmington, Massachusetts prioritized the conservation and digitization of death records documenting four World War II soldiers whose remains were returned home after the war.

Accompanying the records were Health Permit Markers, standard documents once attached to the soldiers’ coffins during transport back to the United States. In some cases, the markers themselves were causing damage to the records.

In this story, India Patel, then NEDCC Book Conservation Intern, and Assistant Town Clerk Meghan Jones share more about the history of the volume and the treatment that helped preserve it: https://www.nedcc.org/about/nedcc-stories/town-death-records

05/22/2026

We’re looking forward to the South Carolina Archival Association + Society of North Carolina Archivists joint conference!

Stop by NEDCC's booth to speak with staff about practical next steps for collections care, from simple preservation steps to long-term planning.

Attendees are also invited to enter our raffle for a free preservation webinar and two-years subscription to dPlan|ArtsReady!

05/21/2026

From beginners in digital imaging to experienced photographers, the "FADGI Demystified" webinar on June 9 introduces attendees to the "Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage Materials"— published by the Still Image Working Group in 2023.

The Guidelines outline best practices for digitizing still image materials used by agencies participating in the Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI).

Register at https://www.nedcc.org/event-template/?eventtemplate=36-fadgi-demystified