Directory of Archival Consultants

Expertise: Cataloging; Digitization / digital program development; Records management
Contact:
Contact Name: Bitzy Costas-Smith
Location(s):
Washington, DC

Digital Archivy is a turnkey archival consulting firm based in New York, NY that works with institutions to

  • Conduct needs assessments and user surveys and identify standards and best practice
  • Update digital preservation strategy,  policies, plans, workflows and road maps
  • Launch digital archives, add metadata, and provide research on users, options, and other...
Expertise: Audiovisual preservation and digitization; Archival standards; Cataloging; Digitization / digital program development; Electronic records management; Management and administration; Outreach and public programs; Records management; Records survey planning and implementation
Contact:
Contact Name: David Kay, MLS
Location(s):
Brooklyn, NY

Digital Bedrock provides secure, managed digital preservation services to ensure your digital content is usable when you need it. Our off-cloud architecture combines object storage technologies with green and secure storage, so our clients have a minimal carbon footprint. We manage the content over time by monitoring its bit health and format obsolescence vulnerabilities, as well as managing geographically dispersed redundant storage for disaster recovery.

As a related service, we also help clients save their digital content by migrating their data...

Expertise: Audiovisual preservation and digitization; Artist Archives; Artist Estates; Copyrights research; Digital Preservation; Inventories; Digitization / digital program development; Preservation policy and procedures development; Project Management; Public cloud offerings/implementation; Electronic records management; Storage and housing
Contact:
Contact Name: Linda Tadic
Location(s):
Los Angeles, CA

ForKeeps Inc. helps institutions, individuals, and families harness their history by working to organize, preserve, and share their stories in innovative ways. At For-keeps Inc. our goal is to provides efficient and effective Heritage project solutions, and each project gets the attention it deserves, regardless of complexity.

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Expertise: Archival standards; Management and administration; Oral history planning and implementation; Outreach and public programs; Policy development; Strategic planning
Contact:
Contact Name: Deidre Dinnigan
Location(s):
Brooklyn, NY

About:

Heritage Project Studio preserves histories and legacies through custom books and digital archives.

We have a history of taking on interesting projects that don’t always fit the mold, and we work with clients of all sizes. We have the honor of working with unique individuals from around the globe. Monks, mountaineers, muleteers, the...

Expertise: Digital Preservation; Paper, photographs, negatives, slides, vhs, film, and digital conservation; Digital Asset Management Applications; Arrangement and description; Creative media; Digitization / digital program development; Genealogical Research; Government relations; Management and administration; Oral history planning and implementation; Outreach and public programs; Strategic planning
Contact:
Contact Name: Joe Reidhead
Location(s):
Bishop, CA

Heritage Werks specializes in creating 21st century archival programs that transform access and use of historical information.

Behind the scenes we operate geo-secure, state-of-the-art archival facilities where teams of professionally trained archivists organize, preserve, inventory, digitize and maintain collections for some of the world’s best-known and most highly-...

Expertise: Collection Assessment; Digital Preservation; Metadata Improvement; Digitization / digital program development; Oral history planning and implementation; Strategic planning
Contact:
Contact Name: Debbie Waller, Senior Vice President
Location(s):
Duluth, GA

Hunter Information Management Services, Inc., specializes in all aspects of archives and records management. Its president, Dr. Gregory S. Hunter, is both a Certified Records Manager and a Certified Archivist. In August 2004 he was elected a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists and two of his books have received awards from SAA. Since January, 1990 Dr. Hunter has been a Professor in the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at Long Island University, directing graduate-level certificate programs in archives and records management. Dr. Hunter previously served as Manager of Corporate Records for ITT Corporation and Director of Archival Programs for the United Negro...

Expertise: Archival program evaluation; Digitization / digital program development; Electronic records management
Contact:
Contact Name: Gregory S. Hunter, Ph.D., CA, CRM
Location(s):
Mineola, NY
Expertise: Collection Assessment; Digital Archiving; Digital capacity building; Information Management; Digital Preservatioin; Digital Preservation Training; Records survey planning and implementation
Contact:
Contact Name: Kari R. Smith
Location(s):
Boothbay Harbor, ME
Expertise: Archival appraisal; Archival program evaluation; Archival standards; Digitization / digital program development; Religious archives consolidation; Exhibit planning and implementation; Facilities planning and development; Oral history planning and implementation; Records management; Records survey planning and implementation; Staffing and implementation
Contact:
Contact Name: Jane Kenamore, CA
Location(s):
Wilmette, IL
Expertise: Archival appraisal; Exhibit planning and implementation; Preservation
Contact:
Contact Name: Allison Kilberg
Location(s):
Louisville, KY