Directory of Archival Consultants

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This easy-to-use Directory of Archival Consultants contains information about experts across the country who provide professional consulting services on various aspects of archives and archiving. All listings in this directory are paid listings. Information provided by consultants is not independently checked or verified.

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Expertise: Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Finding aids
Contact:
Contact Name: Michele Combs
Location(s):
LaFayette, NY
Expertise: Archival appraisal; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Digitization / digital program development; Exhibit planning and implementation; Facilities planning and development; Finding aids; Fundraising and grant writing
Contact:
Contact Name: Chatham Ewing
Location(s):
Shaker Heights, OH
Expertise: Cataloging; Digitization / digital program development; Records management
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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
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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

"...getting meaningful work done--for you and the larger collective memory."

Expertise: Starting an Archives; Artist Archives; Arrangement and description; Disaster preparedness; Facilities planning and development; Visual Materials; Management and administration
Contact:
Contact Name: Dr. Karen J. TRIVETTE
Location(s):
Atlantic Beach, NC

Greetings! We're Dust Data Management, and we help teams get their records and data well-organized, described, and preserved. Whether you're a small business drowning in paperwork or a research institution trying to archive massive datasets.

Currently under contract with NASA's OSIRIS-REx and OSIRIS-APEX missions, we support 200+ scientists and co-developed digital archival standards for sample return space data, bringing proven expertise in large-scale project...

Expertise: Digital Preservation; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Cataloging; Digitization / digital program development; Electronic records management; Records management; Reference services
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Contact Name: Taylor Johnson
Location(s):
Tucson, AZ

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
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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