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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Liz Phillips Consulting, LLC works with organizations and individuals looking to organize and preserve historic materials. We offer archives and collections management services for physical and digital collections as well as strategic services in policy development and project planning.

Expertise: ArchivesSpace; Collection Guides; Digital Archiving; Encoded Archival Description (EAD); Metadata Improvement; Archival appraisal; Archival standards; Descriptive metadata; Arrangement and description; Finding aids; Preservation; Records survey planning and implementation; Software applications
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Contact Name: Liz (Alex) Phillips
Location(s):
Davis, CA

Archivist, theatre kid, travel junkie, and cat lady Beth McDonald has more than a decade of professional experience in archives and museums. As an archival consultant, Beth provides guidance in a number of essential areas, including strategic planning, archival development and organization, processing and cataloging, arrangement and description, oral history planning and development, and exhibit planning and implementation.

She has worked extensively with performing arts and community archives, focusing on transforming complex projects into engaging and accessible collections. Her work has been presented at the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting published in The Journal...

Expertise: Collection Assessment; Needs Assessments; Arrangement and description; Exhibit planning and implementation; Management and administration; Oral history planning and implementation; Policy development; Reference services; Strategic planning
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Contact Name: Beth McDonald
Location(s):
Los Angeles, CA

Margot Note Consulting LLC offers information strategy and archives and records management services.

Leaders look to Margot to transform information chaos to clarity, helping them make better decisions, win grants, and save money. Most importantly, they gain peace of mind knowing that their project is handled by an expert. Clients have come to value Margot’s ability to complete projects on time, on budget, and tailored to their needs. They understand that to manage with a sense of history is not to be tethered...

Expertise: Archival appraisal; Archival program evaluation; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Budgeting and financial planning; Digitization / digital program development; Electronic records management; Finding aids; Fundraising and grant writing; Management and administration; Policy development; Records management; Records survey planning and implementation; Strategic planning
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Contact Name: Margot Note, CA, CRM, IGP, PMP
Location(s):
New York, NY

Memory Rising offers professional archival consulting services for individual, nonprofit, and corporate clients in the Ohio River Valley (Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana/West Virginia). Led by Eira Tansey, a professional archivist of more than 17 years, Memory Rising ensures that clients’ historical materials are preserved and accessible through expertise in collection assessments and organization, records management, and staff/volunteer training. Memory Rising also offers research support, assisting with the selection and digitization of archival materials for exhibits and publications.

Expertise: Historical research; Archival appraisal; Archival program evaluation; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Budgeting and financial planning; Digitization / digital program development; Disaster preparedness; Electronic records management; Exhibit planning and implementation; Finding aids; Government relations; Management and administration; Outreach and public programs; Policy development; Records management; Records survey planning and implementation; Reference services; Staff training and recruitment; Staffing and implementation; Strategic planning
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Contact Name: Eira Tansey
Location(s):
Cincinnati, OH

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Monocurate LLC is a brick-and-mortar specialized archival consulting firm located in Austin, Texas. Monocurate is dedicated to providing comprehensive services in archival management, preservation, and digitization. Founded by a skilled archivist with a commitment to safeguarding historical and cultural materials, Monocurate works closely with individuals, organizations, and communities to ensure that their valuable records and collections are properly preserved for future generations.

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Expertise: Collection Guides; Encoded Archival Description (EAD); Needs Assessments; Videotape; Artist Archives; Digitization; Collaboration; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Inventories; Preservation policy and procedures development; Site assessments; Facilities planning and development; Storage and housing; Genealogical Research; Oral history planning and implementation; Outreach and public programs; Preservation; Records survey planning and implementation; Other
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Contact Name: Brooke Lake, MLIS
Location(s):
Austin, TX

MCR provides consulting, curatorial and collections management services to museums, private collectors, businesses and institutions. We are chaos resolution experts involved in cataloging, digitization, and space assessments, as well as new museum and institutional change planning.

Our team is made up of highly skilled professionals with formal academic training in addition to practical museum, collections management, archive, and curatorial experience. We work both on-site and remotely to ensure the highest possible standards for collections care. 

Our clients include small, volunteer-run historic houses to major museums, private collections to historic societies,...

Expertise: Collection Assessment Surveys; Disaster Preparedness; Collector Systems; PastPerfect; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Cataloging; Electronic records management; Exhibit planning and implementation; Facilities planning and development; Finding aids; Oral history planning and implementation; Policy development
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Location(s):
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Expertise: Arrangement and description; Finding aids; Preservation
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Contact Name: Nadya Spivak
Location(s):
Amherst, MA

Rebecca Hankins is a President Barack Obama appointee to the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). As a Commission member, she was responsible for evaluating and dispensing between $5-10 million dollars in grants annually for the National Archives. Prior to her appointment, Rebecca was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the Society of American Archivist-- the highest honor...

Expertise: Collection Guides; development; Digital Archiving; Equity, Diversity, Access, Belonging, and Inclusion; Information appraisal; Arrangement and description; Fundraising and grant writing; Oral history planning and implementation; Outreach and public programs; Reference services; Strategic planning
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Contact Name: Rebecca Hankins
Location(s):
Bryan, TX

Rachael Cristine Woody is the owner of Relicura LLC, a firm that provides services to archives, museums, and cultural heritage organizations. She specializes in establishing collection programs, assessment and planning for historical collections, and vetting and implementing Collection Management Systems (CMS). Previously she revived the archives at the Freer|Sackler Museum of the Smithsonian Institution and launched the Oregon Wine...

Expertise: Archival program evaluation; Archival standards; Digital Asset Management; Arrangement and description; Cataloging; Digitization / digital program development; Project Management; Selecting and Implementing Collections Management Systems; Facilities planning and development; Fundraising and grant writing; Management and administration; Oral history planning and implementation; Outreach and public programs; Policy development; Preservation; Software applications; Staff training and recruitment
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Contact Name: Rachael Woody
Location(s):
Portland, OR

 

Sepia Archival Management works with individuals, cultural organizations and corporations to provide an array of services. Hands-on work includes collection organization and description, digitization, light preservation work and cataloging home libraries and art collections. Our strategic services include providing overarching archival strategies, making archival software recommendations and documentation and description planning.

Expertise: Arrangement and description; Cataloging; Strategic planning
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Contact Name: Hilarie Pitman Pozesky
Location(s):
Chicago, IL