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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For us it's not work, we truly love what we do. With over 35 years of audiovisual production and media conversion experience, Media Transfer Service provides high-level digitization of audio, video, motion picture film and still image formats for archives and private collections both in North America and clients off-shore. We provide full-service audiovisual media digitization as well as enhancement, treatment and recovery of contaminated or damaged audiovisual media formats, tape baking services for both audiotape and videotape formats and audio/video transcription services. We also have the background and experience...

Expertise: Audio Preservation Services, Training, and Resources; Digital Archiving; Audiotape; Audiovisual preservation and digitization; Videotape; Digitization; Digitization / digital program development; Preservation
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Contact Name: John Schroth
Location(s):
East Rochester, NY

At Memorable Legacy, we can quickly organize and protect your images, transform them into lasting mementos, connect your family history and allow you to share your story with family and friends.

 

Christie Johnson, owner of Memorable Legacy is a:

Photo Project Manager

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Expertise: Arrangement and description; Cataloging; Digitization / digital program development; Preservation
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Contact Name: Christie Johnson
Location(s):
Fremont, NE

Monocurate is a private, brick-and-mortar archival practice that provides the expertise, services, and necessary direction to enable individuals, families, and community-based organizations to successfully organize and preserve their archival materials.

Monocurate coordinates all preparation, preservation, organization, and light-conservation treatments such as flattening, surface cleaning, removing pressure-sensitive tapes, deacidifying, mending tears, and encapsulating works on paper. We also provide digital reproduction endeavors for unique mixed-media collections.

Our staff designs and produces preservation housing structures that promote the prolonged preservation of...

Expertise: Artist Archives; Videotape; Digitization; Collaboration; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Inventories; Preservation policy and procedures development; Site assessments; Storage and housing; Oral history planning and implementation; Outreach and public programs; Preservation
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Contact Name: Brooke Lake, MLIS
Location(s):
Austin, TX

Myriad is a nonprofit consulting firm that specializes in collections preservation and planning for small to mid-sized cultural organizations. From project planning to organizational strategy and facilitation, it’s our mission to bring you practical plans and solutions to help you transform the way you share, manage and preserve your collections and the stories they represent.

Expertise: Audiovisual preservation and digitization; Digitization / digital program development; Disaster preparedness; Electronic records management; Facilities planning and development; Fundraising and grant writing; Management and administration; Policy development; Preservation; Records survey planning and implementation; Staff training and recruitment; Staffing and implementation; Strategic planning
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Location(s):
FL

Founded in 1973, the nonprofit NEDCC | Northeast Document Conservation Center specializes in the preservation of paper- and film-based materials as well as audio recordings. The Center serves clients nationwide, including archives, government agencies, other cultural heritage organizations, and  individuals.

NEDCC provides conservation treatment and digitization for book, photograph, and paper collections, including large...

Expertise: Audiovisual preservation and digitization; Conservation Treatment; Digital Preservation; Digitization / digital program development; Preservation policy and procedures development; Disaster preparedness; Preservation; Staff training and recruitment
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Contact Name: Ann Marie Willer, Director of Preservation Services
Location(s):
Andover, MA

Paul Conway has over 40 years of experience as an archivist, library administrator, and archival studies scholar.  He is a pioneer in the field of cultural heritage digitization and archival user studies, with a long and successful track-record of grant writing and project administration.  He specializes in teaching and promoting the use of international standards and best practices for the digital reformatting of archival collections, including audio-visual resources. He is developing a series of free, online courses to support the building of archival quality digital collections in archives, libraries, and museums. 

Expertise: Audiovisual preservation and digitization; Digitization / digital program development; Fundraising and grant writing; Preservation
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Contact Name: Paul Conway
Location(s):
Ann Arbor, MI

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, teaching grant acquisition strategy, and vetting and implementing Collection Management Systems (CMS). Previously she revived the archives at the Freer|Sackler Museum of the Smithsonian...

Expertise: Archival program evaluation; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Digital Asset Management; 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

Shelley Diamond Archival Solutions LLC specializes in archival and collection management services for artists, private collectors and estates in New York City, and home inventory services for NYC homeowners and renters. We help private individuals ensure the long-term preservation of their collections, protect their private property assets, and identify and manage risk.

Our services help working artists organize their art, studio and business records, and aid families and executors overseeing the stewardship and legacy of an artist’s estate.  Our collection management services guide collectors in the care, storage, organization, documentation, safe display and long-term...

Expertise: Artist Archives; Artist Estates; Archival program evaluation; Arrangement and description; Cataloging; Inventories; Facilities planning and development; Site assessments; Finding aids; Storage and housing; Management and administration; Preservation; Records survey planning and implementation; Strategic planning
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Contact Name: Shelley Diamond
Location(s):
Brooklyn, NY

TDAG specializes in the creation of digital archives, which support our clients in making historical content more accessible to their organization. We use a wide variety of state-of-the-art scanning and digitization equipment approved by the National Archives and Smithsonian Institution with the ability to adhere to strict FADGI guidelines. We select the equipment we engage on each project based upon the age, size and dimensions of the assets to be digitized. ...

Expertise: Collection Assessment; Descriptive metadata; Digital Preservation; Digitization Planning; Digitization / digital program development; Project Management; Rights and Licensing; Storage and housing; Preservation; Strategic planning
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Contact Name: Jeffrey Kelch
Location(s):
Buffalo Grove, IL

With more than 40 years of experience working with diverse organizations, our consultants offer expertise in a wide range of services and approaches to managing, protecting, and using historical materials.

Our knowledge of all types of archival records including digital and analog (paper-based) documentation, as well as various image media, and artifacts, allows us to help achieve successful intellectual and physical control, and management of collections.

We help you meet your goals and objectives through program development and project support.

Our Values:

  • History and those who create it matter
  • Access is...
Expertise: Access and classification reviews; Architectural Records; Archival appraisal; Archival program evaluation; Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Budgeting and financial planning; Digitization / digital program development; Landscape, Planning and Design Records; Project Management; Exhibit planning and implementation; Facilities planning and development; Finding aids; Fundraising and grant writing; Management and administration; Outreach and public programs; Policy development; Preservation; Records survey planning and implementation; Reference services; Strategic planning
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Contact Name: Waverly Lowell
Location(s):
Oakland, CA