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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Digital Archivy is a turnkey archival consulting firm that works with organizations to identify, analyze, compare, organize, and use information better. We work closely with clients and take a holistic multi-dimensional view of information ecosystems. This enables us to create solutions that are practical, cost-effective, and user-focused. Our projects ensure long-term preservation, increase access and support...

Expertise: Audiovisual preservation and digitization; Archival appraisal; Archival standards; Cataloging; Digitization / digital program development; Electronic records management; Fundraising and grant writing; Management and administration; Outreach and public programs; Records management; Records survey planning and implementation; Staffing and implementation
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Contact Name: David Kay, MLS
Location(s):
Brooklyn, NY

Are you planning new services, facilities, or programs for your archives? Interested in developing new vision and mission statements, strategic plans, and connecting important ongoing staff activities? Considering new ways to collaborate with partners? Evaluating your approach to teaching with primary sources? Looking for ways to engage students in learning at a deeper level with your resources? We'll be happy to help!

Expertise: Collaboration; Archival program evaluation; Digitization / digital program development; Facilities planning and development; Oral history planning and implementation; Outreach and public programs; Staff training and recruitment; Staffing and implementation; Strategic planning
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Contact Name: Marilyn McKinley Parrish
Location(s):
East Petersburg, PA

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

The Winthrop Group was founded in 1982 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has worked with more than 350 clients located in more than 25 states and 10 countries in addition to the U.S.  Represented among our clients are Fortune 100 corporations and privately held companies, foundations, a range of non-profit and cultural organizations, educational institutions, municipal governments, private families, politicians, and artists.  The firm’s Information & Archival Services (I&AS) practice, which was formed in 1979 as a private consultancy rooted in corporate and organization archives, joined Winthrop’s Histories & Consulting in 1989 to become The Winthrop Group, Inc.

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Expertise: Archival program evaluation; Arrangement and description; Budgeting and financial planning; Digitization / digital program development; Exhibit planning and implementation; Facilities planning and development; Finding aids; Management and administration; Oral history planning and implementation; Policy development; Records survey planning and implementation; Staff training and recruitment; Staffing and implementation; Strategic planning
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Contact Name: Sam Markham
Location(s):
New York, NY

Since 1985, Valerie Metzler Archivist/Historian has been helping individuals, families, businesses, churches, and universities discover and preserve their history.  Through the practical establishment of archives and through historical research including genealogy, Valerie Metzler Archivist/Historian makes your history available and accessible for generations to come.

 

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Expertise: Archival standards; Arrangement and description; Oral history planning and implementation; Software applications; Staffing and implementation
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Contact Name: Valerie A. Metzler
Location(s):
Altoona, PA