Partners

• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation makes grants in higher education, museums and art conservation, performing arts, conservation and the environment, and public affairs.
  
  

• The Art Conservation Department at the University of Delaware The Art Conservation Department at the University of Delaware administers both undergraduate and graduate programs. The department's faculty includes leading scientists and conservators in the treatment and preservation of paintings, works of art on paper, photographic materials, furniture, textiles, decorative, archeological and ethnographic objects, and architectural surfaces.
  
  

• Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) is the largest regional research library consortium from research and state libraries in the United States.
   
  

• The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts has grown to be one of the largest regional conservation laboratories in the country. Its wide array of services, sophisticated treatment facilities, innovative approaches, and highly trained and experienced staff have earned it a prominent and respected place in the conservation field. A nonprofit organization, CCAHA's organizational structure includes a board of directors comprised of representatives of cultural institutions and leaders in business and in the community; an executive director; and an expertly trained staff.
  
  

• Cornell University Library Cornell Library is sharing its expertise in digital imaging, preservation, and management with librarians and archivists from the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alliance in an initiative that is laying the foundation for an HBCU digital library. Important materials from the founding collections of ten HBCU institutions will soon be available online in a digital collection entitled "Celebrating the Founding of the Historically Black College and University." Some of its highlights include student yearbooks, early campus architectural drawings, and a rich assortment of photographs featuring choral groups, student sports teams, famous alumni, and churches (which often served as the first classrooms at several of these institutions).
  
  

• Council on Library Resources (CLIR) is an independent, nonprofit organization that works to maintain and improve access to information.
   
  

• LYRASIS is a membership organization in service to libraries and the communities they serve.