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Alliance for Nonprofit Management is a membership organization with many good free resources on their website.  Check out the Frequently Asked Questions on the left menu bar. http://www.allianceonline.org/
 
American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) a national association supporting state and local history.  http://www.aaslh.org
 
American Association of Museums (AAM) is a national museum association, publishes a very rich website with information and resources.  http://www.aam-us.org
 
American Institute for Conservation http://aic.stanford.edu/
 
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts http://www.ccaha.org
 
Conserv-O-Grams from the National Park Service offering advice on individual curatorial and collections management issues http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/conserveogram/conserv.html
 
COOL - Conservation on Line http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/
 
Cultural Resource Management is an online magazine http://www.nps.gov/history/crm/
 
Energize.com is a resource for volunteer managers http://www.energizeinc.com
 
Field Services Alliance has resources to help with disaster planning www.aaslh.org/FSA/tlpreservation.html
 
The Foundation Center maintains a comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants.  http://foundationcenter.org
 
Getty Conservation Institute http://www.getty.edu/conservation
 
Grants.gov - is a source to find and apply for federal government grants.  http://www.grants.gov
 
Heritage Preservation http://www.heritagepreservation.org/
 
Historic House Museums Listserv for those working in house museums wishing to share common issues: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/historichousemuseums
 
In the Face of Disaster is a planning manual for disaster prevention http://www.nc3r.org/faceofdisaster
 
National Association for Museum Exhibits is a standing committee of AAM and has its own, resource rich website http://name-aam.org/
 
National Park Service publishes numerous helpful publications and technical leaflets focusing on collections care and management.  http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/index.htm
 
National Preservation Institute http://www.npi.org
 
Northeast Document Conservation Center has a number of leaflets focusing on preservation issues.  http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets.list.php
 
Northern States Conservation Center http://www.collectioncare.org
 
NPS Museum Handbook can be found at the National Park Service website. http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/handbook.html
 
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is the official history agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  PHMC offers multiple funding opportunities to a wide variety of nonprofit organizations and public agencies throughout the Commonwealth. http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/grants_and_funding/3748
 
Primer on Disaster Preparedness, Management & Response is an extensive National Park Service publication.  http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/primer/primintro.html
 
Tech Soup provides a range of technology services for nonprofits, including news and articles, discussion forums, and discounted and donated technology products.  http://www.techsoup.org
 
Toolkit for Boards is a free, downloadable reference document on good governance.  http://www.managementhelp.org/boards/boards.htm

 

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Susan Duhl
is an Art Conservator in private practice, providing preservation consultations and conservation treatment to institutions and private individuals for the care and handling of their art, artifactual, and archival collections. Susan has been a business affiliate member of the Federation for over ten years and has presented workshops for affinity groups and the statewide museum conference. One of her current projects is the restoration of a psychedelic poster collage in an old Grateful Dead tour bus.