23.06.2021: BKM Support lines for the preservation of written cultural goods: Practical questions of the CEC application
On 23. In June 2021, an online workshop was held by the Directorate-General of the State Archives of Bavaria and the coordinating body for the preservation of the written cultural property (KEK). For ten years, the Federal Ministry of Culture (BKM) has been supporting the original preservation in Germany (https://www.kek-spk.de/start. In the special programme of KEK, conservation measures such as mass depletion, dry cleaning, packaging, restoration and development of concepts and methods (e.g. damage detection) are promoted. The CEC's budgetary approach for funding in 2021 (end of application phase: 31.1.2021) amounts to 3.5 million euros. For Bavarian archives, the Directorate-General of the Bavarian State Archives is the central professional body for the coordination of applications. All Bavarian archives – regardless of the institution – are advised in the submission of applications, the applications are coordinated in terms of content and subject matter, and are passed on to the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art for counter-drawing. The application is forwarded to the CEC by the Ministry. Applications may also be made for the coming year 2022 by the end of January 2022. In order not to get into time difficulties, the preparation of the application should be started in autumn 2021 at the latest. In order to comply with the deadlines, the Directorate-General shall require applications up to 10.12.2021. In order to facilitate the preparation of applications, an online workshop of the Directorate-General for State Archives of Bavaria was held on 23.6.2021 in cooperation with the CEC. The workshop was very well attended with a total of 62 participants. After an introductory lecture by Dr. Ursula Hartwieg on the tasks of KEK and the two possible funding lines, Dr. Laura Scherr explained the course of the application in Bavaria. In three practical reports, various ongoing or already completed projects from municipal and church archives were presented. Matthias Haupt, Stadtarchivar von Wasserburg, recounted the model and special projects carried out in the municipal archives since 2011. The very structured and planned procedure in the Stadtarchiv Wasserburg – installation of a damage disaster, cleaning and restoration of the usability of archivia of the Old Archive of the City of Wasserburg on the basis of the catastrophe, packaging and conservation of the photo collection – enabled participants, in addition to important insights into project management, a compressed journey through methods of archival conservation. Johannes Untermarzoner, responsible for the archive and library of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, reported on the projects carried out in archive and library. In addition to dry cleaning and packaging, the ore diocese also focuses on the planned installation of a damage disaster for targeted processing and planning of necessary conservation measures. Stephanie Goethals from the Aschaffenburg City and Stiftsarchiv finally gave a look at a direct object-related procedure which would like to plan for smaller archives that are targeted without the installation of a damage disaster conservation project. Among the 35 KEK model projects 2021 is also a project of the state archives of Bavaria: "Schadensprevention at the desk -Conservation boxes for everyday use with archived goods" KEK-Pressemitteilung 2021 - Overview of projects More about CEC, emergency care and conservation can be found on our site Maintenance. Posted on 23.06.2021 Related Files Presentation, Dr. Ursula Hartwieg, June 23, 2021: What is KEK, what does it fund? Introduction to the BKM special program and KEK model projects [PDF file]. 3 MB Presentation, Dr. Laura Scherr, June 23, 2021: Application process in Bavaria – procedure, deadlines, requirements, experiences [PDF file]. 613 KB Presentation, Matthias Haupt, June 23, 2021: Preservation of holdings in the Wasserburg am Inn municipal archive – KEK projects since 2011 [PDF file].