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What is Collections AID?

Collections AID, or C-AID, is a graduate student collections-oriented service project performed over a two week period every January. The annual projects were originally funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Services grant from 2011-2015, and are currently sustained by a gift from UOVO Fine Art Storage and annual support from the University of Delaware, Delaware Humanities, and the generosity of local suppliers.

Collections Aid helps institutional partners and community organizations preserve and organize their collections and related information, while giving UD Museum Studies students credit toward the Graduate Certificate for applying their classroom learning to the design and execution of collections overhauls that go above and beyond traditional internships. From organizing storage facilities and building collections housing to cleaning up institutional or catalog records, C-AID leaves a lasting legacy of improved collections preservation, knowledge, and access.

C-AID typically (but not exclusively) serves smaller organizations without enough professional staff to complete the project. If your organization is interested in being considered for a C-AID project, please complete and submit the following Self Nomination Form.