Great American Songbook Foundation Inc

TO SUPPORT PERSONNEL COSTS IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FOUNDATION WILL IMPLEMENT THE ?PRESERVING THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES? PROJECT, DESIGNED TO DEEPEN USER ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MUSEUM?S COLLECTION. THE MUSEUM WILL HIRE A MUSIC LIBRARIAN TO PROCESS AND CATALOG A PORTION OF THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE COLLECTION?A COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 150,000 ITEMS DOCUMENTING THE MUSIC AND HISTORY OF WEST COAST RADIO STATIONS FROM THE 1920S TO 1950S. RESEARCHERS, PERFORMERS, AND THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE CATALOGUED RESOURCES VIA THE MUSEUM?S WEBSITE. STAFF WILL CREATE A DETAILED PROCESSING MANUAL GROUNDED IN APPROPRIATE THEORY AND PRACTICE TO SUPPORT FUTURE PROCESSING OF THE MUSEUM?S ENTIRE COLLECTION.

THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FOUNDATION (GASF) IN CARMEL, INDIANA, WILL EXPAND AND ENHANCE ITS PERFECT HARMONY PROGRAM, WHICH WILL REACH 7,500 SENIORS THROUGH ONLINE RESOURCES AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMS. ORIGINALLY AN ON-SITE PROGRAM FOUNDED IN 2015, PERFECT HARMONY TRANSFORMED AND GREW DURING THE PANDEMIC TO BE AN ENTIRELY VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE THAT OFFERED CARE PARTNERS AND OLDER ADULTS ROBUST MONTHLY INTERACTIVE AND INFORMATIVE MUSICAL EXPERIENCES THAT HELPED ALLEVIATE LONELINESS AND ISOLATION. GASF WILL ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF THE MONTHLY PERFECT HARMONY RESOURCES BY RECORDING AND EDITING NEW HIGH-QUALITY VIDEOS IN A PROFESSIONAL STUDIO. GASF WILL IMPROVE DATA COLLECTION AND EVALUATION TECHNIQUES TO HELP SUSTAIN THE ONGOING VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING THAT CONTRIBUTES TO WELL-BEING, AS WELL AS CONDUCT ADDITIONAL OUTREACH TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CAREGIVERS AND SENIORS SERVED.

THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FOUNDATION WILL CONDUCT A DIGITAL COLLECTIONS ASSESSMENT WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE PURCHASE OF A NEW DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT (DAM) SYSTEM FOR OVER 8,000 DIGITIZED COLLECTION ITEMS. STAFF WILL RECEIVE TRAINING FOR THE NEW DAM SYSTEM AND PLAN FOR THE SCALABLE GROWTH OF THEIR COLLECTIONS, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT WILL BE INFORMED BY STAFF INPUT AND FEEDBACK. IMPROVED COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT WILL BENEFIT STAFF AND AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE PROGRAMMING. EXTERNAL USERS, SUCH AS RESEARCHERS, EDUCATORS, AND PERFORMERS WILL ALSO BENEFIT FROM INCREASED COLLECTION ACCESS.

THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FOUNDATION (GASF) WILL INCREASE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE MEREDITH WILLSON PAPERS BY PROCESSING, INVENTORYING, AND REHOUSING MORE THAN 100,000 DOCUMENTS AND 42 SCRAPBOOKS BELONGING TO THE COMPOSER, LYRICIST, AND WRITER. A PROCESSING ARCHIVIST WILL BE HIRED TO COMPLETE THIS WORK WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A GRADUATE INTERN, RESULTING IN AN UPDATED ONLINE FINDING AID AND THE CREATION OF FORMAL ARCHIVAL PROCESSING PROCEDURES FOR USE BY STAFF AND INTERNS. IN COLLABORATION WITH PROJECT PARTNERS, GASF WILL ALSO PRODUCE A COMPREHENSIVE DIGITIZATION PLAN FOR THE COLLECTION. AS A RESULT, GASF WILL STRENGTHEN ITS CAPACITY FOR PROCESSING ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS AND IMPROVE THE DISCOVERABILITY OF THE MEREDITH WILLSON PAPERS BY STUDENTS, MUSIC SCHOLARS, WRITERS, AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN HIS WORK.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE SONGBOOK ACADEMY.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE SONGBOOK ACADEMY.

TO SUPPORT THE EXHIBITION THE ROARING 20S: THEN AND NOW.

TO SUPPORT THE DIGITIZATION OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS FROM THE MEREDITH WILLSON COLLECTION FOR ACCESS ONLINE AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY.