From: "Mullen, Kathleen D - WHS" <Kathleen.Mullen@wisconsinhistory.org> Subject: FW: [padg] LYRASIS Preservation and Consulting Services is available to assist institutions who would like to apply for Preservation Assistance Grants Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 23:40:31 +0000 Message-ID: <8251d09e742440aebb938b89c364a6ff@MEWMAD0P1958.accounts.wistate.us>
Upcoming webinar and grant deadline of possible interest:
The Milwaukee Jewish Museum and the Prairie du Chien Historical Society bot
h received PAG grants based on their applications last year.
Lyrasis Preservation Services Librarian Alix Bentrud is based in St. Paul a
nd may be able to assist your organization if you are interested in applyin
g for this cycle of grants. See below for information on an upcoming webina
r.
Best,
Katie Mullen
Preservation Coordinator
Wisconsin Historical Society
From: Alix Bentrud [mailto:Alix.Bentrud@lyrasis.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 3:29 PM
To: padg@lists.ala.org
Subject: [padg] LYRASIS Preservation and Consulting Services is available t
o assistinstitutions who would like to apply for Preservation Assistance Gr
ants
The National Endowment for the Humanities has published the guidelines for
Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions Program.
The grant application deadline is May 5, 2015. Funded projects would begin
January 2016.
The National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation Assistance Grants he
lp small and mid-sized cultural heritage institutions such as libraries, mu
seums, historical societies, archival repositories, town and county records
offices, and colleges and universities improve their ability to preserve a
nd care for their humanities collections. Awards of up to $6000 support pre
servation related collection assessments, consultations, and institutional
and collaborative disaster and emergency planning. Preservation Assistance
Grants also support education and training in best practices for sustaining
digital collections, standards for digital preservation, and the care and
handling of collections during digitization. Institutions may request funds
for a preservation assessment of digital collections. NEH does not fund di
gitization or the development of digital programs in this grant category.
Training and workshops that focus on the preservation of collections is als
o supported by Preservation Assistance Grants. In addition to workshops on
traditional preservation, these grants will support education and training
in digitization best practices as well as the management and preservation o
f digital resources. LYRASIS offers a complete set of courses related to th
e digitization of materials as well as digital preservation. Institutions c
ould opt for a single class, a suite of classes or a course personalized fo
r your institution. Additionally, LYRASIS can assist with preservation asse
ssments of collections, providing identification, risk management, and gene
ral management advice related to born digital or collections of digitized r
esources as well as analog and hybrid collections.
Grant guidelines are available on the NEH Web site http://www.neh.gov/grant
s/preservation/preservation-assistance-grants-smaller-institutions . The g
rant application deadline is May 5, 2015. If you would like to talk more
about potential projects after reviewing the guidelines, call NEH at 202.60
6.8570 or email preservation@neh.gov<mailto:preservation@neh.gov> to discus
s and receive helpful tips for a writing a successful application.
Join LYRASIS for a Free Webinar "NEH Preservation Assistance Grants" http:/
/www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=F5508A2E-5585-E411-88A4-00221
9586F0D Advanced registration is required to receive log in.
March 11, 2015 3-4pm ET or March. 13. 2015 11am -12pm ET
Attend a session to talk about your project ideas. Based on the recently pu
blished grant guidelines, we will be discussing potential projects for huma
nities collections that are digital and analog. We will also give advice on
crafting your narrative and goals.
If you have further questions please contact LYRASIS Preservation Services
Librarian Alix Bentrud at alix.bentrud@lyrasis.org<mailto:<mailto:alix.bentrud@lyra
sis.org> or call 800.999.8558.
Follow the link for the complete Calendar of LYRASIS Preservation Classes
http://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/Events.aspx
LYRASIS Preservation Services are funded in part by a grant from the Nation
al Endowment for Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access.
Alix Bentrud
Preservation Services Librarian
alix.bentrud@lyrasis.org<mailto:alix.bentrud@lyrasis.org>
800.999.8558 x 4875 Main
404.387.4853 Cell
alix.bentrud Skype
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