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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 17, 2018 9:14 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Arlene Weible <ArleneWeible@oslmail.osl.state.or.us><br>
<b>Subject:</b> CLIR Invites Applications for 2018 Digitizing Hidden Special Collections Awards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="e2ma-style"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">CLIR Invites Applications for 2018
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<span class="e2ma-style">Digitizing Hidden Special Collections Awards</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Washington, DC, January 17, 2018 - The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is now accepting applications for 2018
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/iua83/2p8ufs/21tzik"><span style="color:#333333">Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives</span></a> awards. The national competition, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, supports digitizing collections of
rare and unique content in collecting institutions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Grants of between $50,000 and $250,000 for a single-institution project, or between $50,000 and $500,000 for a collaborative project, may be sought for projects
beginning between January 1 and June 1, 2019. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The Digitizing Hidden Collections program coheres around six core values:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Scholarship:</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> The program is designed to maximize its impact on the creation
and dissemination of new knowledge. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The program supports digitization projects that will provide thorough coverage of an important topic or topics of high interest to scholars, in ways that help those scholars
understand digitized sources’ provenance and context. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Connectedness:</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> The program supports projects that make digitized sources
easily discoverable and accessible alongside related materials, including materials held by other collecting institutions as well as those held within the home institution.
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duplication of capacity and effort. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Sustainability:</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> The program promotes best practices for ensuring the
long-term availability and discoverability of digital files created through digitization.
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</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The program ensures that digitized content will be made available to the public as easily and completely as possible, given ethical and legal constraints.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The application process has two phases. The initial proposal round is open, and proposals are due by 11:59 pm Eastern time on April 3, 2018. The final proposal
round is by invitation. Only those applicants whose initial proposals have been approved by the program’s review panel will be able to submit a final proposal. Information for applicants, including a link to the online application form, is available at <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/iua83/2p8ufs/iuuzik"><span style="color:#333333">https://www.clir.org/hiddencollections/applicant-resources/</span></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">CLIR will hold a webinar for prospective applicants on Tuesday, January 30, from 2:00-3:00 pm Eastern time. Two Q&A webinars will be held on Thursday, February
15, and Wednesday, February 28, from 2:00-3:00 pm Eastern time. More information is available at
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/iua83/2p8ufs/ymvzik"><span style="color:#333333">https://www.clir.org/hiddencollections/applicant-resources/</span></a>.
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