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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
Competition; National Digital Library Program 
 
AGENCY: Library of Congress. 
 
ACTION: Notice of competition. 
 
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SUMMARY: This Notice of Competition announces that the 
Library of Congress, with a gift from Ameritech, is 
sponsoring a competition to enable United States public, 
research, and academic libraries, museums, historical 
societies and archival institutions (except Federal 
institutions) to create digital collections of primary 
resources for distribution on the Internet. In the 1997-98 
competition, applications will be limited to collections of 
textual and graphic materials that illuminate the period 
1763-1920 and that complement and enhance the American 
Memory collections already mounted in the National Digital 
Library. 
 
Awards will be made of up to $75,000 to individual 
institutions and up to $150,000 to eligible consortia for 
projects that 
can be accomplished in twelve to eighteen months. 
 
DATES: Applications must be postmarked by November 3, 1997. 
 
ADDRESSES: Submit applications to the Library of Congress, 
Washington DC 20540-1340. 
 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonnie Magness-Gardiner. 
Tel: (202)707-1087. Fax: (202) 252-3249. E-mail: 
[log in to unmask] http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award/ 
 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Digital Library is 
envisioned as a distributed collection of converted library 
materials and digital originals to which many American 
institutions will contribute. The Library of Congress's 
contribution to this World Wide Web-based virtual library is 
called American Memory and is created by the Library's 
National Digital Library Program. 
 
Non-profit cultural repositories in the United States with 
collections of primary resources that are significant for 
education and research in United States history and culture 
are eligible to apply to the Library of Congress/Ameritech 
National Digital Library competition. 
Collections that are digitized with awards from this 
competition must be distributable on the Internet. 
 
    Applications from Association of Research Libraries 
(ARL) and non-ARL institutions will be evaluated separately, 
in order to encourage applications from a variety of 
institutions. In the final selection among meritorious 
projects some consideration will be given to the type and 
size of institution and its geographical location, and to 
certain themes described in the Guidelines, but the 
principal criteria will be: 
 
-  The significance of the collection's content for 
understanding United States history and culture, as well as 
its breadth of interest and utility to students and the 
general public. 
 
-  The availability and usability of aids to intellectual 
access that can be integrated into the American Memory 
resource. 
 
-  The technical and administrative viability of the 
project's plan of work in relation to the scope of the 
project. 
 
    Applications will be evaluated by scholars, educators, 
librarians, archivists, administrators, and technical specialists 
external to the Library of Congress. Evaluators will be convened by George 
Farr, Director of the Division of Preservation and Access of the 
National Endowment for the Humanities and by Deanna Marcum, 
President of the Council on Library and Information 
Resources. 
 
    Only costs directly associated with digital conversion 
may be  included in the request. Equipment may not be purchased with 
award funds. Detailed Guidelines and Application 
Instructions are available from the telephone contact and 
Web site listed above. 
 
 
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Chris Dalziel 
Instructional Telecommunications Council 
202/293-3110 
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http://www.sinclair.edu/communit/itc 
 
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