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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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