===================== HES POSTING ===================== [EDITOR'S NOTE: This is kinda late in being announced, but I thought notice should be sent anyway to give people ideas for future competitions. I'd be interested in hearing if someone knows what resources regarding the history of American economic thought are contained in the Library of Congress. -- RBE] [Federal Register: September 30, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 190)] [Notices] [Page 51130-51131] >From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] -------------------------------------------------------------------- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS [Docket No. 96-3] Notice of Competition and Request for Applications AGENCY: Library of Congress. ACTION: Notice of competition. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This Notice of Competition announces that the Library of Congress, with a gift from Ameritech, is sponsoring an open 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 resource material for distribution on the Internet. In the 1996-97 competition, applications will be limited to collections of textual and graphic materials that illuminate the period 1850-1920 and that complement and enhance the American Memory collections already mounted in the National Digital Library. DATES: Applications must be postmarked by November 1, 1996. ADDRESSES: Applications should be submitted as follows: If sent by mail: Library of Congress, Scholarly Programs Office, Washington DC 20540-4860. If delivered by hand: Library of Congress Scholarly Programs Office, James Madison Memorial Building, Room LM 225 M, First and Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, DC 20540-4860. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara A. Paulson. Tel: (202) 707- 1087. Fax: (202) 707-6336. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ ammem/award/ SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Digital Library is conceived as a distributed collection of converted [[Page 51131]] library materials and digital originals to which many American institutions will contribute. The Library of Congress' contribution to this World Wide Web-based virtual library is called American Memory and is created by the Library's National Digital Library Program. Notice of Competition and Request for Applications Repositories in the United States with collections of primary resource material that are significant for education and research in United States history and culture are encouraged to apply to the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library competition. Awards will range from $50,000 to $75,000 for projects that can be accomplished in twelve to eighteen months. Each award will result in a cooperative agreement with the Library of Congress based upon the representations in the applications. The intention of the competition is to solicit applications from a variety of institutions, large and small, public and private. In the final selection among meritorious projects some consideration will be given to the type and size of institution and its geographical location. The Library of Congress will acknowledge the receipt of each application no later than December 1, 1996. The principal criteria will be: <bullet> The historical significance of the collection's content, as well as its breadth of interest and utility to students and the general public. <bullet> The availability and usability of aids to intellectual access. <bullet> The technical and administrative viability of the project's plan of work. Applications will be evaluated in a three-stage process. They will first be reviewed for the historical significance of the collection's content, as well as its breadth of interest and utility to students and the general public. The second stage of review will be directed to the bibliographic, technical, and administrative viability of the project's plan of work. Evaluators for these two phases of the competition will be convened by the Division of Preservation and Access of the National Endowment for the Humanities. There will be a final panel convened in the third stage of the review by Dr. Deanna Marcum, which will evaluate the most highly recommended projects and make a final selection. While the Library of Congress is aware that a number of critical activities are necessary to ready a collection for digitization and to ensure the quality and future maintenance of digital files, in this competition the award may be used only for the process of digitization. The Library has designed the competition to provide an impetus to projects that will enhance the collections of a distributed National Digital Library, while realizing that there will be a substantial contribution on the part of institutions that receive awards. Detailed Guidelines and Application Instructions are available, upon request, from the contact person listed above. Dated: September 23, 1996. Approved by: James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress. 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