Apologies for cross-posting.
We are happy to announce a call for proposals for the second round of funding
for The Email Archives: Building Capacity and Community (EA:BCC) program. The
EA:BCC is led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, this program
invites proposals that foster the ability of archives, libraries, and museums
to preserve email records.
Here are a few important facts about the program:
* The EA:BCC is generously sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
* The second round of proposals is due June 30th.
* Projects may begin as early as January 1, 2022.
* All projects must be completed by December 30, 2023.
* Proposed projects must support the regrant program’s overall goals while
seeking to build the email archiving community. For example, projects might
undertake activities like these
* Implement email acquisition, processing, discovery, and delivery
services that are suitable to a wide range of archival repositories.
* Foster specific process improvements to increase email archives tool
functionality and interoperability.
* Highlight specific processed email collections
* Demonstrate how other archives, libraries, and museums can process and
provide access to email using community-supported tools.
* Funding Ideas
* Low Barrier Email Archiving - Develop or refer to use-cases from “A
Specification for Using PDF to package and represent
email<https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/109251>“.
* Tools to harvest linked content - Integrate a web archiving tool to
capture linked content
* Projects focusing on local government emails and non-governmental
organizations
* Community email archiving - Partnerships between archives and
community groups, or those leading social change, to capture email archives and
develop a framework for ethical practice in email archiving.
* Any other ideas you might bring to the table!
* Collaborative partnerships and projects are particularly encouraged.
* A peer advisory board will vet proposals.
* Funding needs of $25,000 to $100,000 USD are eligible for support.
* Pre-submission feedback is available!
We will be hosting a webinar on April 26, 2021, from 2:00 - 3:00 (CT)--at which
point we’ll also honor the five institutions that have been awarded grants in
the first round. We will also provide more details about the program and how to
apply! You can register for the upcoming webinar at this link,
https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/870576938.
For more information regarding this opportunity and to apply for an EA:BCC
grant, please visit the project website at
https://emailarchivesgrant.library.illinois.edu/.
CHRIS PROM
Associate Dean for Digital Strategies
University Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1408 W. Gregory Drive, #246G | M/C 522
Urbana, IL 61820
+1 (217 )244-2052 | [email protected]
www.library.illinois.edu<http://www.library.illinois.edu/>
RUBY LORRAINE MARTINEZ
Email Archives Community Fellow
Office of Digital Strategies
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