Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 09:17:34 -0800 To: mc...@world.std.com From: "Diane M. Zorich" <zor...@powergrid.electriciti.com> Subject: NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY COMPETITION
Dear MCN'ers Another possible funding source for specialized digital projects.... Diane Zorich MCN Board Member >Contact: >Guy Lamolinara, Library of Congress (202) 707-9217 >Crystal Ashton, Ameritech Library Services (801) 223-5330 > > > > > GUIDELINES FOR 1997-98 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/AMERITECH > NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY COMPETITION NOW AVAILABLE > > DEADLINE: November 3, 1997 > > ELIGIBLE SUBJECTS: collections of textual and graphic > materials that illuminate United States history and culture > for the period 1763-1920. > > APPLICATION WORKSHOPS: Chicago: Aug. 29; Washington DC: Sept. 8 > > > * * * > > The Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition >Guidelines for 1997-98 are now available. The Guidelines may be used by any >nonfederal, tax-exempt, nonprofit (501(c)3) cultural repository in the >United States holding primary sources suitable for digitizing and making >available on the Internet. To order, view or download the Guidelines, visit >the competition's Web site at <http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award/>. > > With a $2 million gift from Ameritech, the Library of Congress is >sponsoring a competition to enable public, research and academic libraries, >museums, historical societies and archival institutions (except federal >institutions) to create digital collections of primary resources. These >digital collections will complement and enhance the collections made >available on the Internet by the National Digital Library Program at the >Library of Congress. > > 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. > > This is the second year of the competition; 10 institutions received awards >last April in the first round of the program. > > For this competition cycle, applications will be limited to collections of >textual and graphic materials that illuminate United States history and >culture >for the period from 1763-1920. > > Program staff will be available for individual consultations Aug. 29, >during the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting in Chicago (check >program guide for location). A workshop will be held Sept. 8 in Washington, >D.C., at the Library of Congress. Call (202) 707-1087 to schedule an >individual consultation or use the on-line registration form at the >competition Web site (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award) to sign up for the >Sept. 8 workshop. > > > >============================================ > >1996/97 AWARD WINNERS >Following is a list of the 1996 award winners. Detailed project >descriptions are available at ><http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award/award97.html> > >*Brown University: > African-American Sheet Music Digitizing Project >*Denver Public Library: > History of the American West, 1860-1920: Photographs from the Collection of > the Denver Public Library >*Duke University: > Historic American Sheet Music Project >*Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Frances Loeb Library: > American Landscape and Architectural Design,1850-1920: A Study Collection >from > the Harvard School of Design >*New York Public Library: > Small Town America: Stereoscopic Views from the Dennis Collection, 1850-1910 >*North Dakota State University: > The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: Photographs from the Fred >Hultstrand and > F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections >*Ohio Historical Society: > The African-American Experience in Ohio,1850-1920 >*University of Chicago: > American Environmental Photographs, 1897-1931 >*University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: > First-Person Narratives of the American South,1860-1920 >*University of Texas, Austin > The South Texas Border, 1900-1920: Photographs from the Robert Runyon >Collection > > >=============================================================== > >David L. Green >Executive Director >NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR A NETWORKED CULTURAL HERITAGE >21 Dupont Circle, NW >Washington DC 20036 >www-ninch.cni.org >da...@cni.org >202/296-5346 202/872-0886 fax > >============================================================== >See and search back issues of NINCH-ANNOUNCE at ><http://www.cni.org/Hforums/ninch-announce/>. >============================================================== >
