> Reminder: NEH Preservation Assistance Grants
>
> The application deadline for the National Endowment for the Humanities
> Preservation Assistance Grants is April 3, 2001. This is a receipt
> deadline. Grants up to $5000 will be awarded to enhance the capacity of
> libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations to preserve
> collections of books, journals, manuscript and archival materials, maps,
> still and moving images, oral histories, recorded sound, and objects of
> material culture.
>
> Awards will be made nationwide, but special consideration will be given to
> applicants in jurisdictions that have been identified as underserved by
> the Endowment. These jurisdictions include: Alabama, Alaska, Florida,
> Idaho, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,
> Puerto Rico, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. Last year, NEH received 179
> applications and made grants to 132 institutions in 41 states, Puerto
> Rico, and the District of Columbia.
>
> Institutions may request support for the following activities: 1) General
> preservation or conservation assessments that will help an institution
> identify its overall preservation needs and develop a long-range,
> prioritized preservation plan to address those needs; 2) Consultations
> with preservation professionals to develop a specific plan for addressing
> a previously identified problem; 3) Attendance at preservation workshops;
> and 4) The purchase of preservation supplies, equipment, and storage
> furniture. Applicants who request funding for the purchase of storage
> furniture must demonstrate that the request is based on a completed
> preservation needs assessment or a specialized consultation with a
> preservation professional.
>
> The guidelines may be downloaded from NEH's web site:
> http://www.neh.gov/grants/onebook/preservassist.html
>
> Call the Division of Preservation and Access for more information at
> 202/606-8570.
>

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