And remember the NINCH Guide to Good Practice 
<http://www.ninch.org/guide> that has a section on funding in its 
Project Planning chapter.

David Green

On Sep 20, 2004, at 5:54 PM, Sarah Brophy wrote:

> Margaret - AAM's grants for museums book is available from them...and 
> you can get access to a useful portion of the foundation center's 
> database for 19.99 a month to do your research www.fdncenter.org.
>  
> OR you can talk to folks who've digitized their collections and will 
> share donor information.
>  
> If you haven't already read it, have a look at _Introduction to 
> Imaging_ put out by Getty (and available through AAM). 
>  IMLS has an on-line guidelines for digitization projects.
>  
> And remember - the process (digitization) isn't as important as your 
> material is now and will be in the future...so your grant application 
> is about preserving and a providing access to a collection...not just 
> digitizing it.
>   
> Good luck! SB
>  
>
> Sarah S. Brophy  -  bMuse      
>
> Carlisle, MA 01741
>
> www.gis.net/~bmuse
>
> Visit http://noncredit.middlesex.cc.ma.us/f04/ "Fundamentals of 
> Raising Money Through Grants" in Bedford, MA, Fall 2004
>
> look under "writing and publishing" to register
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On 
> Behalf Of Margaret Lyman
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> Subject: Guide to Funding Sources
>
>
> Is there a directory of funding sources out there?  I think it was 
> called something like the "Big Book of Grants".  We are trying to find 
> grants to cover a project to digitize our photograph and glass slide 
> collection.
>
>  
>
> Margaret Lyman, Interim Director
>
> Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
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> 19 South 22nd Street
>
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>
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