The annual deadline for applications to the National
          Endowment for the Humanities' Division of Preservation and
          Access is July 1, 1997 for projects that would begin in May
          1998.

          The Division of Preservation and Access supports projects
          that will preserve and enhance access to cultural resources
          important for research, education, and public programming in
          the humanities. Support may be sought to preserve the
          intellectual content and aid in bibliographic control of and
          access to library and archival collections; to create
          dictionaries, encyclopedias, databases, and other types of
          research tools and reference works; and to stabilize
          material culture collections by providing appropriate
          storage of objects, environmental control, security and fire
          protection. Applications may also be submitted for national
          and regional preservation education and training projects,
          regional preservation field service programs, and research
          and demonstration projects that engage preservation issues
          that have a national impact on museums, libraries, and
          archives. Model projects that will establish standards or a
          consensus of best practice for the use of electronic
          technologies for preserving or creating trans-institutional
          access to humanities resources are encouraged.

          Guidelines and instructions can be downloaded from the NEH
          web site:

          <http://www.neh.fed.us/html/guidelin/preserva.html>

          A list of recent awards is also available at the site under
          "What's New." To obtain a print version of the Guidelines or
          to address a question to the NEH staff, e-mail us at
          <[log in to unmask]>.

          Postal address:
          Division of Preservation and Access
          National Endowment for the Humanities
          1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW   Room 411
          Washington, D.C. 20506

          Telephone: 202/606-8570
          Fax: 202/606-8639

          The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is a
          grant-making agency of the U.S. federal government that
          supports projects in the humanities. Eligible applicants
          are: U.S. nonprofit associations, institutions, and
          organizations, as well as U.S. citizens and foreign
          nationals who have been legal residents in the United States
          for at least three years immediately preceding the
          submission of the application.