The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has opened the pre-proposal application period for its Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant program.

 

The program will award funds to institutions (including historical associations and societies as well as archives, museums, libraries and other cultural heritage organizations) holding collections of high scholarly value that are difficult or impossible to locate through existing finding aids. Award recipients will create descriptive information for their hidden collections that will be linked to and interoperable with all other projects funded by this grant, to form a federated environment that can be built upon over time. CLIR expects to award about $4 million in grants that range from $75,000 to $500,000.  Funding for the program comes from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

 

Information about the program and links to the online application and guidelines are available at http://www.clir.org/hiddencollections/index.html. The deadline for submitting completed pre-proposals is Friday, April 23, 2010. All applicants are required to submit a pre-proposal; final proposals will be accepted only from applicants whose pre-proposals are approved by the program’s review panel. Decisions will be announced by December 31, 2010, and applicants may begin their projects anytime between January 1, 2011, and March 1, 2011. 

 

Amy J. Lucko

Program Officer

Council on Library and Information Resources

1752 N Street, NW, Suite 800

Washington, DC 20036

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