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.