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Home My Public Portal Aboutmay2015 nehLibrary Director Leone E. Cole TO: Library Board of Trustees �� / p FROM: Leone E. Cole, Library Director vtf r.G zUc� DATE: May 1, 2015 RE: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Enclosed please find information about a digitization grant opportunity. I think that this is a terrific idea and we are excited about applying for it. We are still discussing how we might go about it and what the parameters might be. I would also like to involve the Historical Society and the Historical Commission, if they are interested. I will reach out to them if we get the approval to apply for the grant. 123 Main Street Watertown, MA 02472-4478 617.972.6434 watertownlib.org WLtNnrviDENT F4R THE Humanities HOME ABOUT NEH HOME 1 GRANTS 1 PRESERVATION H GRANTS EVENTS HUMANITIES MAGAZINE STAFF DIRECTORY GRANTS DIVISIONS AND OFFICES NEWS WATCH THE 2 015 JEFFERSON LECTURE ONLINE Anna Deavere Smith delivers the 44th Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities GRANTS MANAGE YOUR GRANT NEH ON GRANTS.GOV APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS BECOME A PEER REVIEWER PRISM FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS SUBSCRIBE Keep up-to-date with upcoming Grant Program deadlines. Common Heritage Like F64, iWeetrj43 $mot < 3 Division of Preservation and Access Receipt Deadline June 25, 2015 for Projects Beginning January2016 Brief Summary America's cultural heritage is preserved not only in libraries, museums, archives, and other community organizations, but also in all of our homes, family histories, and life stories. The Common Heritage program aims to capture this vitally important part of our country's heritage and preserve it for future generations. Common Heritage will support both the digitization of cultural heritage materials and the organization of public programming at community events that explore these materials as a window on a community's history and culture. The Common Heritage program recognizes that members of the public —in partnership with libraries, museums, archives, and historical organizations —have much to contribute to the understanding of our cultural mosaic. Together, such institutions and the public can be effective partners in the appreciation and stewardship of our common heritage. The program supports day -long events organized by community cultural institutions, which members of the public will be invited to attend. At these events experienced staff will digitize the community historical materials brought in by the public. Project staff will also record descriptive information —provided by community attendees — about the historical materials. Contributors will be given a free digital copy of their items to take home, along with the original materials. With the owner's permission, digital copies of these materials would be included in the institutions' collections. Historical photographs, artifacts, documents, family letters, art works, and audiovisual recordings are among the many items eligible for digitization and public commemoration. Projects must also present public programming that would expand knowledge of the community's history. Public programs could include lectures, panels, reading and discussion, special gallery dtu://www.neh.gov/grants/preservalionicommon-heritage EXPLORE WIL EWHL Download Application Materials Common Heritage Program Guidelines (PDF) mon Heritage Grants.gov Application Package RI Budget Resources Common Heritage Sample Budget (P09 Program Resources Common Heritage Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) DUNS Number Require Grants.gov Resources Register for Grants.gov Individuals Register for Grants.gov Organizations FAOs about NEH on Grants.gov Grants.gov Applicant Too and Tips Download Adobe Reader Tips for making PDFs Is 1/3 tours, screening and discussion of relevant films, presentations by a historian, special initiatives for families and children, or comments by curators about items brought in by the public. These public programs should provide a framework for a deeper understanding of the community members' shared or divergent histories. The programs may take place before, during, and/or after the day of the digitization event. Applicants may but need not include in their proposalsa topic around which the event and the public programming would be organized. Topics proposed for the public programming may also be proposed for the digitization event. The applicant institution must plan, promote, and organize the event and ensure that a wide range of historical materials can be digitized and also contextualized through public programming. Since the help of additional institutions and organizations in the community may be needed to accomplish this work, the applicant must take responsibility for enlisting appropriate organizations or institutions, such as local libraries and museums, to contribute to the project, as needed. NEH especially welcomes applications from small and medium-sized institutions that have not previously received NEH support. Questions? 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