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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Dear <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ohio</st1:place></st1:State>
Archivists,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>The Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board (OHRAB)
announces the availability of grants between $500 and $3,500 to archival
institutions to fund projects to preserve and/or provide access to records
created by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>’s
state and local governments. Proposals must be received by February 28,
2011. Awards will be announced March 15, and projects must be completed
by December 31, 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Funding is made available by a Federal regrant opportunity
from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), an
arm of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Full details of this grant opportunity are available at
OHRAB’s website <a
href="http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/ohrab/index.php?title=Re-grants_SNAP_Grant_Committee">http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/ohrab/index.php?title=Re-grants_SNAP_Grant_Committee</a>.
(Information about how to acquire a hard copy is at the end of this
post.) Highlights include:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>• Eligible
institutions may be public or private<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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portion of the project must involve government records. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Calibri'>• Any size
institution may apply, but preference will be given to institutions with
permanently valuable materials of 500 cubic feet or fewer.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>• Eligible
projects include those involving physical access, arrangement, and description;
preservation (including storage materials); and making catalog descriptions of
records or digital images of records available on line.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>• Eligible
expenses include supplies and storage materials, technical equipment, and
contracted services.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>If you have questions or require a hard copy of the
application package, please contact Judith G. Cetina, Ph.D., <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Archivist</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>,
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">2905 Franklin Blvd.</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">44113</st1:PostalCode></st1:address>; 216-443-7262; <a
href="mailto:jcetina@cuyahogacounty.us">jcetina@cuyahogacounty.us</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Calibri'>Please pass this along to your colleagues whom you think
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Garamond'>Pari J. Swift<br>
Senior Records Manager<br>
Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray<br>
Phone: 614-466-1356<br>
Fax: 614-466-6135<br>
Email pari.swift@ohioattorneygeneral.gov</span></font> <br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font face=Garamond><span
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Columbus</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">43215</st1:PostalCode></st1:place></span></font> <br>
<font face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'><a
href="http://www.ag.state.oh.us/">OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov</a></span></font> <br>
<font face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond'><a
href="http://www.speakoutohio.gov/">SpeakOutOhio.gov</a></span></font> <font
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