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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board (OHRAB) is pleased to announce a second grant opportunity for this year.   These grants are for $500 up to $</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">4,500
 and may be used by <span style="color:black">archival institutions to increase online access to Ohio’s historical records.  Proposals must be received by June 30, 2016.  Awards will be announced July 11 , 2016 and projects must be completed by December 31,
 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Full details of this grant opportunity and the application packet are available at OHRAB’s website </span><a href="http://www.ohrab.org/grants/regrant/" id="LPlnk730630"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://www.ohrab.org/grants/regrant/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">
 (information about how to acquire a hard copy is at the end of this post.)  <o:p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Highlights include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">• </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Eligible institutions may be public or private that provide
 public access to archival collections without charging a fee.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">• Any size institution may apply, but preference will be given to institutions with permanently valuable archival materials of 500 cubic
 feet or fewer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">• Eligible projects may include those involving physical access, arrangement and description; preservation (including storage materials);
 and cataloging.  <b>However, projects must include producing some type of online content, such as a finding aid or digital images.
</b>    <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">• Eligible expenses include supplies and storage materials, technical equipment, and contracted services.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Funding is made available by a Federal regrant opportunity from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), a division of the
 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">If you have questions or require a hard copy of the application package, please contact Ron Davidson, Special Collections Librarian at the Sandusky Library,
 114 W. Adams Street, Sandusky, OH 44870; 419-625-3834; </span><a href="mailto:rdavidson@sanduskylib.org"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">rdavidson@sanduskylib.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Ron Davidson</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Special Collections Librarian</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Sandusky Library</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">114 W. Adams St.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Sandusky, OH 44870</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">(419) 625-3834</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:ron.davidson@sandusky.lib.oh.us"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:blue">rdavidson@sanduskylib.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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