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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Alexander Lorch [mailto:alexander.lorch@nara.gov]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 1, 2017 11:23 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Lorch, Alexander <alexander.lorch@nara.gov><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Melley, Nancy <nancy.melley@nara.gov>; Donohue, Keith <keith.donohue@nara.gov>; Stokes, Daniel <daniel.stokes@nara.gov>; Meadows, Darrell <darrell.meadows@nara.gov>; Barber, Lucy <lucy.barber@nara.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> National Archives/NHPRC Major Initiatives grant program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Good morning, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The National Archives and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) has a grant program that may interest you. The program offers up to $350,000 for <span class="gmail-il">major</span> archives <span class="gmail-il">initiatives</span> with
an emphasis on innovation and collaboration. The <a href="https://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/preliminary-proposal/prelim.html">
Access to Historical Records - Major Initiatives</a> program is designed to broaden public access to historical and cultural records. There’s a five-page preliminary proposal due by 18 January 2017. The Commission will then invite a select number of applicants
to submit a full proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Does your institution need to conjoin the records of a <span class="gmail-il">major</span> historical subject held by several repositories and make them freely available online? Does research demand
for a high-value audio or moving image recordings collection necessitate digitally converting and posting them online? Are there new tools and methods that would greatly enhance the public’s ability to access and use records? Have you begun developing a method
to make work with born digital records more efficient and want to prove that it’s replicable?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">These are just a few suggestions. We want to hear your creative ideas and discuss how they might fit with this program. If you would like to schedule a time to talk about a proposal idea, please email
or call the Director for Access, Alex Lorch (<a href="mailto:alexander.lorch@nara.gov" target="_blank">alexander.lorch@nara.gov</a>; <a href="tel:(202)%20357-5101" target="_blank">202-357-5101</a>) or the Director for Technology <span class="gmail-il">Initiatives</span>,
Nancy Melley (<a href="mailto:nancy.melley@nara.gov" target="_blank">nancy.melley@nara.gov</a>; <a href="tel:(202)%20357-5101" target="_blank">202-357-5101</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Please feel free to broadly distribute this email to any LIS/Archives professionals you think may have interest in this grant program. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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