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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:700;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network
</span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">(DPOE-N) is excited to announce two new opportunities for funding available to cultural heritage professionals and institutions located in the United States
and U.S. territories for digital preservation training and hardware support. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43, 43, 43);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">DPOE-N offers
</span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:700;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43, 43, 43);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">professional development support</span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43, 43, 43);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"> for
cultural heritage professionals to attend online workshops and face-to-face training (when traveling is appropriate) focused on digital preservation and access.
</span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Funding can be used within a network of available professional development providers and can cover more than one workshop.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">DPOE-N staff are also available to work with you to develop a professional development program
that fits your needs. </span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43, 43, 43);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">For more information on professional development support, and to apply, please visit:</span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> </span><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dpoe.network%2Fprofessional-development-support%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cawanter%40midpointelibrary.org%7Ca2e575604298440ac03808d8d4e41dea%7C85fc048c0d064b2f8f74cbb5a787d88f%7C1%7C1%7C637493423528823595%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=zUi1ocFHkWw9aIODERsnYGmmy%2FuXZHU2dBrEh90KKbE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="Verified" originalsrc="https://www.dpoe.network/professional-development-support/" shash="kClYUAnZo2R6le4udWuoMOTzA8/uy0FgNfBrR8iDPFH4S+8bUMEMkuV0FPklqIftEFE8lFzEbl5I1GnxBHTCJWHEsVANpZ6t6k6RUVk6xmvYc2PztId2KzaXdS9H/S1DjzsulEI77jqrZOFBdHWq0LM93wtQgBJhJE8qVwIWLgU=" title="Original URL: https://www.dpoe.network/professional-development-support/. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration:underline">https://www.dpoe.network/professional-development-support/ </span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43, 43, 43);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">DPOE-N has also set aside a modest amount of funding for
</span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:700;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43, 43, 43);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">emergency hardware support</span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43, 43, 43);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"> to
small cultural heritage institutions that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and are in need of new hardware to ensure the persistence of digital collections with enduring value. For more information about emergency hardware support, please visit:
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<span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-decoration:underline">Interested in applying?</span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br>
</span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Deadlines for both funding opportunities are rolling. Our grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provides funding until June 2022!</span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">DPOE-N staff is available to help you with the application process and to answer any questions you may have. Please contact us at
</span><a href="mailto:dpoe-n@pratt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration:underline">dpoe-n@pratt.edu</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(114, 114, 114);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">DPOE-N
</span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">is a network of training resources available to cultural heritage professionals nationwide to enhance their digital preservation
knowledge and skills. We are </span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43, 43, 43);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">motivated by the pressing need for libraries, archives, and museums to collect, preserve,
and provide access to born-digital materials. DPOE-N is hosted by the Pratt Institute School of Information in collaboration with the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and is generously funded
by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.</span></p>
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