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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For libraries holding historical records and documents:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board (OHRAB) announces the availability of grants between $500 and $2,000 to archival institutions to fund projects to preserve and/or provide access to Ohio’s historical records. Proposals must be received by February 28, 2014. Awards will be announced March 21, and projects must be completed by December 31, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please Note! In addition to the tradition<span style='color:navy'>al</span> option of printing, signing and returning, the summary page may also be completed and signed electronically (PDF version) for easier email submission along with your narrative and budget. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Full details of this grant opportunity will be available at OHRAB’s website <a href="http://www.ohrab.org/grants/regrant/">http://www.ohrab.org/grants/regrant/</a>. (Information about how to acquire a hard copy is at the end of this post.) Highlights include:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>• Eligible institutions may be public or private.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>• 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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>• 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></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>• Eligible expenses include supplies and storage materials, technical equipment, and contracted services.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you have questions or require a hard copy of the application package, please contact Judith G. Cetina, Ph.D., County Archivist, 2905 Franklin Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44113; 216-443-7262; <a href="mailto:jcetina@cuyahogacounty.us">jcetina@cuyahogacounty.us</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please pass this along to your colleagues whom you think might benefit from seeing it!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Ron Davidson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>OHRAB Member<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Special Collections Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Sandusky Library<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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Sandusky, OH 44870<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>(419) 625-3834<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'><a href="mailto:ron.davidson@sandusky.lib.oh.us">ron.davidson@sandusky.lib.oh.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>