[SOA] New NHPRC grant announcement - includes FA conversion

[Carleton, Janet]

The National Historical Publications & Records Commission has posted its FY 2012 Grant Announcement: (Initial)

Documenting Democracy: Access to Historical Records Projects

http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/access.html

One of the new grant categories is Retrospective Conversion of Descriptive Information.

"Proposals may be submitted for converting legacy finding aids and other sources of descriptive information into formats that provide improved online access to collections. Activities may include converting card catalogs and paper finding aids so that they may be made available electronically, or creating a comprehensive online database or finding aid from information only available in a variety of non-compatible formats. Applicants must use Encoded Archival Description (EAD) for finding aids unless other formats are more appropriate."

The OhioLINK EAD Task Force invites any Ohio institutions applying for this grant to utilize the EAD FACTORy, a free encoding tool and finding aid repository open to *all* Ohio institutions. More info on the EAD FACTORy at http://ead.ohiolink.edu/


Janet Carleton
OhioLINK EAD Task Force
http://ead.ohiolink.edu/

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Janet Carleton | Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Women's & Gender Studies Librarian | Ohio University Libraries | Alden 237 | Athens, Ohio | carleton at ohio.edu | 740-597-2527 | http://media.library.ohiou.edu/