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NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY COMPETITION

David Green (david@cni.org)
Fri, 8 Aug 1997 15:51:27 -0400 

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Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 15:51:27 -0400
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From: david@cni.org (David Green)
Subject: NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY COMPETITION



NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
August 8, 1997



Contact:
Guy Lamolinara, Library of Congress (202) 707-9217
Crystal Ashton, Ameritech Library Services (801) 223-5330




         GUIDELINES FOR 1997-98 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/AMERITECH
           NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY COMPETITION NOW AVAILABLE

                       DEADLINE: November 3, 1997

           ELIGIBLE SUBJECTS:  collections of textual and graphic
        materials that illuminate United States history and culture
                       for the period 1763-1920.

      APPLICATION WORKSHOPS: Chicago: Aug. 29;  Washington DC: Sept. 8


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 The Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition
Guidelines for 1997-98 are now available.  The Guidelines may be used by any
nonfederal, tax-exempt, nonprofit (501(c)3) cultural repository in the
United States holding primary sources suitable for digitizing and making
available on the Internet.  To order, view or download the Guidelines, visit
the competition's Web site at <http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award/>.

 With a $2 million gift from Ameritech, the Library of Congress is
sponsoring a competition to enable public, research and academic libraries,
museums, historical societies and archival institutions (except federal
institutions) to create digital collections of primary resources. These
digital collections will complement and enhance the collections made
available on the Internet by the National Digital Library Program at the
Library of Congress.

 The National Digital Library is envisioned as a distributed collection of
converted library materials and digital originals to which many American
institutions will contribute.  The Library of Congress's contribution to
this World Wide Web-based virtual library is called American Memory.

 This is the second year of the competition; 10 institutions received awards
last April in the first round of the program.

 For this competition cycle, applications will be limited to collections of
textual and graphic materials that illuminate United States history and culture
for the period from 1763-1920.

 Program staff will be available for individual consultations Aug. 29,
during the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting in Chicago (check
program guide for location).  A workshop will be held Sept. 8 in Washington,
D.C., at the Library of Congress.  Call (202) 707-1087 to schedule an
individual consultation or use the on-line registration form at the
competition Web site (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award) to sign up for the
Sept. 8 workshop.



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1996/97 AWARD WINNERS
Following is a list of the 1996 award winners. Detailed project
descriptions are available at
<http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award/award97.html>

*Brown University:
  African-American Sheet Music Digitizing Project
*Denver Public Library:
  History of the American West, 1860-1920: Photographs from the Collection of
  the Denver Public Library
*Duke University:
  Historic American Sheet Music Project
*Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Frances Loeb Library:
  American Landscape and Architectural Design,1850-1920: A Study Collection
from
  the Harvard School of Design
*New York Public Library:
  Small Town America: Stereoscopic Views from the Dennis Collection, 1850-1910
*North Dakota State University:
  The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: Photographs from the Fred
Hultstrand and
  F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections
*Ohio Historical Society:
  The African-American Experience in Ohio,1850-1920
*University of Chicago:
  American Environmental Photographs, 1897-1931
*University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill:
  First-Person Narratives of the American South,1860-1920
*University of Texas, Austin
  The South Texas Border, 1900-1920: Photographs from the Robert Runyon
Collection


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David L. Green
Executive Director
NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR A NETWORKED CULTURAL HERITAGE
21 Dupont Circle, NW
Washington DC 20036
www-ninch.cni.org
david@cni.org
202/296-5346                                  202/872-0886 fax

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