PRESERVATION AND ACCESS AWARDS Division of Preservation and Access
Announced: July 2008
FISCAL YEAR 2008 GRANTS
ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE: The IMLS/NEH DIGITAL PARTNERSHIP
Alexandria Archive Institute, San Francisco, CA
Outright: $250,609
Creating best practice guidelines for the development of humanities data sharing software
to meet user needs, as well as to support the continued development of Open Context,
a collaborative, free, open access resource to facilitate online sharing of archaeologica
l field research among excavators, scholars, and cultural heritage institutions.
www.alexandriaarchive.org/events.php
City of Philadelphia, Department of Records, Philadelphia, PA
Outright: $108,882
Development of an enhanced Web site (www.PhillyHistory.org/)
featuring historically significant collections at the City of Philadelphia's Department of Records and the Free Library of Philadelphia
and the creation of tools to increase the level of access to and usefulness of these collections for
researchers, students, and members of the general public.
Ithaka Harbors, Inc., New York, NY
Outright: $350,000
The development of a prototype preservation service that will provide a practical model
for the preservation of digitized books. Portico and Cornell University Library will
analyze electronic book data, identify a technological infrastructure to preserve
electronic books, assess preservation costs and recovery options, create sample service
level agreements, and share the full preservation model with the cultural heritage community.
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