PRESERVATION AND ACCESS AWARDS
Division of Preservation and Access
Announced: July 2008

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.