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1) EMC Grants: $5-15,000 to digitize local library collections (international) 2) John Tosh and Margaret MacMillan on historians in the public square 3) December newsletter from "The Archival Platform" 4) Upcoming online preservation classes from Lyrasis - Analog video, Scanning, Emergency planning 5) New program for small- and mid-sized history organizations from AASLH 6) Reminder: Dec. 31 Deadline for General Conference Travel Grants to ICOM Conference in Shanghai 7) New from BackStory radio: "Naughty & Nice: A History of the Holiday Season" and more 8) Seeking New Orleans Scholars for Collaborative Bibliographies ************* 1) EMC Grants: $5-15,000 to digitize local library collections (international) If any of you know of smaller local libraries in need of financial support [Are there any that DON'T?] . . . please take a look at http://www.emc.com/heritage_trust "The EMC Heritage Trust Project recognizes and supports digital stewardship of the world's information heritage in local communities. Using the same criteria for excellence that guide the EMC Information Heritage Initiative [a series of larger grants to larger archives and libraries], EMC seeks people and projects that practice and inspire stewardship locally. The awards consist of cash grants from $5,000 to $15,000. Grants are based on the following criteria: potential size of the audience that would benefit from access to this information; the at-risk status of the information and why it is urgent to digitize it; and how beneficial the EMC grant would be to the project. Application forms are on the web site. The deadline for applications is February 28, 2010. Winners will be announced in May 2010. Program details are available at www.EMC.com/heritage_trust Please feel free to forward this . . . and my personal contact information . . . to whomever you think appropriate. I've worked with EMC for many many years in my earlier life . . . and on this project since its inception. Happy to answer any questions. Also . . . if any of you know of a library or archive in need . . . and don't have the time to contact them . . . drop me a line and I'll follow up. Please note: There are five major regions in which grants are awarded: Africa Latin America (all countries), Asia/Pacific (all countries) Europe and Middle East (all countries) Canada US If you apply, let me know! Getting on the EMC list, in my experience, is a good thing in general. They have operations all over the world . . . and are truly dedicated to this cause. [See http://www.emc.com/leadership/digital-universe/information-heritage-trust.htm for their larger, Information Heritage Initiative, program] Daniel Morrow Board of Visitors School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina c/o Jamestown Exploration Company 36001 John Mosby Highway, Suite #4. P.O. Box 1186 Middleburg VA 20118-1186 540-687-8690 dan@mbecc.com dan@jamestownexploration.com Email: dan@mbecc.com Visit the website at http://www.EMC.com/heritage_trust -------------- 2) John Tosh and Margaret MacMillan on historians in the public square Here is something that might be of interest to your readers: interviews with John Tosh and Margaret MacMillan on historians in the public square in the November 2009 issue of Historically Speaking: The Bulletin of the Historical Society. They are available online to those with access to Project Muse at http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/historically_speaking/toc/hsp.10.5.html Sincerely, Joseph Lucas The Historical Society 656 Beacon St., Mezzanine Boston, MA 02215 Fax:617-358-0250 Phone:617-358-0767 jslucas@bu.edu www.bu.edu/historic ------------- 3) December newsletter from "The Archival Platform" Dear Colleagues The Archival Platform is a networking, advocacy and research initiative in the archive and heritage sector in South Africa. The Archival Platform's December newsletter is now on our website: http://www.archivalplatform.org/news/entry/archival_platform_december_newsletter/ Please subscribe online if you wish to receive it. Submissions of relevant comments, blogs, news and resources very welcome. Best wishes for the holiday season. Many thanks Dr. Harriet Deacon Director, Archival Platform www.archivalplatform.org Email: director@archivalplatform.org ------------- 4) Upcoming online preservation classes from Lyrasis - Analog video, Scanning, Emergency planning Please excuse cross-posting. Lyrasis is pleased to announce the following upcoming preservation classes: Preserving Our Video Heritage Overcoming the Challenges of Analog Video Preservation (Live Online) 01/15/2010 Caring for Originals during Scanning Projects (Live Online) 01/27/2010 Emergency 911: Decision-making for Managers (Live Online) 01/27/2010 For more information, or to register, please visit www.lyrasis.org (keyword Classes and Events, browse or search by class title). Lyrasis also has a selection of On Demand Classes which may be purchased for self-paced study. www.lyrasis.org (keyword Classes and Events browse category: on demand classes) ------------- 5) New program for small- and mid-sized history organizations from AASLH TAKE THE RIGHT StEPs! A New Program for Small- and Mid-sized History Organizations Does your organization want to make improvements but you're not sure where to start? Would you like to be recognized in areas of collections, governance, programs, and management? AASLH’s new Standards and Excellence Program (StEPs) program helps your organization assess its current policies and practices in a convenient, self-study format. The StEPs workbook guides you through the six program sections with self-assessment questions and Basic, Good, and Better performance indicators. With StEPs, your organization receives Bronze, Silver and Gold certificates as it makes valuable progress and there’s no time limit on completion of the program. Additional Valuable Benefits: • Education and awareness of standards for staff and volunteers, governing authority members, and your community • Improved policies and practices based on national standards • Increased credibility with funders, your community, and stakeholders • Valuable opportunities to make the case for improvement to stakeholders for staffing, training, materials, and equipment • Clear direction for future improvement • Meaningful progress as you identify, articulate, and measure your organization’s accomplishments • Easier and more meaningful long-range and budget planning • Preparation for participation in other programs including AAM’s Museum Assessment and Accreditation programs. More Information: For more information about StEPs, visit www.aaslh.org/steps or contact Cherie Cook, Senior Program Manager, at cook@aaslh.org or (573) 893-5164. ------------- 6) Reminder: Dec. 31 Deadline for General Conference Travel Grants to ICOM Conference in Shanghai Dear ICOM members, We would like to remind you that the application procedure for travel grants to the ICOM General Conference in Shanghai will soon be closed. If you wish to apply, please send your application by December 31st, 2009 to grants@icom.museum The selection criteria as well as the application form are available on ICOM's website at: http://icom.museum/general-conference2010.html Sincerely, General Secretariat of ICOM ------------- 7) New from BackStory radio: "Naughty & Nice: A History of the Holiday Season" and more Christmas may be the Big Kahuna of American holy days, but it wasn’t always so. It used to be a time of drunken rowdiness, when the poor would demand food and money from the rich. The Puritans banned Christmas altogether. It wasn’t until the 1820s that the holiday was re-invented as the peaceful, family-oriented, and consumeristic ritual we celebrate today. In BackStory's year-end special, the History Guys trace the evolution of the winter holidays we celebrate today. Listen Now! New Feature: Call of the Week Last month, we launched a brand-new feature exclusively for our podcast subscribers. It's called "Call of the Week," and it highlights some of our favorite listener calls. Check out the first two installments in the series: Abe from Montreal Jennifer from Washington We Heart History Two months from today, Valentine’s Day will be upon us. To mark the occasion, the History Guys will be rolling out a new episode all about the history of courtship in America. But we need your help! What do you want to know about dating in ye olde days? Click on the image and post your questions, thoughts, and stories. Show the History Guys some love! Read All About It Think you heard something on BackStory but just want to be sure? Don't have time to listen to the whole show but just want to hear the juicy bits? No problem. Your friends at BackStory are now providing transcripts of each program, absolutely gratis. Look for the link that says "Full Transcript" at the top of each episode page. BackStory's Backstory When BackStory executive producer Andrew Wyndham first proposed doing a light-hearted radio show about history, the History Guys weren't biting. “I thought it was crazy,” said Ed. “I don’t think history is funny," was Peter's response. Brian thought the entire idea was irresistibly... terrible. This is just one of the revelations in a feature on BackStory in the current issue of "Humanities," the magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Read the entire article at: http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2009-11/History_Backstory.html Like what you're hearing on BackStory? Tell your local public radio to carry the show! Leave a review on our ITunes page! Thanks!!! Visit www.BackStoryRadio.org ! ----------- 8) Seeking New Orleans Scholars for Collaborative Bibliographies The _New Orleans Studies Zotero Commons Project_ is developing collaborative bibliographies on aspects of New Orleans through the open source bibliographic database manager, Zotero 2.0 (http://www.zotero.org) and seek participants for this endeavor. We hope to create resources useful for research and teaching among an online community of scholars. Current topics under development include: race, urbanization, tourism, music, hurricanes, and labor. We invite interested persons to contact Connie Moon Sehat (cmsehat@emory.edu) or Leslie Harris (lharr04@emory.edu) by January 6, 2010. Please include a brief biography and description of your interests for the bibliographic project. Please also include your experience with Zotero 2.0 or web 2.0 technologies (if any) overall. These collaborative bibliographies are part of the "New Orleans Studies Zotero Commons Project", a larger attempt to create a nonprofit online resource of materials about the history, people, and culture of New Orleans. As a developing pilot of the future "Zotero Commons" (http://www.zotero.org Zotero and http://www.archive.org Internet Archive partnership), we aim to be collaborative and dynamic. Connie Moon Sehat Emory University cmsehat@emory.edu Email: cmsehat@emory.edu -- H-Public To post to the list: H-PUBLIC@h-net.msu.edu Home page: www.h-net.org/~public sponsored by the National Council on Public History (www.ncph.org)
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