16.019 new on WWW: digital content guide; US preservation site; funding info

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       [1] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (40)
             Subject: New CHIN website includes Guide to "Creating and
                     Managing Digital Content" for museums

       [2] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (54)
             Subject: U.S. National Digital Preservation Program Web Site
                     Launched

       [3] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (90)
             Subject: IMLS Funding for Libraries & Museums

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             Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 06:24:12 +0100
             From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
             Subject: New CHIN website includes Guide to "Creating and Managing
    Digital Content" for museums

    NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
    News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
    from across the Community
    May 8, 2002

                Canadian Heritage Information Network Releases New Web Site
                         http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/index.html

                     Includes "Creating and Managing Digital Content"
                 http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/Digital_Content/index.html

               CHIN is also executive producer of the Virtual Museum of Canada
                  http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/English/Gallery/index.html

    The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) was created in 1972 "to
    foster sound management of the knowledge and collections developed by
    museums and to provide public access to that knowledge through a national
    inventory of museum collections across the country." Its new web site was
    launched May 1.

    More than 700 Canadian museums have joined in the collaborative effort to
    develop content for on-line audiences and the results can be seen at the
    groundbreaking portal coordinated by CHIN: The Virtual Museum of Canada
    http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/English/Gallery/index.html.

    One of the most useful and interesting components of the new CHIN site is a
    Guide to "Creating and Managing Digital Content" designed to "guide museum
    managers through the planning and implementation of a digitization project.
    It covers issues such as non-digital images, new photography, the exposure
    and care of objects, copyright, storage and much more."
    (http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/Digital_Content/index.html).

    David Green

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    --[2]------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 06:24:48 +0100 From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> Subject: U.S. National Digital Preservation Program Web Site Launched

    NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources from across the Community May 9, 2002

    The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program Web Site Launched http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndiipp/

    Background Environmental Scans http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndiipp/repor/repor_back.html

    Papers also available as a CLIR Report "Building a National Strategy for Digital Preservation: Issues in Digital Media Archiving." http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub106abst.html.

    The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program was established by Congress to "develop a national strategy to collect, archive, and preserve the burgeoning amounts of digital content, especially materials that are created only in digital formats, for current and future generations."

    As an initial step, the Library of Congress scheduled a series of meetings with various stakeholder groups from the technology, business, entertainment, academic, legal, archival, and library communities. Background papers were commissioned to give "environmental scans," for the meetings. These papers are available on the new NDIIPP web site together with a summary of background findings and a summary of the meetings.

    This material is also available as a CLIR Report and in PDF, at http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub106abst.html

    * Peter Lyman, Archiving the World Wide Web http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndiipp/repor/repor_back_web.html

    * Dale Flecker, Preserving Digital Periodicals http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndiipp/repor/repor_back_perio.html

    * Samuel Brylawski, Preservation of Digitally Recorded Sound http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndiipp/repor/repor_back_sound.html

    * Frank Romano, E-books and the Challenge of Preservation http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndiipp/repor/repor_back_ebooks.html

    * Mary Ide, Dave MacCarn, Thom Shepard, and Leah Weisse, Understanding the Preservation Challenge of Digital Television http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndiipp/repor/repor_back_tv.html

    * Howard D. Wactlar and Michael G. Christel, Digital Video Archives: Managing through Metadata http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndiipp/repor/repor_back_archi.html

    David Green

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    --[3]------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 06:25:37 +0100 From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> Subject: IMLS Funding for Libraries & Museums

    NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources from across the Community May 9, 2002

    FUNDING FOR LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS FY 2003 IMLS Grant Program Booklet Available Now http://www.imls.gov/pubs/pdf/2003ProgramsFinal.pdf

    >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >May 9, 2002 > >Press Contacts >202/606-8339 >Eileen Maxwell - emaxwell@imls.gov >Mamie Bittner - mbittner@imls.gov > > >FUNDING FOR LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS: >FY 2003 IMLS Grant Program Booklet Available Now > >Washington, DC - Each year the federal Institute of Museum and Library >Services (IMLS) awards millions of dollars in grants to museums, >libraries, professional museum and library service organizations, and >museum-library partnerships. IMLS encourages all eligible museums and >libraries to begin planning their grant applications for FY 2003 funding. >For a FY 2003 Grant Programs booklet, contact IMLS at 1100 Pennsylvania >Ave., NW, Washington, DC. 202-606-8536, email: imlsinfo@imls.gov A PDF >version of the booklet is available at: >http://www.imls.gov/pubs/pdf/2003ProgramsFinal.pdf >Grant application deadlines begin as early as October 15, 2002. > >Guidelines, successful proposals, and FY 2002 application forms are >available on the IMLS Web site as reference tools for museums and >libraries to begin preparing grant applications for FY 2003. FY 2003 grant >applications will become available on the Web site and in print format >three months prior to each deadline date. Contact the appropriate IMLS >program office to be placed on individual grant application mailing lists >for the following categories of funding: > >FUNDING FOR LIBRARY-MUSEUM PARTNERSHIPS: >National Leadership Grants for Library-Museum Collaboration > >FUNDING FOR LIBRARIES: >National Leadership Grants for Libraries >Education and Training >Research and Demonstration >Preservation or Digitization > >State Library Agencies > >Native American Libraries >Basic Grants >Professional Assistance >Enhancement Grants > >Native Hawaiian Libraries > >FUNDING FOR MUSEUMS: >National Leadership Grants for Museums >Museums Online >Museums in the Community >Professional Practices > >Conservation Assessment Program > >Conservation Project Support > >Learning Opportunities Grants > >Museum Assessment Program > >About the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - IMLS is an >independent Federal agency that fosters leadership, innovation, and a >lifetime of learning by supporting the nation's museums and libraries. >Created by the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996, PL 104-208, IMLS >administers the Library Services and Technology Act and the Museum >Services Act. For more information contact IMLS at 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., >NW, Washington, D.C. 202-606-8536, or http://www.imls.gov.

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