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2018 Florida Library Association Conference - Poster: Funding

Poster “The Power of Information… Librarians to the Rescue!” presented at the 2018 FLA Conference by professionals from Barry University and Florida International University. The poster highlights strategies to preserve and ensure access to information .

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   FUNDING… What, Where, Why, How, When and How 

One of the main issues libraries face when planning digitization projects is the lack of financial resources to place those plans into practice. Therefore, it is important expand our vision to other non-institutional funds and take advantage of those opportunities. 

Grants

TYPE OF GRANTS: Each agency and foundation has its own requirements, deadlines, application forms, eligibility criteria and guidelines

 

FOUNDATIONS

Ex. The Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation

(https://www.latingrammy.com/en/cultural-foundation)        

CORPORATIONS and PRIVATE DONORS

Ex. Bank of America  and IMLS http://www.vermontlibraries.org/american-heritage-preservation-grants-funding-available-from-imls-and-bank-of-america/ )

STATE

Ex. SEFLIN Breakthrough Digitization Awards (https://www.seflin.org/seflin/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/SEFLIN-Breakthrough-Awards-RFP-2017-2018.pdf)

FEDERAL 

Ex. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): https://www.neh.gov/grants

 

Looking ahead

Selection for Funding

Final Note

                                                                                                       

Preservation Grants can support your project by covering: Training staff, outsourcing, in house digital preservation including  staff, hardware and software, storage, supplies (archival materials for physical preservation), etc.