02 March 2021

Digitizing Hidden Special Collections & Archives

Here's information on a funding program newly opened to Canadian organizations.

Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives: Amplifying Unheard Voices is a national grant competition administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) for digitizing rare and unique content stewarded by collecting organizations in the US and Canada.

In 2021, the call for applications will focus on projects that propose to digitize materials that deepen public understanding of the histories of people of colour and other communities and populations whose work, experiences, and perspectives have been insufficiently recognized or unattended. The program is generously supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 

There is a rigorous application process now open for awards to be made 1 April 2022. 

Find out more at https://www.clir.org/hiddencollections/ including a link for a Zoom event on 17 March which will help in deciding whether to go ahead.

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