Project Grant PE27704121

This federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian (LB21) program (CFDA 45.313), will provide $135,934 to Columbia University to convene a two-day forum for 15-20 Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) archives and special collections curators. The forum aims to enhance professional development, inclusivity, and ethical stewardship of collections in this often-overlooked part of the library and archives...

The University of Arizona, in partnership with Harvard University, received a $599,816 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the National Leadership Grants (CFDA 45.312) program to develop a digital curation framework that aligns 3D data creation and curation methods following FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) data principles. The project team will travel to research sites to document 3D data creators' workflows through...

This Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will support Dr. Diana Marsh at the University of Maryland, College Park in conducting research and training activities focused on increasing Indigenous archival discovery and access through 2025. Funded under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program, the $496,070 award will allow Dr. Marsh to collaborate with an Indigenous Advisory Board and tribal project archivists to investigate social networks and an archival...

This Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants (CFDA 45.312) program provides $354,375 to the School for Advanced Research (SAR) to create an "Indigenous Collections Care Guide" to support museums in partnering with Native American communities on collections stewardship. The guide will be developed through a collaborative process led by a diverse team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous professionals, incorporating input from...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $495,425 under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities program to the University of North Dakota for the project "Strengthening & Preserving the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation's Humanities Infrastructure." The project will expand digital collections related to the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Tribal Nations and train staff at Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College on digital humanities preservation from October 2021...

This federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA #45.313), provides $142,419 to the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus to develop and deliver capacity-building workshops on digital collections management for memory workers (e.g., staff at galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) across Puerto Rico. The key objectives are to strengthen a community of practice in the region and...

The New York Historical Society will receive $669,029 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to assess and update its collections pertaining to Indigenous history from Native American and U.S. history perspectives. Consulting scholars will work with staff to update collection descriptions, create navigation tools, and train staff to integrate Indigenous histories, materials, and perspectives into their work and related programming. Additional consultants...

The Native Village of Eyak will create 3D scans of 15 cultural artifacts held in museum collections on Cordova, Alaska through a $108,438 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Under its Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308), IMLS supports projects that sustain Native heritage and culture. The Ilanka Cultural Center will build on prior work developing a virtual reality experience of a traditional village to incorporate the 3D...

The Makah Indian Tribe received a $149,516 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services federal grant program (CFDA 45.311) to expand access to and enhance the Makah Cultural and Research Center's collections. Specifically, the Makah Tribe will support MCRC's efforts to digitize field notes, index cards, audio recordings, and transcripts from the Robert E. Johnson and Diamond/Miller collections. MCRC archives...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program, totaling $307,827, will support the University of Montana in developing indigenized collections handling, decision-making, and educational programs focused on determining cultural affiliation for objects with unclear records in its anthropological collections. Specifically, the University will hire two postdoctoral fellows, a graduate research assistant, and...