Project Grant PW23472116

The Paley Center for Media was awarded a $1,501,487 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Save America's Treasures federal grant program (CFDA 15.929). The grant will support the digitization and cataloging of approximately 2,500 items from the Paley Center's collection pertaining to African American history, including rare and at-risk television media and historic programming featuring notable figures. The digitized materials will be used by the...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $305,343 Project Grant to the Internet Archive under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to develop a comprehensive reference resource of key art history and humanities collections published online. Working in partnership with the New York Art Resources Consortium, consisting of the Frick Art Reference Library, Museum of Modern Art, and Brooklyn Museum, the Internet Archive will create a...

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...

The Museum of Contemporary Photography received a $519,181 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to digitize and catalog approximately 6,000 artworks from its permanent collection. The grant will support hiring and training two curatorial assistants who will research and update artist biographies and catalog content based on surveys with artists, their agents, and families. This project will result in increased public...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded $141,426 under the Museums for America federal grant program to digitize the photo archive of the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale, Arkansas. The museum will use the funding to digitize its Washington County Historical Society Collection, consisting of over 1,000 regionally significant images from 1850 to 1970. By making the collection available online on an on-demand basis 24 hours a day, the museum aims to increase access for...

The Emily Dickinson Museum received a $244,216 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program to improve collections documentation by digitizing approximately 8,000 institutional records and artifacts related to the family of American poet Emily Dickinson. The project will involve scanning physical records and managing the digitized files in the museum's digital asset management system. Museum staff will also travel to other...

The Avon Free Public Library was awarded a $116,606 Save America's Treasures Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to preserve and digitize historically significant materials. Under the award, set to run from November 2022 through October 2024, the library will focus on digitizing collections from four 19th century farmsteads, an 18th century house, and a Gothic Revival schoolhouse that are part of the Pine Grove Historic District. Additionally, materials from the...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $148,428 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities (CFDA 45.169) program to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the "Project Ballyhoo" initiative. This 2-year project aims to analyze the circulation and impact of publicity text and promotional images in 20th century digitized periodical collections. Key objectives include enhancing computational methods for analyzing text and image reuse, and...

The Milwaukee Art Museum will undertake a $830,830 project grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to digitally image 3,000 works from its permanent collection for online access. Prioritizing artwork by artists of color, women, and those conveying narratives of marginalized communities, the Museum will make these collection images available on its website by August 2024. This initiative aims to inform the...

The Withers Collection, Inc., a non-profit organization, received a $100,000 federal Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will fund the enhancement of the museum's stewardship of its collection by archivally storing and digitizing approximately 4,000 photographs from its collection that document civil rights history and African American life and culture....