[DCRM-L] FW: Mellon and CLIR Fund

[nina at supermodern.com]

FYI. For those of you who haven't see this yet...


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From: RLG Announcements to Partners [mailto:RLG-ANNOUNCE-L at OCLC.ORG] On
Behalf Of RLG
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:53 PM
To: RLG-ANNOUNCE-L at OCLC.ORG
Subject: Mellon and CLIR Fund "Hidden Collections" Program - RLG Partner
Opportunity

 

See the good news of this program at the following link:

Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives:
Building a New Research Environment
<http://www.clir.org/activities/details/hiddencollections.html> 

 

The problem of hidden collections has been known and discussed for more
than seven years. The RLG Partnership is very pleased that The Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation has awarded the Council on Library and Information
Resources (CLIR) $4.27 million for grants to support U.S. institutions
in identifying and cataloging hidden special collections and archives.
These grants present a real opportunity to improve our descriptive
approaches and thereby increase the visibility of these collections.

 

RLG Partner institutions have the kind of rich collections that should
be described, disclosed, discovered and used. Many of you will step up
to the challenge and respond to the call for proposals when it appears
in June. 

 

The Mellon/CLIR program properly highlights description of hidden
collections. It encourages speed and scale in order to make these
materials known to scholars and other interested users. However, there
are other important processes, beyond description, that uncover hidden
collections. RLG Partners are committed to exploring those questions and
establishing shared processes that connect institutional assets with
users. 

 

As you prepare grant proposals and consider larger issues, get in
touch-we will be happy to consult with you. 

 

There are a variety of ways in which the RLG Programs Partnership might
augment descriptive efforts by jointly exploring:

*	digitization's role in access, 
*	flow of descriptive data into a broad range of discovery
environments, 
*	collection of user feedback to inform further investment, and 
*	forms of delivery that are suitable to different user needs. 

 

This is an important opportunity to address descriptive challenges
collectively and to create a range of processes that make special
collections everywhere more visible and accessible to our users. 

 

We look forward to hearing from you. 

 

 

Merrilee Proffitt and Jennifer Schaffner

Program Officers

RLG Programs

777 Mariners Island Blvd., Suite 550

San Mateo, California 94404 

650.287.2140

merrilee_proffitt at oclc.org

jennifer_schaffner at oclc.org

www.oclc.org/programs 

 

 

 


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