REMINDER: LIPA annual meeting in Boston

The Legal Information Preservation Alliance invites AALL participants to its annual business meeting in Boston:

           Sunday, July 22, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Sheraton, Independence Ballroom West

Our agenda includes the presentation of a new strategic plan and a member discussion on the LIPA-NELLCO project to establish a shared print storage collection of U.S. primary legal materials.

Anyone interested in preservation and the work of the Legal Information Preservation Alliance is welcome to attend the meeting.

We also invite you to attend the LIPA co-sponsored program, B-3: Digital Content: The What, the How, and the Where, on Sunday, July 22, 1:15-2:45 pm in the Hynes Convention Center, Room 210. 

Margie 

********************************* Margaret K. Maes Executive Director Legal Information Preservation Alliance P. O. Box 5266 Bloomington, IN  47407 Phone: 812-822-2773 mailto:mkmaes@gmail.com

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LIPA election results

I am pleased to announce the results of our recent Board of Directors election. Congratulations to Darin Fox, Tory Trotta and Sally Wise, who have been elected to two-year terms on the Board.  Camille Broussard and Melanie Dunshee will continue on the Board for the second year of their terms.  Melanie Dunshee will chair the Board during 2012-2013.

I would like to thank all the candidates for agreeing to stand for election.  It is very gratifying that so many members are willing to give their time and talents to our growing organization.

Margie Maes, Executive Director

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NEH Preservation Assistance Grants to Smaller Institutions

Forwarded by Margie Maes

———- Forwarded message ———- From: Joffrion, Elizabeth <EJoffrion@neh.gov> Date: Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 3:08 PM Subject: [Digipres] NEH Preservation Assistance Grants to Smaller Institutions To: digipres@ala.org

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

DIVISION OF PRESERVATION AND ACCESS

Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions help small and mid-sized institutions, such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities, improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections.  Awards of up to $6000 support preservation related collection assessments, consultations, training and workshops, and institutional and collaborative disaster and emergency planning. Grants cover consultant fees, workshop registration fees, related travel and per diem expenses, and the costs of purchasing and shipping preservation supplies and equipment.

NEH has recently expanded of the kind of training that Preservation Assistance Grants supports.  In addition to general preservation workshops, these grants will support education and training in digital best practices and the management and preservation of digital resources.

All applications to the NEH must be submitted through Grants.gov. See the application guidelines for details.

The 2010 guidelines for Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions are available at http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pag.html. You will also find sample project descriptions, sample narratives, and a list of frequently asked questions. The deadline for applications is May 18, 2010.

U.S. nonprofit organizations are eligible, as are state and local governmental agencies and tribal governments. Individuals are not eligible to apply.

Small and mid-sized institutions that have never received an NEH grant are especially encouraged to apply.

For more information, contact the staff of NEH’s Division of Preservation and Access at 202-606-8570 and preservation@neh.gov.

Elizabeth Joffrion Senior Program Officer Division of Preservation and Access National Endowment for the Humanities 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20506 202-606-8570 (fax) 202-606-8639

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