GRANT OPPORTUNITY REMINDER FROM NEDCC  - AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS          
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CLIR RECORDINGS AT RISK - Third Round Now Open       

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is now accepting applications from collecting institutions for the digital reformatting of audio and audiovisual materials, in its third call for the Recordings at Risk grant program. Generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Recordings at Risk is focused on digitizing "at-risk" audio and audiovisual materials of high scholarly value. 
For the third call, CLIR will award grants of between $10,000 and $50,000 for digital reformatting projects between 3 and 12 months carried out between May 2018 and April 2019.           

DEADLINE:  February 9, 2018. Awards will be announced April 30, 2018.           

ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES: All audio and audiovisual formats are eligible, though applicants must partner with a qualified external service provider that can perform technically competent and cost-effective digital reformatting for the nominated format(s).         

FREE WEBINAR: CLIR will hold an informational webinar for prospective applicants on December 6 at 2:00 pm Eastern time. Please follow this link for more information: https://www.clir.org/recordings-at-risk/applicant-resources.            

COMPLETE INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES HERE:  https://www.clir.org/recordings-at-risk/        

INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH NEDCC on a CLIR/RAR Audio Preservation project?               
Contact Bryce Roe, Manager of Audio Preservation Services, broe (at) nedcc (dot) org.      

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