NN/LM SCR Funding Opportunities Now Open

The NN/LM SCR is pleased to announce the funding opportunities for 2014-2015: Digital Preservation and Access (DiPA) Award The purpose of the Digital Preservation and Access (DiPA) Award is to increase accessibility to historically significant and unique items in the South Central Region by providing funding for Network members to digitize portions of their collections. Collections considered for digital preservation under this award should increase accessibility of health/medical collections. These digital collections will then be made freely available online. Amount of funding: $20,000 Disaster Preparedness Award The purpose of the Disaster Preparedness Award is to help libraries prepare for disasters so that they can assist their communities with health information and other recovery needs after an emergency. Approaches can include, but are not limited to, activities that will integrate the library into their community’s emergency preparedness, response and recovery plan; equipment that will allow the library to have more flexibility in responding to the Internet needs of the community; and partnerships with city emergency planning groups, hospitals, public health organizations to enhance health information access in library settings. Amount of funding: $8,000 Electronic Consumer Health Outreach Award The purpose of the Electronic Consumer Health Outreach Award is to connect health professionals, their patients and the general public to the health information resources f...
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