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<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The State Library of Ohio is pleased to announce a new grant program for libraries enabling them to digitize and create new collections for the </span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.la%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7Ce9e0e31cb1054661ff2308d85b3d0386%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637359664897692876&sdata=hWBZz3BWE%2BQF3VBMIDwuJM0rR38MdbUGvFVOderwwLQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="https://dp.la/"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Digital
Public Library of America</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">. Through work with
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fohiodigitalnetwork.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7Ce9e0e31cb1054661ff2308d85b3d0386%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637359664897697854&sdata=V%2Fn%2F5h%2F7hjyqsd1QvFmcrA26TCIGo1ZUMpirIBcMJnE%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Ohio
Digital Network</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">, Ohio’s DPLA Hub, and support from the </span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imls.gov%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7Ce9e0e31cb1054661ff2308d85b3d0386%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637359664897702831&sdata=kWie9a6r0HYcTqRCezZyhM5EyYgT334saILUSxIGTmo%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="https://www.imls.gov/"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Institute
of Museum and Library Services</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">, libraries who are not currently contributing to DPLA can apply for up to $4,999 to remediate metadata for collections that have already
been digitized and create new digital collections. DPLA brings digital collections from cultural heritage collections all across the U.S. together in one place and makes them freely accessible to all. Libraries, archives, and museums in Ohio already contribute </span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.la%2Fsearch%3Fpartner%3D%2522Ohio%2520Digital%2520Network%2522&data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7Ce9e0e31cb1054661ff2308d85b3d0386%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637359664897707811&sdata=G%2Fvt2gwJD42%2Fb5rsaPC6ZmhgX9PYl0zD4V77zE%2FYS20%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" title="https://dp.la/search?partner=%22ohio%20digital%20network%22"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">over
200,000 items</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> to this national project, and with this grant, your organization can be a part of the project, too!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Applications are due by <strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Monday November 2, 2020</span></strong>, and an </span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2FPages%2FResponsePage.aspx%3Fid%3DxPz4UNiUB0-E6zbtV8fIoltqBgEdu_tHi4NC-68gbylUODZOR1YxNE1XVk9UOVY4RkZCNVhCTzQ1Ti4u&data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7Ce9e0e31cb1054661ff2308d85b3d0386%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637359664897712787&sdata=kbxNuKDJlIHohreLtg4590EEaQ6rzp3r%2F4MncGrPkgo%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">informational
webinar </span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">will be held on <strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Wednesday October 7th, at 11 a.m</span></strong>. You can find more information and
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