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<p class="MsoNormal">Join us for our virtual meeting, Monday March 22, 2021 10:30AM meeting,
<b>Grant Funding Opportunities for Digitization in Ohio</b>! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Please register by 5pm Thurs March 18 (to be sent the Zoom link).
<a href="https://forms.gle/PvhirPiHrUuVGLyr5">https://forms.gle/PvhirPiHrUuVGLyr5</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All are welcome.<i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>About: </b>After a year of pandemic and economic uncertainty it has never been more important to find out where your organization can get additional financial assistance to help meet its goals. To that end please join OhioDIG for a panel
presentation with representatives from groups in Ohio that make available funds for digitization projects: Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board, Ohio History Fund, Ohio Humanities, Ohio Local History Alliance, and State Library of Ohio. (Note: We last covered
this topic at our March 2017 <a href="https://ohiodig.org/meetings">meeting</a>.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Speakers: </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Cindy Boyden, Library Consultant - LSTA, State Library of Ohio;
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Virginia Dressler, Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board member and Digital Projects Librarian, Kent State University;
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Betsy Hedler, PhD, Team Lead, AmeriCorps and Partnerships, Local History Services Department, Ohio History Connection;
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<p class="MsoNormal">- David Merkowitz, PhD, Assistant Director, Ohio Humanities;
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Andy Verhoff, Ohio History Fund & outreach manager, Ohio History Connection<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Program<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- <a href="https://library.ohio.gov/services-for-libraries/lsta-grants/">Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)</a>: Cindy will share information on LSTA grant opportunities available through the State Library of Ohio for digitization.
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<p class="MsoNormal">- <a href="http://ohrab.org/grants/regrant/">Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board (OHRAB)</a>: Virginia will address the particulars of the re-grants from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
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<p class="MsoNormal">- <a href="https://www.ohiohistory.org/preserve/local-history-services/history-fund">Ohio History Fund</a>: Andy will describe the History Fund grant program of the Ohio History Connection.
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<p class="MsoNormal">- <a href="http://www.ohiohumanities.org/grants-2/">Ohio Humanities</a>: David will discuss how an organization can apply for support for digitization from Ohio Humanities in the context of a larger public-facing project.
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<p class="MsoNormal">- <a href="https://ohiolha.org/what-we-do/grants/alliance-digitization-grants/">Ohio Local History Alliance (OLHA)</a>: Betsy will explain the Alliance's digitization granting program available to its members.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Agenda:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- 10:30-11:30: Presentation (45 minutes) and Q&A (15 minutes)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- 11:30-noon...: All attendee update<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Site:</b> VIRTUAL (Zoom)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Host:</b> John Dewees, Toledo Lucas County Public Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>OhioDIG Contacts:</b> Nicole Sutton, Sidney Gao, John Dewees (<a href="https://ohiodig.org/about">Committee contact page</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Tours: </b>Check out virtual tours of cultural heritage institutions across Ohio on the
<a href="https://ohiodig.org/resources/ohiodig-virtual-tours">OhioDIG Virtual Tours page</a>!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">About OhioDIG: The Ohio Digitization Interest Group is an informal discussion group open to all with an interest in digitization, preservation and access in the archives/library/museum/historical society world. We meet every other month
(Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Meetings: <a href="https://ohiodig.org/meetings"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://ohiodig.org/meetings</span></a> | Listserv:
<a href="https://ohiodig.org/listserv"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://ohiodig.org/listserv</span></a> | Regional Events Calendar:
<a href="https://ohiodig.org/calendar"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://ohiodig.org/calendar</span></a> | Facebook:
<a href="https://facebook.com/groups/OhioDIG/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://facebook.com/groups/OhioDIG/</span></a> | Twitter:
<a href="https://twitter.com/OhioDIGgroup"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://twitter.com/OhioDIGgroup</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Janet Carleton | <i>
Working from home</i> | <a href="https://www.ohio.edu/library/coronavirus">https://www.ohio.edu/library/coronavirus</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Preservation and Digital Initiatives | OHIO University Libraries | 1 Ohio University | Alden 333 | Athens, Ohio | 740.597.2527 |
</span><a href="mailto:carleton@ohio.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">carleton@ohio.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> |
</span><a href="https://media.library.ohio.edu/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">https://media.library.ohio.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Pronouns: she, her, hers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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