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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#181818">The Ohio Local History Alliance (OLHA) is now accepting applications for its digitization grant program! OLHA will award <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">a
total of up to $7,500 </span></strong>to preserve local history collections through digitization. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The grant is given yearly to OLHA members. The maximum award to be given to a single institution is $2,500.</span></strong> The
collections selected for digitization should be important to the history of the area represented by the applicant and/or to the history of Ohio.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#181818">Grant recipients will receive an Ohio Memory collection to publicly display their digital content. Each collection will
be branded with the grantee’s logo and organizational information. For more information about the Ohio Memory Program, please visit <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ohiomemory.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal">www.ohiomemory.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#181818;background:white">The deadline is Tuesday, February 15, 2022.</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#181818;background:white"> Grantees
will be notified by April 1<sup>st</sup> with projects beginning no earlier than May 1<sup>st</sup>. Projects should be completed 12 months after start date.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#181818"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information, including grant application requirements, please visit
<a href="https://ohiolha.org/what-we-do/grants/alliance-digitization-grants/">https://ohiolha.org/what-we-do/grants/alliance-digitization-grants/</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Jenni Salamon (she/her) | Manager, Digital Services</b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ohio History Connection | 800 E. 17<sup>th</sup> Ave., Columbus, OH 43211<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">p. 614.297.2579 | f. 614.297.2546 |<span style="color:black">
<a href="mailto:jsalamon@ohiohistory.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">jsalamon@ohiohistory.org</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Ohio History Connection’s <a href="https://www.ohiohistory.org/about-us">
<span style="color:#0563C1">mission</span></a> is to spark discovery of Ohio’s stories. Embrace the present, share the past and transform the future.
</b><b><span style="background:white">Support the Ohio History Connection: <a href="http://www.ohiohistory.org/give">
<span style="color:#0563C1">www.ohiohistory.org/give</span></a>. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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