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<p class="MsoNormal">The days may be getting shorter, but we are happy to share that
<b>your</b> <b>window to apply for the <a href="https://library.ohio.gov/services-for-libraries/lsta-grants/metadata-mini-grants/#About">
Metadata Mini-Grant</a> has been extended!</b> <br>
Applications are now due on <b>Friday July 29<sup>th</sup></b>, so if you have an existing or planned digital collection of 250 or more items and you’d like $4,999 to pay someone to help you add it to the
<a href="https://dp.la/about">Digital Public Library of America</a>, this could be the grant you’ve been waiting for. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Grant money can be used to pay for both digitization and metadata remediation services, either with a vendor or independent contractor, and you have until March 2023 to complete the project.
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<p class="MsoNormal">More info and links below, please contact me with any questions.<br>
We are also still able to review drafts up through July 19<sup>th</sup>!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">Ohio Digital Network Project Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E"><a href="https://ohiodigitalnetwork.org"><span style="color:blue">ohiodigitalnetwork.org</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E"><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">library.ohio.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Description automatically generated with low confidence" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"></a><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The
State Library of Ohio is pleased to announce the third round <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flibrary.ohio.gov%2Fservices-for-libraries%2Flsta-grants%2Fmetadata-mini-grants&data=05%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C075528e6004246855d6b08da637a1d68%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637931673378155636%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=bfmt1LnqNfR%2FXzJwtX8i%2BDq%2FfEc%2BHPl2fPoKOe0A9IY%3D&reserved=0">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">of</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"> </span><b>Metadata Mini-Grants</b></a><b>.</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">This
grant enables libraries to digitize and create new collections for the</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.la%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C075528e6004246855d6b08da637a1d68%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637931673378155636%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cN26Toa8gkXzw1tjvbknqJgel0kyu72Aicd81m1hCto%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><b>Digital
Public Library of America</b></a>. Applications are due by</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Friday July 29, 2022</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Through work with</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fohiodigitalnetwork.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C075528e6004246855d6b08da637a1d68%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637931673378155636%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=E4r9KHve89AvATFYHlpq9vgOnosidQN2Vt%2BascDRei4%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><b>Ohio
Digital Network</b></a>, Ohio’s DPLA Hub, and support from the</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imls.gov%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C075528e6004246855d6b08da637a1d68%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637931673378155636%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=T0oYe5f6mBZJJvjIIUdM4ML9AjfS%2FVQ7eb8P2a3DFH8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><b>Institute
of Museum and Library Services</b></a>, libraries can apply for up to $4,999 to remediate metadata for collections that have already been digitized and create new digital collections.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">DPLA brings digital collections from cultural heritage collections across the U.S. together in one place and makes them freely accessible to all. Libraries, archives,
and museums in Ohio have already contributed</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.la%2Fsearch%3Fpartner%3D%2522Ohio%2520Digital%2520Network%2522&data=05%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C075528e6004246855d6b08da637a1d68%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637931673378155636%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4lRCGM7Ye9yX3D8PXLV2AJ7C0wXomuV5hojrQ8tHvGo%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><b>300,000
items</b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flibrary.ohio.gov%2Fservices-for-libraries%2Flsta-grants%2Fmetadata-mini-grants%2F%23Apply&data=05%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C075528e6004246855d6b08da637a1d68%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637931673378155636%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZCxjXLbDezCQNcXMtyy8duzh%2Fz0RtlWjCM8YCf%2BuXnw%3D&reserved=0">Applications</a>
are due by</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">5:00 p.m. on Friday July 29, 2022</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">You can find more information and application instructions on the</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flibrary.ohio.gov%2Fservices-for-libraries%2Flsta-grants%2Fmetadata-mini-grants%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C075528e6004246855d6b08da637a1d68%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637931673378155636%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ALoB12RHr64I78LiFuPNP1xgFyNgvimIt35hHNFyd1E%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><b>State
Library’s website</b></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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