Update: Thanks to all who attended these webinars. For those who requested copies of the slides, and for those who could not attend but would like to see the slides used during the webinar, they are available here: SGER2015
NHPRC will be hosting two webinars to answer questions of those interested in the State Government Electronic Records grant program. The webinar schedule and instructions appear at the end of the message.
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks projects that will accession, describe, preserve, and provide access to state government electronic records of enduring value. Government information maintained by state archives is a national asset, serving as important resources for documenting rights and capturing the national experience. The NHPRC will support projects that actively engage in activities that preserve electronic record assets and make them available for public discovery.
The Commission encourages collaborative projects that bring together multiple parties to plan for and carry out project goals and outcomes. The NHPRC strongly encourages applicants to leverage the resources resulting from the Council of State Archivists’ State Electronic Records Initiative (SERI) to inform their work.
Projects in this program cannot digitize historical records. If you intend to digitize as part of archival processing of materials, refer to the Access to Historical Records grant announcement. If you already have description information in place and want to create digital surrogates, refer to the Digital Dissemination of Archival Collections grant announcement. In addition, projects cannot establish electronic document management systems that only manage born-digital records with limited retention periods.
Applications requesting support for these activities will be considered ineligible in this program.
A grant normally is for one to three years and up to $200,000. The Commission expects to make 3 or more grants in this category, for a total of up to $600,000. Grants begin no earlier than July 1, 2016.
Deadlines:
DRAFT 3 August 2015
FINAL 8 October 2015.
Webinars will be held:
Friday, 26 June @ 3:00 p.m. Eastern
Wednesday, 1 July @ 4:00 p.m. Eastern
Webinar attendees will need to click on the following link
(https://connect16.uc.att.com/gsa1/meet/?ExEventID=86764535) and enter their name and email address. You do not need to pre-register for these webinars.
Please email me at nancy.melley@nara.gov if you have any questions.