OpportunityTitle: Library of Congress - Of the People: Widening the Path: CCDI &#8211; Libraries, Archives and Museums
CategoryExplanation: The Library of Congress is announcing a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to award a grant in support of libraries, archives or museums in creatively using technology to incorporate digital Library of Congress materials into new stories that center the lives, perspectives and experiences of Black, Indigenous and other communities of color in the United States.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: - Libraries, Archives, Museums or community archives;- A non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S. organization, unit of state or local government or federally recognized tribal community or tribe; - Based in any of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, commonwealths (Puerto Rico and Northern Mariana Islands) and territories (Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands); and- Proposing a project to be conducted within the United States or U.S. commonwealth or territory.
Description: The Library of Congress seeks to award a grant to support the creative and wide-ranging use of Library collections and the connective powers of technology to serve Black, Indigenous, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander or other racial and ethnic minority populations within the United States in sharing stories about America&#8217;s past, present, and future. Projects funded through this program will use items from across the Library&#8217;s digital collections, and may describe, display, and re-mix them, in keeping with copyright and other laws, in whatever ways are most valuable to their own context. For this grant, technology can be used in simple or in complex ways, and successful applicants may develop new technologies or make use of existing platforms, tools, or approaches, such as social media platforms, or multimedia productions. The important factor in a successful project is the connections it enables in communities, and the impact of the project on its creators, users, and audience. See Notice of Funding Opportunity for additional details. &#65279;Amendment 0001 The proposal submission deadline has been amended, see the revised NOFO for details. &#65279;Amendment 0002 The purpose of this amendment is to clarify the proposal due dates in the Notice of Funding Opportunity.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Ramon Samuel
GrantorContactText: Ramon Samuel