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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="margin:0px">The Institute of Museum and Library Services has extended DC Public Library's<span> </span></span><a href="https://memorylabnetwork.github.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://memorylabnetwork.github.io/" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px"><span data-markjs="true" class="markx2fnrszsc" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Memory</span><span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markt16ohof8m" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Lab</span><span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markhnoagba1r" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Network</span></a><span style="margin:0px"><span> </span>to
fund a grand total of 16 library partners. The application for the third and final cohort is open! Partners will be selected by the project Advisory Board to receive funding for equipment, training, and one-on-one mentoring to build a<span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markx2fnrszsc" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Memory</span><span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markt16ohof8m" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Lab</span><span> </span>in
their community.<span> </span><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1_wgrcJ4CCw6RqyG6X6M5iv9jSdrznV-utZMq5NQpM9U%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&data=04%7C01%7Cgallob%40michigan.gov%7C51e9b93ee5bb42930e0108d9c03aac67%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637752180505245612%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=knJgSFfHdGaQA1noQZ0y6WQKrUOf6k6VQKUOlhFwssM%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1_wgrcJ4CCw6RqyG6X6M5iv9jSdrznV-utZMq5NQpM9U%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&data=04%7C01%7Cgallob%40michigan.gov%7C51e9b93ee5bb42930e0108d9c03aac67%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637752180505245612%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=knJgSFfHdGaQA1noQZ0y6WQKrUOf6k6VQKUOlhFwssM%3D&reserved=0" data-linkindex="1" style="margin:0px">More
information on the application and process can be found here</a>.</span></span>
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<div style="margin:0px"><b>Applications due: Friday February 4, 2022</b></div>
<div style="margin:0px"><b>Application awards notified: Monday March 7, 2022</b></div>
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<div style="margin:0px"><i style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">What's a <span data-markjs="true" class="markx2fnrszsc" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="">Memory</span> <span data-markjs="true" class="markt16ohof8m" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="">Lab</span>?</i><br>
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<div style="margin:0px">A “do-it-yourself” program consisting of three key components: a<span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markt16ohof8m" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">lab</span><span> </span>with equipment
for transferring audio and video and scanning photographs, documents, and slides in a public computing space; digital preservation class curricula and training for the public; and a website with equipment and workflow instructions and resources for long-term
storage and preservation of analog and digital materials.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px"><i>What's the<span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markx2fnrszsc" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Memory</span><span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markt16ohof8m" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Lab</span><span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markhnoagba1r" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Network</span>?</i></div>
<div style="margin:0px">In spring 2017, the Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded DC Public Library (DCPL) a National Leadership Grant to build<span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markx2fnrszsc" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Memory</span><span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markt16ohof8m" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Lab</span><span> </span>preservation
programs in public libraries across the U.S. based on the DCPL<span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markx2fnrszsc" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Memory</span><span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markt16ohof8m" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Lab</span><span> </span>model.
All<span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markx2fnrszsc" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Memory</span><span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markt16ohof8m" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Lab</span><span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markhnoagba1r" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Network</span><span> </span>partners
receive training, mentoring and financial support to create digitization stations and curricula to build public knowledge and skills around the complex and paralyzing problems of personal digital archiving through their own<span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markx2fnrszsc" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Memory</span><span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markt16ohof8m" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Lab</span><span> </span>programs.
The project will result in open documentation and training materials for future implementations of the<span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markx2fnrszsc" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Memory</span><span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markt16ohof8m" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Lab</span><span> </span>model
on a global scale.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px"><i>How long is the<span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markx2fnrszsc" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Memory</span><span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markt16ohof8m" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Lab</span><span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markhnoagba1r" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Network</span><span> </span>project?</i></div>
<span style="margin:0px">Over one year beginning in March 2022, two staff members at each partner library will dedicate a combined 10 hours weekly to building the<span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markt16ohof8m" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">lab</span>,
teaching classes, and contributing to the project. The library is responsible for maintaining the<span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markt16ohof8m" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">lab</span><span> </span>once
the project has ended in March of 2023. </span></div>
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DC Public Library<br>
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