[Lasa] Fw: BL Endangered Archives programme

Wed Sep 30 14:21:46 PDT 2009

Por favor pasar la voz a los archivos ecuatorianos...

Daisy V. Dominguez
Cohen Library, The City  College (CUNY)
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New York, New York 10031
ddominguez at ccny.cuny.edu
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METRO #40
Subject Librarian for History; Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies; and Spanish & Portuguese Literature 
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From: Gayle Williams <gwilliam at FIU.EDU>
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Subject: FW: BL Endangered Archives programme

From:Alencar Brayner,
Aquiles [mailto:Aquiles.AlencarBrayner at bl.uk] 
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 4:47 AM
Subject: BL Endangered Archives programme

  Dr. Aquiles Alencar Brayner
Curator, Latin American Collections
Room 150, Floor 2
The British Library, 96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB United Kingdom
Tel:  +44(0)20 7412 7709 Fax: +44(0)20 7412 7563
email: aquiles.alencar-brayner at bl.uk

Endangered Archives Programme, British Library

Call for grant applications

The Endangered Archives Programme
at the British Library is now accepting applications for the next round of
funding.  Detailed information on the timetable, criteria, eligibility
and procedures for applying for a grant is available on the Programme’s
website.  The deadline for receipt of preliminary grant applications is
6 November 2009. 

Since it was established five
years ago, the Programme has so far funded 120 projects in 52 countries in
grants totalling £3.3 million. The Programme is funded by Arcadia, in pursuit
of one of its charitable aims to preserve and disseminate cultural knowledge
and to promote education and research.  The aim of the Programme is to
contribute to the preservation of archival material worldwide that is in danger
of destruction, neglect or physical deterioration.

The Programme’s objectives are
achieved principally by awarding grants to applicants to locate relevant
endangered archival collections, where possible to arrange their transfer to a
suitable local archival home, and to deposit copies with local institutions and
the British Library. Pilot projects are particularly welcomed, to investigate
the survival of archival collections on a particular subject, in a discrete
region, or in a specific format, and the feasibility of their recovery.

To be considered for funding
under the Programme, the archival material should relate to a ‘pre-modern'
period of a society's history. There is no prescriptive definition of this, but
it may typically mean, for instance, any period before industrialisation. The
relevant time period will therefore vary according to the society.  The
endangered archival material will normally be located in countries where resources
and opportunities to preserve such material are lacking or limited.

For the purposes of the
Programme, the term ‘archival material’ is interpreted widely to include rare
printed books, newspapers and periodicals, audio and audio-visual materials,
photographs and manuscripts. 

The Programme does not offer
grants to support the normal running activities of an archive, although the
Programme may offer support for costs directly related to the acceptance of
relocated material.

The Programme is administered by
the British Library and applications are considered in an annual competition by
an international panel of historians and archivists.

For further details of the
projects funded to date as well as application procedures and documentation,
please visit the Programme’s website.

Web:    www.bl.uk/endangeredarchives
Email:  endangeredarchives at bl.uk    

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