Preservation and Access Virtual Education Laboratory for Digital Humanities

Recipient: Wallace, David (Ann Arbor, MI 481091107 USA) in affiliation with University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA)

Goal: Funding supports the development of curriculum modules and a virtual laboratory for graduate-level coursework in preserving and enhancing access to digital humanities resources as well as for use in the Digital Preservation Management Workshop, a continuing education program hosted annually at the University of Michigan by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).

Description: The University of Michigan School of Information (SI) seeks funding to develop and implement a virtual laboratory featuring digital access and preservation tools. These tools will be integrated into Masters??? level coursework in two specializations preparing information management and cultural heritage professionals: Preservation of Information (PI) and Archives and Records Management (ARM). These tools will also be assessed and integrated into the Digital Preservation Management Workshops hosted by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). Educating a new generation of digital archivists or curators is essential to create, build, and sustain digital humanities collections and to ensure that they are accessible to humanities scholars in a variety of fields. Specifically, this proposal seeks support to: develop and implement curricular modules; develop and implement an IT teaching virtual lab; disseminate tools, specifications, and curricula modules.

Grant: 200049 / PE-50043-10,   Category: Archival Management and Conservation,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation Education and Training,   Year Awarded: 2010

Providing Access to Manuscript Collections Related to Early American History

Recipient: DeWolfe, Barbara (Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190 USA) in affiliation with University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA)

Goal: The production and upgrading of finding aids and catalog records for improved access to 426 manuscript collections, amounting to 593 linear feet, dealing with early American history.

Description: The William L. Clements Library, at the University of Michigan, is applying for funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support a two-year project to provide new or improved access to collections of historical importance for the study of early American history. We have selected 426 collections, for which we need new or better finding aids. These collections pertain to landmark events in early American history, from the middle of the 18th century to 1870, and are of exceptional importance. The goals of the project are to have online finding aids in EAD (Encoded Archival Description) format for our web site, and records in MARC (MAchine Readable Cataloging record) format for the University of Michigan's online catalog, MIRLYN. These records will then be uploaded to OCLC (Online Computer Library Center), and ArchiveGrid, both of which are accessible databases.

Grant: 194413 / PW-50320-09,   Category: American History,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Humanities Collections and Reference Resources,   Year Awarded: 2009

Digital Preservation Management Training

Recipient: McGovern, Nancy (Ann Arbor, MI 48106 USA) in affiliation with University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA)

Goal: Four week-long workshops for advanced training in the preservation of digital materials in cultural institutions and six shorter topical workshops, addressing selected issues in depth. A total of 192 members of the managerial and technical staffs of collecting institutions would participate. In addition, an online introductory tutorial on the basics of digital preservation would be freely available.

Description: This project will continue to develop and build on the Cornell core curriculum for the five-day version of this popular workshop series; develop and offer one-day and two-day advanced workshops on key themes and issues in response to requests from workshop participants; increase the base of experienced workshop instructors through the establishment and evaluation of a train-the-trainers program; and extend the reach of the workshop through the identification and coordination of a network of interested institutions and associations. Feasible and effective management of digital preservation programs by cultural organizations is essential as the extent and significance of digital content grows. This workshop provides managers (including content creators) in cultural organizations with the understanding, techniques, tools, and confidence to enable effective digital preservation management.

Grant: 189586 / PE-50016-08,   Category: Archival Management and Conservation,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation Education and Training,   Year Awarded: 2008

Music of the United States of America (MUSA): A National Series

Recipient: Crawford, Richard (Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA) in affiliation with American Musicological Society (Brunswick, ME 04011-8451 USA)

Goal: Preparation for publication of volumes 19-24 and continued editorial work on four other volumes. (36 months)

Description: The American Musicological Society, through its Committee on the Publication of American Music (COPAM), has planned, organized, and is now publishing a national series of scholarly editions of American music. Funds are sought to continue the salary of the executive editor, who maintains the project's headquarters, assists the volume editors in their work, and acts as principal developmental editor and copy editor for the MUSA series.

Grant: 191445 / RQ-50327-08,   Category: Music History and Criticism,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Scholarly Editions,   Year Awarded: 2008

Kelsey Museum Collections Storage

Recipient: Herbert, Sharon (Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1390 USA) in affiliation with University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA)

Goal: The relocation of archaeological artifacts to a new repository and purchase of storage furniture for rehousing the collection from the Egyptian Graeco-Roman site of Karanis.

Description: The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology is requesting NEH support towards rehousing and stabilizing our unique and fragile collections. This effort is part of a much larger project ? the construction of a new wing with state-of-the-art climate control throughout. We are asking the NEH for funds to purchase 36 compact storage units; 209 linear feet of open, visible storage casework; and professional packers and movers for large objects in the collection. We also request salaries for temporary employees to assist in the treatment and preparation of objects prior to the move and the physical transfer of the collection to the new facility. The proposal also includes costs for associated supplies and materials. This undertaking will enable us to house and stabilize our entire collection together in the new, climate-controlled storage facility, and provide stable, controlled environments for objects used extensively for teaching.

Grant: 186036 / PZ-50071-07,   Category: Archaeology,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Stabilization Grants,   Year Awarded: 2007

The Golden Chronicle: Translation of a 20th Century Tibetan Text

Recipient: Lopez, Donald S (Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 USA) in affiliation with University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA)

Goal: Translation of The Golden Chronicle, the Story of a Cosmopolitan's Pilgrimage, by the Tibetan monk, philosopher, and artist, Gendün Chöpel (1905-1951). The Chronicle is considered the most significant work of Tibetan scholarship of the 20th century. (24 months)

Description: Gendün Chöpel (1903-1951) is widely regarded as the most important Tibetan intellectual of the 20th century. Almost half of his collected writings comprise a single work, entitled "The Golden Chronicle, the Story of a Cosmopolitan's Pilgrimage." Composed and illustrated between 1936 and 1941, this work is often described as his "travel journals." It is much more than that, representing his encounter, and conversation, with classical Indian culture, as well as with modernity, as they appeared to him in colonial south Asia. It is also Gendün Chöpel's urgent call to his compatriots to recognize and engage that modernity. Written in a mixture of conversational prose and elegant poetry, it is the most significant work of Tibetan scholarship of the 20th century. The purpose of this project is to make this work available to a broad audience in the humanities by producing the first English translation of "The Golden Chronicle."

Grant: 186318 / RZ-50686-07,   Category: South Asian History,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Collaborative Research,   Year Awarded: 2007

Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World - A Traveling Exhibition for Libraries

Recipient: Soave, Terry A (Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA) in affiliation with Ann Arbor District Library

Grant: 186962 / LS-50061-07,   Category: American Literature,   Division: Public Programs,   Program: Small Grants to Libraries: John Adams Unbound,   Year Awarded: 2007

The China Mirror Project: Object-based Case Studies for Teaching China Humanities

Recipient: Powers, Martin (Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1357 USA) in affiliation with University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA)

Goal: The development of six additional modules for The China Mirror Project, an online resource in Chinese culture which consists of case studies of cultural objects.

Grant: 181099 / EE-50404-06,   Category: Interdisciplinary,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development,   Year Awarded: 2006

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Recipient: Herbert, Sharon (Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1390 USA) in affiliation with University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA)

Goal: The renovation of space and the addition of air conditioning and fireproofing as well as an endowment for staff salaries within a university museum of archaeology

Description: The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology (KMA) is a unit in the College of Literature Science and the Arts at the University of Michigan. As our mission statement makes clear the Kelsey Museum serves multiple audiences, ranging from the international scholarly community through the students of the University of Michigan to the general public. In all our programs we aim to integrate the needs of these audiences. With the current project we are striving to enhance our service to all our audiences, but in particular the general public, with the addition of enlarged and improved exhibit space and staff to produce and maintain state of the art public displays. Our challenge grant funding raising program seeks additional endowment to fund staff positions to realize the exhibit potential of our new space and also to help with refitting the old spaces to maximize their use for study and display.

Grant: 171077 / CH-50133-05,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Challenge Grants,   Program: Challenge Grants,   Year Awarded: 2005

Advanced Papyrological Information System, Phase 5 [APIS]

Recipient: Gagos, Traianos (Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1205 USA) in affiliation with University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA)

Goal: The creation of an integrated information system for Internet access to papyri collections held by major repositories in the United States, which will combine text, catalog records, bibliography, and images of these materials.

Grant: 174329 / PA-51204-05,   Category: Archival Management and Conservation,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 2005

The REALIA Project: An Online Public Media Archive for Language Instruction

Recipient: Jansson, Eric (Ann Arbor, MI 78626 USA) in affiliation with Ithaka Harbors, Inc. (New York, NY 10021 USA)

Goal: The development of an online archive of visual materials for teaching foreign languages and cultures.

Grant: 175762 / EE-50205-05,   Category: Languages,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development,   Year Awarded: 2005

Music of the United States of America (MUSA): A National Series of Scholarly Editions

Recipient: Crawford, Richard (Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA) in affiliation with American Musicological Society (Brunswick, ME 04011-8451 USA)

Goal: Publication of volumes 16-20, and continued editorial work on volumes 21-29. (36 months)

Description: The American Musicological Society, through its Committee on the Publication of American Music (COPAM), has planned, organized, and is now publishing a national series of scholarly editions of American music. Funds are sought to continue the salary of the executive editor, who maintains the project's headquarters, assists the volume editors in their work, and acts as principal developmental editor and copy editor for the MUSA series.

Grant: 175882 / RQ-50122-05,   Category: Music History and Criticism,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Scholarly Editions,   Year Awarded: 2005

Creating a Grammar, Dictionary, and Texts of the Dogon Languages of Mali, West Africa

Recipient: Heath, Jeffrey (Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 USA) in affiliation with University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA)

Goal: Conducting fieldwork on the Dogon languages of Mali, West Africa, for the creation of a reference grammar, dictionary, and collected texts, with commentaries in French and English.

Grant: 168016 / PA-50643-04,   Category: Linguistics,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 2004

Enhancing Access to North American and World Archaeology Images in the James B. Griffin Collection

Recipient: Ford, Richard I (Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079 USA) in affiliation with University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA)

Goal: The digitization of 35 mm color slides, dating from 1950 to 1980, that document archaeological sites, excavations, and artifacts from the eastern and southwestern United States, and Europe. Encoded finding aids and machine-readable bibliographic records will also be created for these materials.

Grant: 168049 / PA-50676-04,   Category: Anthropology,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 2004

Advanced Papyrological Information System, Phase 4 [APIS]

Recipient: Gagos, Traianos (Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1205 USA) in affiliation with University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA)

Goal: The creation of an integrated information system for Internet access to papyri collections held by major repositories in the United States, which will combine text, catalog records, bibliography, and images of these materials.

Grant: 162756 / PA-50166-03,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 2003

Technology, Health, and Empire in the Nuclear Age: A Global and Local History of Uranium Mining and Miners

Recipient: Hecht, Gabrielle (Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA) in affiliation with University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Goal: Research on a comparative history of uranium mining in southern Africa and in North America that will focus on the history of the awareness of radiation hazards to the health of workers. (36 months)

Description: What has global nuclear development meant for local communities? How have nuclear technologies shaped relationships between developing nations and nuclear powers? This project explores the history of uranium mining as a set of interacting technological, medical, political, and cultural practices in global, local, and comparative perspective. The overall project explores four key zones from the late 1940s to the 1990s: Francophone Africa; native lands in North America; Australian Aboriginal territories; and Namibia and South Africa. This funding request focuses specifically on southern Africa and Navajo lands, and investigates the history of the health and safety of workers in those sites.

Grant: 162848 / RZ-50033-03,   Category: History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Collaborative Research,   Year Awarded: 2003

Preserving, Digitizing, and Providing Access to the Philippine-American Collection, Phase Two

Recipient: Gosling, William A (Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA) in affiliation with University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Goal: Preserving and creating access to historical materials that are related to America's involvement in the Philippines from 1870 to 1920.

Grant: 158352 / PA-24181-02,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 2002

Music of the United States of America (MUSA): A National Series of Scholarly Editions

Recipient: Crawford, Richard (Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA) in affiliation with American Musicological Society (Brunswick, ME 04011-8451 USA)

Goal: To support seven volumes of a scholarly edition of American music from the early years of of the republic to the present.

Grant: 122615 / RZ-20921-02,   Category: Music History and Criticism,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Collaborative Research,   Year Awarded: 2002

Processing and Creating Access to the Manuscript Collections on the History of North American Archaeology

Recipient: Bartlett, Nancy (Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA) in affiliation with University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Goal: The arrangement and description of six archival collections, dating from 1880 to 1996, that document the history and development of modern American archaeology.

Grant: 158351 / PA-24180-02,   Category: Archival Management and Conservation,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 2002

Condition Assessment

Recipient: Ford, Richard I (Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079 USA) in affiliation with University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA)

Goal: Consultation with a conservator who would assist in developing a condition assessment of 150 anthropological artifacts located in six exhibition cases depicting the cultures of Native Peoples of North America that have been on display in suboptimal conditions for 40 years.

Grant: 120579 / PA-24401-02,   Category: Archival Management and Conservation,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 2002