The Library of Congress is once again accepting applications for grants under the National Digital Library Program. Funded with a gift from Ameritech, the program seeks to create a distributed collection of primary source materials in U.S. history and culture in digital form. This year the focus will be on the digitization of collections of textual and graphic materials that illuminate United States history and culture during the period 1763 through 1920. The panel of scholars, educators, and technical specialists who will be evaluating the applications will be asked to give special consideration to collections which emphasize the history of popular culture; and the history of political, social, and cultural institutions. The primary criterion for evaluation of an application will continue to be the significance of the collection for historical understanding and its utility for students and the general public. Applications from ARL (Association of Research Libraries) and non-ARL institutions will be evaluated separately.
The application guidelines are available on the Library of Congress home page: http://lcweb2.loc.gov and clicking on American Memory. An order form is provided for those who wish a print copy of the guidelines.
