EMC’s 2015 EMC Heritage Trust Project is accepting nominations for grants to digitise cultural records.
Founded in 2007, the Information Heritage Initiative has donated over €33 million to more than 45 historic preservation projects around the world that protect and preserve cultural information for research and education.
The EMC Heritage Trust Project grant recipients are selected based on potential size of the audience that would benefit from access to the information they are seeking to protect; the at-risk status of the information and why it is urgent to digitise; and how beneficial the grant would be to the overall success of the project.
Last year, EMC awarded Heritage Trust grants to digitising the Christmas lectures in the UK; the Nikkei National Museum’s Internment Project in Canada; and the joint American/Indian Merasi Legacy Project.
Bob Savage, vice president and managing director of EMC Centres of Excellence EMEA, said: “Ireland is steeped in a rich and varied history. The EMC Heritage Trust Project allows cultural organisations to take a step further towards their dreams of digitising moments of that history, and granting access to the public. As the country approaches a number of important historical anniversaries, there has never been a more timely moment to get involved.”
Applications will be received until 19 June and winners will be announced in September.
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