[78-L] ARSC Preservation Grants -- Deadline Reminder

[David Lennick]

I can't afford to keep paying for my storage units..would that qualify?

dl

Bill Klinger wrote:
> The Outreach Committee of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections
> (ARSC) posts the following message. If you have any questions, please click
> on the link or e-mail address below.
> 
> --- ARSC PRESERVATION GRANTS PROGRAM: DEADLINE REMINDER ---
> Deadline for receipt of applications: December 15, 2009
> 
> 
> The ARSC Program for the Preservation of Classical Music Historical
> Recordings was founded by Al Schlachtmeyer and the ARSC Board of Directors
> to encourage and support the preservation of historically significant sound
> recordings of Western Art Music by individuals and organizations. (This
> program is separate from the ARSC Research Grants Program, which supports
> scholarship and publication in the fields of sound recording research and
> audio preservation.)
> 
> The ARSC Program for the Preservation of Classical Music Historical
> Recordings will consider funding:
> 
> -- Projects involving preservation, in any valid and reasonable fashion,
> such as providing a collection with proper climate control, moving a
> collection to facilities with proper storage conditions, re-sleeving a
> collection of discs, setting up a volunteer project to organize and
> inventory a stored collection, rescuing recordings from danger, copying
> recordings from endangered or unstable media, etc.
> 
> -- Projects promoting public access to recordings.
> 
> -- Projects involving commercial as well as private, instantaneous
> recordings.
> 
> -- Projects involving collections anywhere in the world. (Non-U.S.
> applicants are encouraged to apply.)
> 
> The program is administered by an ARSC Grants Committee including the
> chairman, a member of the ARSC Technical Committee, a member of the ARSC
> Associated Audio Archives Committee, and an expert on classical music.
> 
> Grant amounts generally range from $2,000 to $10,000. Grant projects should
> be completed within 24 months. Written notification of decisions on projects
> will be made approximately three months after the submission deadline.
> 
> Send completed applications to: Richard Warren Jr., ARSC Grants Program,
> Historical Sound Recordings, Yale Music Library, P.O. Box 208240, New Haven,
> CT 06520-8240, USA. Grant applications must be received by December 15,
> 2009.
> 
> For further details, guidelines, and application instructions, visit:
> http://www.arsc-audio.org/preservationgrants.html
> 
> Questions about the Preservation Grants Program should be directed to Mr.
> Warren at richard.warren at yale.edu
> 
> 
> The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is a nonprofit organization
> dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings -- in all genres
> of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. ARSC is unique in
> bringing together private individuals and institutional professionals --
> everyone with a serious interest in recorded sound.
> 
> 
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