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EZ Grant Applications are now available. Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant funds are made available to eligible North Carolina libraries through a competitive application and selection process.
New this year – applications may now be submitted online!
Complete guidelines, application instructions, and application forms for EZ Grants are now available; the application deadline is February 16, 2012.
<http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/lsta/2012-2013Grants.htm>
The Overview of all 2012-2013 grant programs is available online.
<http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/lsta/Overview2012-13.pdf>
These LSTA funded grant programs are made possible by an award to the State Library of North Carolina from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Please direct any questions to Library Development staff at 919-807-7400 or Raye Oldham, Federal Programs Consultant, 919-807-7423, raye.oldham@ncdcr.gov.
Explore past NC State Fair premium lists and newspaper clippings. Look at pictures and read stories people have submitted about their memories of the fair. Upload your own photos and memories! http://statefair.ncdcr.gov
Listen to Blue Ribbon Memories on WUNC’s “The State of Things”: http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/Blue_Ribbon_Memories.mp3/view
Watch the WRAL segment on Blue Ribbon Memories: http://www.wral.com/entertainment/statefair/video/10269369/
WRAL TV highlighted the State Library of North Carolina’s Blue Ribbon Memories site this evening. The video may be viewed on the WRAL Web site at http://www.wral.com/entertainment/statefair/video/10269369/.
Take a look at the video to learn more about the project and then explore Blue Ribbon Memories: Your History of the NC State Fair. To submit your own memories, simply click “Remember.”
View newspaper clippings, premium lists and more at http://statefair.ncdcr.gov. Submit your own memories by clicking “Remember.”
October 6 is the first annual Day of Digital Archives. It’s an “initiative to raise awareness of digital archives. . . What are digital archives? Who uses them? How are they created and managed? Why are they important?
” (from the DoDA website).
Join us to learn what we do here in the State Library, why it’s important, and what you can do to take some simple steps to save your digital content.
Read more about the Day of Digital Archives at the official website, and follow Tweets at #digitalArchivesDay.
Still need more information? Check out information for burgeoning digital archivists or seasoned preservationistas on our digital preservation website at http://digitalpreservation.ncdcr.gov/.
We sure know how to party, don’t we?
This month the Government and Heritage Library is highlighting Family History resources!
http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/colls/themes/october.html
Come to the Express Library in downtown Raleigh for a free lunchtime talk about the history of the North Carolina State Fair, part of ongoing events promoting our Blue Ribbon Memories site.
Dr. Melton McLaurin, author of The North Carolina State Fair: The First 150 Years will tell the tale behind the almost 160-year old event. Books will be available for purchase.
When: Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 12:00 noon
Cost: Free!
Where: Express Library, 336 Fayetteville Street, Downtown Raleigh
Both floors (first and mezzanine levels) of the Government and Heritage Library will be closed for a staff development day. If you have an urgent request please contact the Reference Desk, (919) 807-7450 and leave a message, or send an e-mail to slnc.reference@ncdcr.gov. Voice and electronic mail will be checked during the day.
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