Increase accessibility to library treasures with
these grants from TexShare. TexTreasures is an annual
competitive grant program designed to help member libraries
make their special collections more accessible to researchers
across Texas and beyond. Projects may include such activities
as cataloging, indexing, and digitizing materials. The
Texas Collections working group is the peer review panel
for the grant.
Funding is available for projects that involve cataloging,
indexing, and digitizing local materials with statewide
significance. The TexTreasures grant program helps Texas
public and academic libraries provide access to their
special or unique local collection holdings by making
information about these holdings available to library
users across the state.
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News (TexTreasures Grants)
The TexTreasures grant program
provides assistance and encouragement to libraries
to provide access to their special or unique holdings,
and to make information about these holdings available
to all Texans. Applicants may propose projects
designed to increase accessibility through a wide
range of activities such as cataloging, indexing,
or digitizing local materials with statewide significance.
An estimated total of up
to $150,000 is available for TexTreasures Grants,
subject to approval by the Texas State Library
and Archives Commission. The maximum award for
FY 2011 is $20,000 for a single institution and
$25,000 for collaborative grant projects.
Read
the FY2011 grant program guidelines
(Word file)
Download a MS Word file
reader, if needed.
Apply using the Grant
Management System (GMS).
Read the Grant
Management System Manual for more details
about the
GMS service. (Word
file)
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Awards: An estimated
total of $150,000 is available. The maximum grant award
is $20,000 for a single institution and $25,000 for
a collaborative project.
Fundable activities:
Applicants may propose projects designed to increase
accessibility through a wide range of activities such
as cataloging, indexing, and digitizing local materials
with statewide significance.
Criteria for award:
A peer review panel will score proposals on the following
five criteria:
- Significance of the collection
- Availability
- Project design
- Cost effectiveness
- Evaluation
TexShare Coordinator
Library Resource Sharing Division
Texas State Library & Archives Commission
PO Box 12927
Austin, TX 78711-2927
Phone: 512-463-0188; e-mail: texshare@tsl.state.tx.us
Read
the FY2011 grant program guidelines
(Word file)
Download a MS Word file reader,
if needed.
Apply using the Grant
Management System (GMS).
Read the Grant
Management System Manual for more details about
the
GMS service. (Word file)
Links
to Special Collections Funded with TexTreasures Grants
- View the special collections funded with TexTreasures
Grants
Texas
Collections Working Group Page Use this
link to find contact information, view the current roster,
meeting minutes, and more. For additional information
please contact the TexShare
Coordinator, or members of the
Texas
Collections Working Group. |
