Funding to preserve community heritage collections 

The National Library is calling for applications for the 2007 Community
Heritage Grants. 

The grants of up to $15 000 are available to community groups around the
country to help preserve and manage locally held nationally significant
cultural heritage collections of documents and objects for future
generations. 

Activities supported include significance assessments, preservation
surveys, purchase of archival storage, digitisation, conservation
treatments and environmental control. 

Collection management workshops for staff and volunteers from community
organisations to improve their skills when working with heritage
collections are also encouraged.

Representatives from Australian, not- for- profit community
organisations such as historical societies, museums, public libraries,
archives, and Indigenous and migrant community groups are encouraged to
apply. 

Applications close on Friday 8 June 2007.

Over the past 14 years a combined total of over $2 million in funding
has been provided to 506 projects. The 2007 Community Heritage Grants
Program is funded by the Australian Government through the National
Library of Australia; the Department of Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts; the National Archives of Australia; the
National Film and Sound Archive; and the National Museum of Australia.

Information, guidelines and application forms are available at
www.nla.gov.au/chg/ <View Attachment> 

Elizabeth Watt 
Coordinator 
Community Heritage Grants 
National Library of Australia 
Canberra 2600 Australia 

Phone:    (02) 6262 1147 
Fax:         (02) 6273 4493 
Email:      chg at nla.gov.au 
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