Limited Submission: Recordings at Risk

ORSP invites proposals to a limited submission opportunity. One proposal will be selected to move forward to submission to the sponsor. Please send required materials to Susan Pelton, spelton@sfsu.edu, and Thien Lam, ttlam@sfsu.edu by the deadline specified.

Sponsor: Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)

Title of Funding Opportunity: Recordings at Risk

Required Materials for ORSP Submission

1. One-page project summary, including the following:
   
   1. Description of source recordings to be digitized
   2. Impact of proposed project on scholarship and the public
   3. Urgency of proposed project in terms of risk of loss of information recorded
2. Two-page CV of applicant

Deadlines

1. Submit materials to ORSP and committee for review: March 7
2. ORSP and committee to choose one application to move forward: March 10
3. Application deadline: April 14

Funding and Duration

$10,000 to $50,000, with duration of 12 months

Program Description

Recordings at Risk is a national regranting program administered by CLIR to support the preservation of rare and unique audio, audiovisual, and other time-based media of high scholarly value through digital reformatting. Awards cover costs of preservation reformatting for fragile and/or obsolete time-based media content by qualified external service providers. Eligible media may include but are not necessarily limited to, magnetic audio and video tape, grooved discs, wax cylinders, wire recordings, and film (with or without sound).

For more information and guidelines, see the program solicitation.