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Hello!

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is now accepting applications from collecting institutions for the digital reformatting of audio and audiovisual materials, in its ninth call for the Recordings at Risk grant program. Generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Recordings at Risk is focused on digitizing "at-risk" audio and audiovisual materials of high scholarly value.

For the ninth call, CLIR will award grants of between $10,000 and $50,000 for digital reformatting projects between 3 and 12 months carried out between May 1, 2022, and April 30, 2023.

All audio and audiovisual formats are eligible, though applicants must partner with a qualified external service provider that can perform technically competent and appropriate digital reformatting for the nominated format(s).

The application deadline for the ninth call is December 15, 2021. 

CLIR will hold an informational webinar for prospective applicants on Wednesday, October 6 at 2:00 pm Eastern time. The application form and other resources can be found at: https://www.clir.org/recordings-at-risk/applicant-resources. If you're unable to attend the webinar live, the recording, transcript and slides will be posted to the Applicant Resources page shortly after the event.

Questions can be sent to recordingsatrisk@clir.org, and we'll be happy to answer them at the webinar as well. 

Thanks!