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With a gift from Ameritech, the Library of Congress is sponsoring a competition to enable public, research, and academic libraries, museums, historical societies, and archival institutions (except federal institutions) to create digital collections of primary resources.

Guidelines are currently available to view or download. Applications are due November 2, 1998 (postmark).

1997/98 Award Winners
The 1997/98 award winners include libraries, historical societies, and museums. Link to a list of award winners, a related press release or to individual project descriptions.

1996/97 Award Winners
The 1996/97 award winners include public libraries, university libraries, and a historical society. Link to a list of award winners or to individual project descriptions.

Summer Workshops
To facilitate preparation of applications, several workshops will be held summer 1998 including in conjunction with the American Library Association and Society for American Archivist annual meetings. The workshops will cover eligibility requirements, the evaluation process and evaluation criteria, what constitutes a competitive proposal, and information on the technical requirements for digitization projects.

How to Apply
The Library of Congress/Ameritech NDL 1998/99 Competition deadline is November 2, 1998 (postmark). Competition Guidelines are currently available to view or download.

AMERICAN MEMORY
Documents, photographs, movies, and sound recordings that tell America's story. Resources for Educators: The Learning Page. New Collection: The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920. New Feature: Today in History.

The Northern Great Plains
The first LC/Ameritech collections to go online, the Fred Hultstrand and F. A. Pazandak collections at the Institute for Regional Studies, located North Dakota State University, Fargo contain 900 photographs of rural and small town life at the turn of the century.

To reach program staff, please call (202)707-1087 or e-mail lc_ameritech@loc.gov.


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