The State of Nevada is pleased to announce the launch of a collaborative pilot project funded through the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Collections and Reference Resources grant program. The Nevada partnership—comprised of the Nevada Historical Society, the Stewart Indian School Museum and Cultural Center, the Nevada State Museum (Carson City), and the Nevada State Archives—has been awarded $59,999 to explore a shared online platform that has the potential to make descriptions of their historic archival materials discoverable for public use. The Nevada partnership was awarded one of only 33 awards out of 174 eligible applications. The Nevada partners are working with Atlas Systems, Inc. to implement a multi-institutional instance of ArchivesSpace.
Mike Strom, Administrator of the Nevada State Library, Archives and Public Records Division stated, “We are excited to collaborate with our partners on this project that will lead to increased discoverability of historic records. This will benefit those interested in Nevada history and the institutions that house and preserve those records. We thank NEH for this opportunity.”
ABOUT THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available at: www.neh.gov.
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