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Foundation Grants for Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and MuseumsMellon—NEW YORK1655. University of California, Los Angeles, CA. $143,000, 2007. 2.25-yeargrant. To support pilot project to train graduate students to processspecial collections.1656. University of California, Berkeley, CA. $110,000, 2008. For continuedsupport for Latin American Plants Initiative using ALUKA (not-for-profitinitiative partnering with key libraries, museums, and archives around theglobe to build sustainable digital library of collections from and about thedeveloping world, focusing, to begin with, on Africa) building coordinateddigital database of images and information on Latin American plants.1657. University of California, Los Angeles, CA. $23,400, 2007. To supportworkshop that explores technological, research, and cultural heritageissues affecting digital cuneiform studies.1658. University of California, Los Angeles, CA. $6,000, 2008. Forprofessional development for fellows in Getty Archaeological andEthnographic Conservation Program.1659. University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA. $957,000, 2006.2-year grant. For Managing Archival Collections - Phase II.1660. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. $348,000, 2008.3.50-year grant. For Archives and Public Culture research and seniorfellows.1661. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. $210,000, 2007.3-year grant. Toward preservation and publication of works relating toBleek and Lloyd collection, archive of anthropological and ethnographicinformation related to various African tribes (usually Bushmen) and theirlanguages.1662. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. $10,000, 2005. Forefforts to create comprehensive catalog of archived materials of BlackSash organization.1663. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. $700,000, 2008. 2-year grant. ForPreservation of the Persepolis Fortification Archive II, digitization ofprimary source documents from ancient Near Eastern civilizations for thepurposes of preservation and scholarly access.1664. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. $617,000, 2006. 3.25-year grant.For Processing Chicago Area Archives.1665. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. $526,000, 2006. 2-year grant. ForPreservation of Persepolis Fortification Archive.1666. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. $473,000, 2005. For BiblioVault.1667. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. $49,000, 2006. For Surveys ofArchival Collections.1668. University of Chicago, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL. $1,250,000,2008. 3-year grant. For College and University Art Museum Program(CUAM) award to increase endowment to strengthen the academic roleof museum’s collections and programs.1669. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. $250,000, 2005. 2-year grant.For African National Congress Archives.1670. University of Delaware, Newark, DE. $281,100, 2007. 3-year grant. Tosupport preservation of significant photographic collections held byhistorically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).1671. University of Delaware, Newark, DE. $95,000, 2006. For PhotographConservation Digital Media Workshop.1672. University of Delaware, Newark, DE. $10,000, 2005. For recoveryefforts by Art Conservation Department, focused on disaster recoveryworkshops and staff training at affected sites in Biloxi, Mississippi.1673. University of Delaware, Department of Art Conservation, Newark, DE.$469,000, 2005. 5.50-year grant. For Collaborative Workshops.1674. University of Delaware, Winterhur/University of Delaware Program in ArtConservation, Newark, DE. $403,000, 2005. To provide sustainedrecovery and conservation assistance to cultural institutions on theMississippi Gulf Coast.1675. University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. $750,000, 2005.4-year grant. For Retrospective Conservation.1676. University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. $244,000, 2008.For Latin American Plants Initiative using ALUKA (not-for-profit initiativepartnering with key libraries, museums, and archives around the globeto build sustainable digital library of collections from and about thedeveloping world, focusing, to begin with, on Africa) building coordinateddigital database of images and information on Latin American plants.1677. University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. $139,000, 2006.2-year grant. For Latin American Plants Initiative as part of Aluka.1678. University of Florence, Museo di Storia Naturale, Florence, Italy.$49,000, 2006. 2-year grant. For African Plants Initiative as part ofAluka.1679. University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa. $100,000, 2007. 2.50-yeargrant. To support strengthening of library collections and resources inhumanities and social sciences.1680. University of Fribourg, Abbey Library of Saint Gall, Fribourg, Switzerland.$985,000, 2007. 2-year grant. To support further development ofscholarly resources documenting material and intellectual culture ofCarolingian monastic society.1681. University of Graz, Graz, Austria. $54,000, 2008. For continued supportfor Latin American Plants Initiative using ALUKA (not-for-profit initiativepartnering with key libraries, museums, and archives around the globeto build sustainable digital library of collections from and about thedeveloping world, focusing, to begin with, on Africa) building coordinateddigital database of images and information on Latin American plants.1682. University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. $140,000, 2006. 2-yeargrant. For African Plants Initiative as part of Aluka.1683. University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. $134,000, 2008. 2-yeargrant. For African and Latin American Plants Initiative using JSTOR,building coordinated digital database of images and information on LatinAmerican plants.1684. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. $604,000,2006. 3.25-year grant. For Rare Book Cataloging.1685. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. $100,000,2008. 3-year grant. For Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration todevelop open-source software in association with Project Archon.1686. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. $23,300, 2008.For Developing a Test for Object Reuse and Exchange (ORE),development of prototype computer applications that would test thecoherence and utility of an emerging protocol for the reuse and exchangeof digital objects.1687. University of London, London, England. $92,000, 2006. 2-year grant.For Warburg Institute’s correspondence of Aby Warburg.1688. University of London, Institute for Historical Research, London, England.$900,000, 2006. 2.25-year grant. For Institute of Historical Research/British History Online II.1689. University of Maryland-College Park, College Park, MD. $35,000, 2007.To support development of plans for implementing automated auditingtechnologies in two digital preservation archives.1690. University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL. $50,000, 2007. 1.25-year grant.To support planning for International Cultural Heritage Law Bibliography.1691. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. $329,000, 2005. 2.25-yeargrant. For Metrics for Use in Special Collections.1692. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. $152,000, 2008. For continuedsupport for Latin American Plants Initiative using ALUKA (not-for-profitinitiative partnering with key libraries, museums, and archives around theglobe to build sustainable digital library of collections from and about thedeveloping world, focusing, to begin with, on Africa) building coordinateddigital database of images and information on Latin American plants.1693. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. $84,000, 2006. 2-year grant. ForLatin American Plants Initiative as part of Aluka.1694. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. $29,600, 2006. 1.50-year grant.For Digital Archival Record Strategies.1695. University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO. $502,000, 2007. 3-year grant.To support improving access to Goldin collection in Marr Sound Archives,sound recordings reflecting American experience as reflected in recordedsound, with comprehensive holdings in jazz as well as classical andoperatic recordings.1696. University of Missouri, Saint Louis, MO. $50,000, 2007. 1.25-yeargrant. To plan for census of 18th Century British periodicals.1697. University of Missouri, Saint Louis, MO. $50,000, 2008. For planningfor 18th-Century British Periodicals Census - Part II.1698. University of Montpellier II, Montpellier, France. $123,000, 2008. Forcontinued support for African and Latin American Plants Initiative usingALUKA (not-for-profit initiative partnering with key libraries, museums,and archives around the globe to build sustainable digital library ofcollections from and about the developing world, focusing, to begin with,on Africa) building coordinated digital database of images andinformation on African and Latin American plants.1699. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. $937,000, 2007. 3-yeargrant. To support collaboration between University of North Carolina andUniversity of North Carolina Press to publish The Long Civil RightsMovement.1700. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. $363,000, 2005.2.25-year grant. For Andre Savine Collection: Special Collections.© 2009 by the Foundation CenterPublished by the Library of Congress and the Foundation Center45