City of Clearwater - File #: ID#15-2010

• File #: ID#15-2010
• Version: 1
• Name: Approve NEH grant Approve NEH grant
• Type: Action Item
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/21/2015
• In control: Library
• On agenda: 1/21/2016
• Final action: 1/21/2016
• Title: Approve the grant agreement between the City of Clearwater and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a grant in the amount of $11,188 that will allow the Clearwater Public Library System to digitize local history items and present programming about local history, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/21/2016	1	City Council
1/19/2016	1	Council Work Session

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Approve the grant agreement between the City of Clearwater and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a grant in the amount of $11,188 that will allow the Clearwater Public Library System to digitize local history items and present programming about local history, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)

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SUMMARY: 

The NEH Common Heritage grant in the amount of $11,188 awarded to the Clearwater Public Library System will allow it to host “digitization days,” encouraging members of the public to share materials important to their family or community histories, such as photographs, artifacts, family letters, and works of art.

These items will be digitized, along with descriptive information and context provided by the community attendees. With the owner’s permission, the digitized materials will be made publicly available through the library’s online Pinellas Memory Project http://clearwater.pinellasmemory.org <https://webmail.myclearwater.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=XViUhlN9vUqlFjJCu5XcLy_5iAfEC9MIwMpQzH_pge9g-CusFgivmOBkX4KW0HmVlR_F5sqOMn4.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fclearwater.pinellasmemory.org>. Contributors will receive a free digital copy of their items to take home, along with the original materials.

This NEH Common Heritage grant will also support library programming that celebrates and expands knowledge of the community’s past and the diverse histories of its members. It will coincide with programs and activities throughout 2016 in celebration of the Clearwater Public Library System’s 100^th anniversary.

Funds to support staff time and equipment maintenance in the approximate amount of $4,000.00 are needed to properly execute this grant.

This grant was brought forward and approved by the Resource Management Committee at their June 3, 2015 meeting.

No additional operating impacts are needed to support this program.

A first-quarter budget amendment will establish program 181-98603, Common Heritage Grant (NEH), with a budget of $11,188 to account for this grant funding.