ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries September 1 9 9 6 /5 2 5 G ra n ts a n d A cquisitions H u g h Th o m p s o n M u h le n b e rg C o lle g e ’ s Trexler Library in A llentow n, Pennsylvania, h a s re c e iv e d a $125,000 g ra n t fro m th e A rthur V ining D avis F o u n d a tio n to fu n d th e c o n v e rsio n o f 43,000 titles— a b o u t o n e - fifth o f th e total library co l le c tio n — to a n a u to m a te d catalog in m ach in e -re a d a b le form . M any o f th e w o rk s are rare o r u n iq u e item s p e rta in in g to t h e P e n n s y l v a n i a D u tch a n d th e early history o f th e region. N o rthe as tern U n iv e rs ity Libraries’ A r chives a n d Special C ollections D e p a rtm e n t has re c e iv e d a g ran t o f $60,000 from th e N ational H istorical P u b licatio n s a n d R ecords C om m is sio n to p ro c e ss a n d cata lo g th e re c o rd s o f F ree d o m H o u se in M assachusetts, a n d th e p a p e rs o f its fo u n d ers, M uriel S. a n d O tto P. S n o w d o n . T he m aterials s p a n 1949–87 a n d d o c u m e n t b o th a u n iq u e co m m u n ity -b ased social ag en cy in th e R oxbury n e ig h b o r h o o d o f B o sto n a n d th e lives o f th e tw o African A m erican social w o rk ers w h o fo u n d e d th e o rganization. The Bern D ib n e r L ib ra ry of Science a n d T ech n o lo g y at Po ly tech n ic U niversity in B ro o k lyn h a s b e e n a w a rd e d a g ran t o f $300,000 from th e D ib n e r F u n d o f W ilton, C onnecticut. T h e g ra n t s u p p o r ts th e D o c u m e n t Im ag e B ank N et w o rk Retrieval project to u se already established p ro to c o ls o f library m aterial o rg an izatio n to d e v e lo p a n e w form o f access, delivery, storage, a n d retrieval o f d o c u m e n ts a n d articles in im ag e form at. T h e goal o f th e sy stem is to p erm it a u th o riz e d u se rs to retrieve d o c u m e n ts a n d a r ticles at d e s k to p c o m p u te rs via th e In tern et, w h ile h a n d lin g th e copyright, intellectual p ro p erty, a n d royalties issues asso ciate d w ith d o c u m e n t retrieval. So uthern U n iv e rs ity ’s Jo h n B. C a de Li b ra ry h a s re c e iv e d a $90,000 g ran t fro m th e Louisiana E d u c a tio n Q uality S u p p o rt F u n d to Ed. n o te : Send your news to: Grants & Ac quisitions‚ C&RL N ew s, 50 E. Huron St., Chi cago, IL 60611; e-mail: hthompson@ala.org. e n h a n c e th e Library L earn in g R e s o u rc e C e n te r. T h e g ra n t w ill b e u s e d to im p ro v e te c h n o lo g y b y p u r ch asin g n e w e q u ip m e n t a n d so ftw are a n d u p g ra d in g th e c o m p u te r e q u ip m e n t in th e library. Th e L ib ra ry at the U n i versity o f California, B erk e ley is p articip atin g in tw o co o p e ra tiv e grants from th e N ational E n d o w m e n t fo r th e H u m a n i t i e s . A $ 1 5 5 ,3 1 9 g ra n t fo r a p ro je c t le d b y C olum bia University, called th e A d v an ced P ap y ro lo g ical In fo rm atio n System, w ill catalog a n d p re s e rv e im p o rta n t n a tio n a l c o lle c tio n s o f p a p y ri a n d d e v e lo p a n o n lin e access system , in clu d in g scholarly to o ls to m a k e th e p a p y ri m o re accessib le to sc h o l ars. At least 400 p a p y ri w ill b e c a ta lo g ed , c o n serv ed , a n d digitized. A $405,547 g ra n t fo r th e U.S. A gricultural In fo rm atio n N etw o rk Project, le d b y C ornell U niversity, will e n a b le B erkeley to identify state-level literature d o c u m e n tin g th e h i s t o r y o f U .S. a g r i c u l t u r e a n d r u r a l life (1820– 1945) n e e d in g p reserv atio n . ■ G ra n ts a v a ila b le T h e A n d re w W. M ellon F o u n d a tio n ’s “P ro g ram fo r Latin A m erican Libraries a n d A rchives,” e s ta b lish e d in 1996 a n d ad m in istered by H arv ard U niversity's D avid R ock e fe lle r C e n te r for Latin A m erican Studies, is offering $80,000 in g ra n t fu n d s e a c h y e a r o v e r fo u r years th ro u g h in dividual grants o f b e tw e e n $5,000 a n d $10,000. T h e grants are in te n d e d to stre n g th e n th e research b ase fo r Latin A m erican stu d ie s th ro u g h su p p o rt o f Latin A m erican archives a n d libraries that n e e d sp ecial fu n d in g in o rd e r to im p ro v e th e co n d itio n s u n d e r w h ich th eir collections are k ep t, o r to e x p a n d access to th e ir re se a rc h h oldings. First d e a d lin e fo r a p p lic a tio n s is S e p te m b e r 1, 1996. For full g u id e lines a n d a p p lic a tio n form s, c o n ta c t D an H a z e n at H a rv a rd U niversity: d c h a z e n @ h u sc .h a rv a rd .e d u . mailto:hthompson@ala.org