The Collaborative Digitization Program invites museums, archives and libraries in the Mountain-Plains region to participate in a new IMLS funded initiative "Sound Model: Collaborative Infrastructure for Digital Audio." The program will provide an adaptable model for a regional infrastructure by converting 2000 hours of analog sound recordings held by cultural heritage institutions. Funding: Information about available grant funding is available on the Sound Model project site at http://www.cdpheritage.org/soundmodel/. Funding is available to enable participating institutions to convert up to 70 hours of analog sound recordings into digital formats. Proposal Deadline: Grant proposals are due to CDP no later than April 1, 2005. Who can participate: Cultural heritage institutions in the Mountain-Plains region (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming). Please feel free to contact us if you have additional questions about participating the in the Sound Model initiative. Jill M. Koelling Executive Director Collaborative Digitization Program [log in to unmask] (303) 871-2820 http://www.cdpheritage.org A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>