1.3: Cultural and Intellectual Resources

Preserve and increase the availability of cultural and intellectual resources essential to the American people.

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Strategies: Support the creation of research tools and reference works of major importance to the humanities. Support the preservation of and expanded access to historically significant collections of books, journals, newspapers, manuscripts and archival materials, maps, still and moving images, sound recordings, and objects of art and material culture. Encourage the digitization and dissemination of significant collections that support research, education, and public programming in the humanities. Work in partnership with other institutions, such as the Library of Congress, to digitize and make more accessible historic U.S. newspapers. Support the stabilization of fragile collections held by American museums, libraries, archives, historical organizations, and other cultural institutions. As appropriate, support emergency programs for collections of endangered humanities materials. Support the development of technical standards, best practices, and tools for preserving and enhancing access to humanities collections. Support the training of staff from the nation's cultural repositories in the appropriate procedures for preserving and enhancing access to the humanities collections for which they are responsible. Extend the Endowment's reach to institutions across the country by providing support for basic preservation activities to small and mid-sized libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations.

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