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Through a broad range of applications, the Collections Stewardship "funds projects to preserve and make available physical and digital collections important for research, teaching, and public engagement in the humanities."

If you plan to partner on your upcoming project, we can help, and we're always here to answer questions while you prepare your grant response!

NEH’s Collections Stewardship grant program is now accepting applications!

Application deadline is December 15, 2026. Learn more: https://shorturl.at/QYgax

(Link in the comments!) Successful digitization projects rely on pre-planning. Knowing your collection is step one. Step two is planning out your metadata and necessary file derivative while keeping your DAM's requirements in mind.

In this blog, we'll outline the primary use cases for TIFFs, JPEGs, JPEG-2000s, and PDFs—all image derivatives that are provided, free of charge, with any Backstage digitization project.

Today, our Utah offices will be closed for Pioneer Day; Pennsylvania and field offices remain open. Thank you!

WHAT'S NEXT: We're looking forward to our time in New Orleans next week for the Society of American Archivists conference! Let's talk archives! What are you working on? What's coming up soon? And how can we help?

We're all set up this morning at NAGARA - grab a coffee and chat! ☕

WHAT'S NEXT: We've got another conference coming up close to home. This time next week, we'll be at NAGARA in Philly. Stop by booth 102 and say hello! We've got something fun for those of you pursuing digitization projects...

We hope that everyone celebrating this weekend enjoys a wonderful time with friends and family. Keep safe and make sure to hydrate against the heat for those states affected by high temperatures. 🎆🌞

Stop by and see us at ! Stickers, temporary tattoos (we were born shelf-ready!), postcards, and more—we want to chat about your collections. Come say hi!

Having collections camera-ready from the start results in a smoother, quicker digitization process. This involves removing clips, taking most materials out of their enclosures, and making sure that each item is able to go straight to capture without a technician needing to pause and make adjustments.

Not to worry if the processing described in this video sounds like it would be too much for your team to handle before your next digitization project; we can help!

Making Materials Camera Ready for Digitization Having collections camera-ready from the start results in a smoothe...