HOPKINTON, Mass., Sept. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- EMC Corporation
(NYSE: EMC) today announced three organizations as grant recipients
of the 2015 EMC Heritage Trust Project. The grants will support
projects that practice and encourage the stewardship of cultural
information in local communities in Canada, Colombia and the
Philippines.
Watch Jessica Anderson, Senior
Director, Community Involvement Discuss the Grant here.
Founded in 2007, EMC's Information Heritage Initiative helps
advance the conservation of information heritage through
digitization around the world, allowing readily accessible online
research and education. In conjunction with the initiative, the EMC
Heritage Trust Project recognizes and supports local people and
local projects that practice and inspire the digital stewardship of
the world's information heritage. To date, EMC has recognized more
than 40 projects with Heritage Trust grants and, through the
broader EMC Information Heritage Initiative, has donated more than
$40 million.
To learn more about the Information Heritage Trust Project, read
about past recipients and watch videos on current projects, visit
EMC's new Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/emccorp/app_1416254715287343
2015 Grant Recipients
- Digitization of the Radar Collections, Canada – During World War II, Canada provided the 2nd largest radar
contingent, loaning more than 6,000 personnel to the British Royal
Air Force alone, as well as building and maintaining radar on
shore. These men and women signed the Official Secrets Act,
standing by as the history of the war unfolded in texts and film
without their inclusion. The Secrets of Radar Museum is the only
radar-specific history museum in Canada. It shares the stories that World War
II veterans were not allowed to tell due to a 50-year oath of
secrecy. Through digitization, the museum will be able to share
these materials with a much broader audience.
- History of Latin America High Education Administered through
Spanish Royal Decrees, Colombia – The Historical Archive of the
University of Rosario preserves and safeguards a collection of more
than 950 volumes of manuscripts and printed documents concerning
the history of the College between the seventeenth and twentieth
centuries, including a set of Royal Decrees issued between the
kingdoms of Felipe IV and Carlos IV. The Royal Decrees provide
insights into colonial institutions and society. Despite their
great historical importance, the royal decrees have not received
adequate treatment and have begun to deteriorate, requiring
digitization to preserve this important collection.
- Ulahingan Chronicles Digitization: Preserving a Philippine
Oral Tradition, Philippines –
Ulahingan is a major epic of the Manobo indigenous group in
Mindanao, Philippines, with
4,000-6,000 lines per episode and 79 episodes on average.
This tradition is orally passed from one generation to the next.
The epic has been orally recorded in over 1,200 items of reels and
cassette tapes. The Filipinas Heritage Library (FHL)
recognizes the need to digitally preserve these traditions as part
of its mission to preserve and promote accessibility to learning
resources on Philippine culture and heritage for the present and
future generations.
The EMC Heritage Trust Project grant recipients were selected
based on the following criteria: potential size of the audience
that would benefit from access to the information they are seeking
to protect; the at-risk status of the information and why it is
urgent to digitize; and how beneficial the EMC grant would be to
the overall success of the project.
Nominations for the 2016 Heritage Trust Project will open in
May 2016. For more information on the
EMC Heritage Trust Project, visit:
https://www.facebook.com/emccorp/app_1416254715287343
EMC Quote
Jessica Anderson, Senior
Director, Community Involvement, EMC Corporation
"There is a global responsibility to preserve the world's
information heritage. The recipients of EMC's 2015 Heritage Trust
grants, each from different corners of the world, provide important
historical background for future generations to build upon. Through
digitization these artifacts will be able to be shared and explored
by a greater audience for many generations to come. EMC is honored
to help global communities tell their stories. Congratulations to
this year's winners."
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service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT
as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud
computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC
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to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset —
information — in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way.
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