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  • Archival Partner Form
    The Archival Partner Form is used to confirm collaboration between the project team and the archival owners. The form should be signed by the current collection holders.

  • Audio Digitization
    Guide to planning an audio digitization project.

  • Augmented Reality
    The real-time use of information in the form of text, graphics, audio and other virtual enhancements integrated with real-world objects.

  • Change Request Form (MEAP)
    Complete this form to request changes related to budget and scope for MEAP projects. Submit report components in one email to meap@library.ucla.edu.

  • Cohort 8 MEAP Detailed Webinar Digitization (Jan 2026)
    Slides from digitization grant Applicant Webinar, January 22, 2026. Includes application details and notes about drafting a strong proposal.

  • Cohort 8 MEAP Detailed Webinar Planning Grants (Jan 2026)
    Slides from Planning Grant Applicant Webinar, January 27, 2026. Includes application details and notes about drafting a strong proposal.

  • Copyright Permission Agreement
    Copyright Permission Agreements are required for all Project Grants. Project teams are responsible for identifying the creator and copyright owner of all collection materials.

  • Danelectro Guitars
    Nathan “Nat” Daniel founded the Danelectro Company in Red Bank, New Jersey in 1947. He started building guitar amplifiers for Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck.

  • Detailed Application Template 2025-26 (Cohort 8)
    Template for Application Planning Purposes. Detailed Applications are due February 20, 2026 via the MEAP online application portal. *Note that the Detailed Application has been edited for 2025-26.

  • EAP Remote Capture
    A guide for digitizing documentary heritage in challenging locations.

  • EAP Remote Capture (Arabic)
    Translated guide for digitizing documentary heritage.

  • Guide for Archival Processing
    A guide to processing archival collections from the University of Florida.

  • Host Commitment Form
    The Host Commitment Form is required for all projects and should be used to confirm institutional agreement to serve as a Host Institution.

  • IDEP Toolkit
    This toolkit outlines standards, workflows, and best practices for digital preservation projects.

  • MEAP Applicant Handbook 2025-26
    The updated MEAP Applicant Handbook includes details about the MEAP application process and shares resources for drafting a strong application.

  • MEAP Application Checklist (2025-26)
    Need some guidance working through the MEAP Application Process? Download the 2025-26 Application Checklist.

  • MEAP Digital Projects Guide (2025)
    This guide details steps for planning, executing, and managing a digitization project for all MEAP grantees.

  • MEAP Handbook for Grantees
    Our Handbook for Grantees provides useful information about how to get started with your project.

  • MEAP Metadata Handbook (2024)
    Guidelines and information about best practices for metadata in library and digital collections, plus details related to MEAP-funded projects hosted at the UCLA Library

  • MEAP Metadata Template (Updated 2024)
    All MEAP project metadata should be created using this template.

  • MEAP Preliminary Applicant Webinar Slides (October 2025)
    Slides from Applicant Webinar, October 9, 2025. Includes eligibility details and notes about drafting a strong application.

  • Meap Bunnies
    According to Google, the phrases Do bunnies lay eggs receives 1,000 - 10,000 average monthly searches. Which leads us to believe that people sincerely do not know.

  • Metadata Planning Worksheet
    Use this worksheet to brainstorm how you might want to describe items within your collection and to hone in your choices before filling out the spreadsheet.

  • Mushrooms
    A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source.

  • Paper Mâché
    Papier-mâché (pap-yay mash-ay) or paper mâché (paper mash-ay) is an easy to make, hard material that can be used to cover various surfaces.

  • Picnics
    A picnic is a meal taken outdoors in scenic surrounding, such as a park, lakeside, or place with an interesting view.

  • Planning Grant Final Report Template
    This report template should be used as a final marker at the end of your MEAP project.

  • Preliminary Application Template 2025-26 (Cohort 8)
    Template for Application Planning Purposes. Applications are due November 17, 2025 via the MEAP online application portal. *Note that the Preliminary Application has been edited for 2025-26.

  • Print Digitization
    Guide to planning a print/image (flat object) digitization project.

  • Program Guidelines
    These guidelines define the scope and eligibility requirements for the MEAP grant program.

  • Progress Report Template
    This report template should be used to submit progress reports to the MEAP team at the UCLA Library.

  • Project Grant Final Report Template
    This report template should be used as a final marker at the end of your MEAP project.

  • Sailing Knots and How to Tie Them
    The bowline is the king of sailing knots. It has been in use by sailors continuously for at least 500 years.

  • Template for Object-Level Inventory
    This template provides guidance related to documentation and survey projects.

  • Template for Survey Planning
    This template provides guidance related to documentation and survey projects.

  • The Many Faces of Clocks
    The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units such as the day, the lunar month and the year

  • UCLA Contract Terms (Blank)
    View a blank template of the UCLA Contract Terms. For review purposes only.

  • Video Digitization
    Guide to planning a video digitization project.

  • WIPO Guide to Copyright and Intellectual Property
    Some best practices for thinking about and securing rights and permissions.

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