Getting started with library digitization projects: funding your first (and subsequent) digital projects.

The digitization of our unique resources, and digital projects that exhibit and display these resources, have taken on a new importance in the electronic environment. Finding funds and support for these endeavors, however, requires skills and talents that often have to be developed individually. Yet, there are many funding sources for digitization and digital projects, and the rewards and monies are there for those who enter this arena. This article will examine how to prepare for, apply for funds and grants, and begin your first digitization project, as well as how to approach continued funding of digital projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]