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CBIRS Request 1043
 
Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1043
Transcription of Oral History Library Collection
 
Requester: Rositta E. Kenigsberg Organization: Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, Inc
 
Project Title: Transcription of Oral History Library Collection Date Submitted 12/28/2007 11:23:22 AM
 
Sponsors: Geller, Margolis
 
Statewide Interest:
Transcription of oral history library collection for the benefit of the community and state as well as compliance with Florida statute 1003.42 requiring public school instruction of the history of the Holocaust
 
Recipient: Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, Inc   Contact: : Rositta E. Kenigsberg, Executive Vice President  
  2031 Harrison Street   Contact Phone: (954) 929-5690  
  Hollywood 33020   Contact email: rositta@hdec.org
 
Counties: Broward
 
Gov't Entity:   Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): Yes
 
Project Description:
To have 2,200 hours of oral histories professionally transcribed so that they are computer-searchable as well as to have them professionally printed on acid-free paper to preserve them and so that they are indexed and accessible to the hearing-impaired.
 
Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? No
 
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
The professional transcription of 2,200 hours of oral histories so that they are computer-searchable and the professionally-bound copies of each oral history on acid-free paper in our reference and research library for scholars and students
 
Amount requested from the State for this project this year: $600,000
 
Total cost of the project: $600,000
 
Request has been made to fund: Operations
 
What type of match exists for this project? None
  Cash Amount $  
 
Was this project previously funded by the state?   No
 
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?   No
 
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?   Yes
  Agency State, Department Of
 
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? No
 
Is there a documented need for this project? Yes
  Documentation: Agency needs assessment; oral histories need
 
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?   No
 
Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida?   No