Endangered Archives Programme

Tangut Buddhist text digitized under EAP140 Preservation through digitisation of the Tangut collection at the Institute of Oriental Studies, St Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Shuishu manuscript digitized under EAP143-1 Shui Manuscript Collection at the Libo Archives, Guizhou, China [16th - 20th Century]

The Endangered Archives Programme (EAP) is a funding programme and digital archive run by the British Library in London. It has the purpose of preserving cultural heritage where resources may be limited. Each year EAP awards grants to researchers to identify and preserve culturally important archives by digitising them in situ. The original archival material does not leave the country of origin, and projects often incorporate local training and career development. EAP focuses on material created before the mid twentieth century.[1]

Related programmes also sponsored by Arcadia include the Endangered Languages Documentation Project at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy, the Endangered Knowledge Documentation Programme at the British Museum, the Modern Endangered Archives Program at University of California, Los Angeles, and the Endangered Wooden Architecture Programme at Oxford Brookes University.[2]

  1. ^ Crace, John (2006-09-05). "Preservation hoarders: An unpromising-looking archive is doing much to save precious material for future generations". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  2. ^ "Cultural Regranting Programmes". www.arcadiafund.org.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2022.