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EXIBIT D NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY Cheryl Eberly Principal Librarian Young Adult/ Volunteer Services Santa Ana Public Library 26 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92701 January 28, 2014 Dear Ms. Eberly: The faculty members, students, staff members, and administrators at New Mexico Highlands University are excited to collaborate with the Santa Ana Public Library on the Memories of Migration program, which is being considered for an IMLS National Leadership Grant for Libraries. We understand that New Mexico Highlands University will serve as one of four Model Programs. In our case, Memories of Migration In New Mexico will prototype a model for rural education and outreach to diverse communities through collaboration with a statewide network of public and tribal libraries. Interns from the AmeriCorps Cultural Technology program, working with Teen Community Historians and local librarians, will conduct "memory gathering" activities where interactive maps of migration routes will be populated with digitized images drawn from the collections of libraries, archives, museums and personal collections (e.g., diaries, memoirs, letters, oral histories, official documents, news articles, photographs, and artifacts). Funding will be used to pay stipends to interns and Teen Historians; purchase equipment for memory gathering activities and documentation (e.g., laptop, scanner, and camera); in -state travel (mileage and per diem for recruitment, training, and memory gathering programs); and materials and supplies (allocations to participating libraries to promote and conduct programs). In addition to the community memory workshops throughout New Mexico, the Department of Cultural Affairs and New Mexico Highlands University will facilitate numerous event tie -ins with the institutions across the state. These will include possible co- events with the Museum of International Folk Art, the New Mexico History Museum, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, New Mexico Humanities Council; New Mexico State Library, Las Vegas Citizens' Committee for Historic Preservation and City of Las Vegas Museum. An Exhibition Design class from the university will create a traveling exhibition to enhance community memory workshops and tie -in events. Specifically, we will support the program through the following Description of Work, milestones, and program deliverables: Description of Work Task 4.1. Collaborative design rapid prototyping with Exhibition Design Class, 20B -115