The Endangered Archives Programme aims to preserve archives in danger of destruction or deterioration worldwide by funding their digitization. It focuses on pre-industrial archives in places like Latin America. Projects have identified collections in countries like Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru. Grants of up to £10,000 are provided for pilot projects and up to £50,000 for major projects to locate, transfer, and digitize collections so they can be openly accessed online through the British Library. The digitized archives will remain in the countries of origin and the equipment provided is meant to be used for future preservation efforts.