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Information Infrastructure/Systems/Workflows

Technology is changing the way we organize, access and use data and information. New research, applications and tools are changing the way we learn and create knowledge.

Search the Awarded Grants database for grants to programs that strengthen information infrastructure, systems, and workflows (issue areas have only been assigned to grants awarded since FY 2009)

Information infrastructure, systems, and workflow content on the IMLS Web site:
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IMLS Invites Civic-Minded Techies to Hack Agency Data

May 21, 2013 03:26 PM
The first National Day of Civic Hacking is June 1 and 2, 2013. More than 90 sites across the country are planning events that will bring together techies, entrepreneurs, do-gooders, and activists to invent new tools using publicly-released data from local, state and federal government agencies. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is joining in, contributing challenges and data about museums and libraries. Read More

 
IMLS Awards $250,000 to the Digital Public Library of America for Digital Hubs Pilot Program

September 13, 2012 12:58 PM
The project will take the first steps to bring together existing U.S. digital library infrastructure into a sustainable national digital library system. Read More

 
IMLS Awards Grant to Engage Libraries in US Ignite

September 12, 2012 11:08 AM
Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will explore how libraries can adopt and use next-generation internet. Read More

 
IMLS Announces Grant to Identify Library E-Book Strategies

June 22, 2012 07:23 AM
The rise of e-books is one of the most important developments in public libraries in this decade. Read More