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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:
Blog Post: Whose Learning Is It Anyway? (WebWise 2013)

March 14, 2013 02:01 PM
As everything from report cards to student artwork goes digital, WebWise Keynote speaker Audrey Watters asks “Whose Learning is it Anyway?” Read More

 
IMLS Director and partners meet at HUD
Blog Post: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Best Buy Announce Connect 2 Compete Partnership

February 15, 2013 03:44 PM
Launch of digital literacy training initiative will reach residents of public housing. Read More

 
Blog Post: Learning Space Toolkit: A Resource for Designing and Sustaining Technology-Rich Informal Learning Spaces

February 8, 2013 12:13 PM
National Leadership Grantees launch the Learning Space Toolkit -- a freely available resource designed to support the full lifecycle of a learning space design project, from defining the goals and needs to designing the space to supporting it. Read More

 
Blog Post: “US Ignite” Highlights Library and Museum Potential for High-Speed Broadband Applications

June 20, 2012 08:47 AM
President Obama Announces an initiative to make cities and towns test-beds for next-generation applications. Read More

 
Blog Post: Is Getting People Online the “Secret Ingredient” Needed to Achieve Your Mission?

June 7, 2012 11:42 AM
Karen Archer Perry, a senior program officer for U.S. Libraries with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Chauncy Lennon, a program officer with the Ford Foundation, share their insights about the community and economic development power of broadband adoption. Read More