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IMLS Awards $250,000 to the Northeast Document Conservation Center for a System to Digitize Audio Recordings from Obsolete Formats

January 10, 2013 07:44 AM
A grant of $250,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) will help them provide for first time a much needed service to museums, libraries, and archives around the country. They will use new technologies to convert audio recordings from obsolete formats, such as wax cylinders and records, to new digital formats. Read More

 
IMLS Awards $249,999 to the Chicago Public Library Foundation to Create a Maker Space

December 20, 2012 02:05 PM
The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced today a grant in the amount of $249,999 to the Chicago Public Library Foundation to develop a Maker space. Read More

 
Call for Applications: National Leadership Grants-Libraries

December 3, 2012 01:23 PM
Applications are now being accepted for the 2013 National Leadership Grants-Libraries. The deadline is February 1, 2013. Read More

 
2013 Library Mobile App Student Competition Winners
Blog: Student-Designed Apps Address Real University Research Needs

June 19, 2013 11:52 AM
How would college students design library software if they were in charge? The Undergraduate Library at the University of Illinois gave students the opportunity to do just that. Read More

 
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Blog Post: Meeting the Needs of 21st Century Teens

May 3, 2013 12:32 PM
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Summit on Libraries & Teens was the first conversation point in a yearlong National Forum that continues with a virtual town hall meeting on May 21. Read More

 
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Blog Post: Uncovering the Hidden Reproductive Lives of Salamanders

April 22, 2013 02:40 PM
For Earth Day, IMLS presents blogs by two scientists who are working on an IMLS-funded project to save salamanders that are in danger of extinction worldwide. Read More

 
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Built to Learn: A Model Community Engagement Project


The Children’s Museum of Manhattan is bringing the museum experience into public housing developments with a model program that includes early childhood literacy elements, health exhibits, and educational programming. Read More

 
Students from the Borough of Manhattan Community College CLIP program at the Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan
October 2012: Where to Learn English? A Museum Of Course


Art museums can be excellent English literacy classrooms. An innovative program that partners university and community college ESL programs with New York City art museums is finding that works of art generate excellent discussions for students of English. Read More

 
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August 2012: Keeping Oral History Alive in a Digital World


Recorders and preservers of oral history are benefiting from the wealth of resources offered by Michigan State University’s “Oral History in the Digital Age” project, which assists practitioners and addresses core issues influencing the field in the 21st century. Read More

 
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2014 Guide to Funding Programs and Opportunities


This four-page overview of IMLS funding programs provides succinct information on the agency's grant and award programs, as well as agency initiatives and priorities. Read More