Press Releases
May 09, 2013
Althemese Pemberton Barnes, Vishakha Desai, Tammie Kahn, George Kerscher, and Jacquelyn K. Sundstrand were appointed by President Barack Obama.
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May 08, 2013
First Lady Michelle Obama presents the 2013 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. White House celebration recognizes exceptional contributions of 10 museums and libraries.
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Apr 23, 2013
Congratulations to the 2013 recipients of the National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The these museums and libraries are helping to build stronger communities.
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Apr 17, 2013
IMLS will host a free webinar to provide ideas and advice for museums and gardens that wish to participate in the First Lady Michelle Obama’s Lets Move! initiative.
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Apr 16, 2013
IMLS, in cooperation with Heritage Preservation, will present two free webinars in June that explore how two cultural institutions are using digital images to increase and improve access to their collections.
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Apr 15, 2013
IMLS Director Susan Hildreth participated in a naturalization ceremony at Library of Congress during a National Library Week celebration. At the event IMLS and USCIS announced a partnership to encourage and recognize collaboration between citizen and immigration services and public libraries.
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Apr 12, 2013
The five teenage National Student Poets serve as literary ambassadors for poetry. They are helping to celebrate National Poetry Month by spreading the word about their craft at workshops and events around the country.
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Apr 11, 2013
The professional Development and education grants will help underserved communities, increase diversity among librarian recruits, and train in emerging fields of cloud computing and cybersecurity.
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Apr 10, 2013
The budget highlights library and museum roles in 21st century skills with a special emphasis on STEM and on early childhood learning.
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Apr 08, 2013
Agency programs, research and administration cut 5.2%
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Mar 20, 2013
Submit your ideas for case studies by March 31
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Mar 18, 2013
Webinars show museums and libraries how to get youth involved in the National STEM Video Game Challenge.
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Mar 14, 2013
Under a directive of the White House, IMLS is improving access to valuable research.
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Mar 04, 2013
Finalists for the National Medal show the community value of museums and libraries.
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Feb 21, 2013
Applications are being accepted from recent master’s program graduates for nine-month residencies in the Washington, D.C. area.
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Feb 14, 2013
Visit IMLS Facebook Page and Share Your Story.
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Feb 11, 2013
IMLS is expanding opportunities for libraries and museums to support the 2013 National STEM Video Game Challenge, which is now excepting applications.
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Feb 05, 2013
IMLS joins nine other funders for the international Digging into Data Challenge, a grant program that spurs projects that explore how computationally intensive research methods can be used to gain new insights into our world.
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Jan 29, 2013
Applications are now being accepting for the Native Hawaiian Library Services Grant program. Note that the program’s deadline is now April 1, 2013.
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Jan 23, 2013
Freelance writer Audrey Watters has been chosen as one of the keynote speakers for the 2013 WebWise Conference.
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Jan 22, 2013
Libraries doing more with less – Local government taking larger funding role
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Jan 15, 2013
IMLS joins Arts Education Partnership to expand body of evidence on the role of Arts Education Programs in America’s museums and libraries.
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Jan 15, 2013
Registration is now open for the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ (IMLS) WebWise Conference, which will take place March 6-8 at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace in Baltimore, MD.
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Jan 10, 2013
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.
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Jan 03, 2013
IMLS hires digital library expert to fill leadership position. Marx will begin in May 2013.
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Dec 20, 2012
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.
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Dec 20, 2012
Applications are now being accepting for the Native American Library Services Basic Grant program. Note that the program’s deadline is now March 1, 2013.
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Dec 07, 2012
IMLS and the Campaign held a meeting to begin developing a groundbreaking policy report on the role of museums and libraries in early learning. The publication is planned for April 2013.
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Dec 06, 2012
Applications are now being accepting for the Native American Library Services Enhancement Grant program. Note that the program’s deadline is now March 1, 2013.
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Dec 05, 2012
IMLS Announces the two newest members of the National Museum and Library Services Board, Althemese Pemberton Barnes and Vishakha N. Desai.
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Dec 03, 2012
Applications are now being accepted for the 2013 National Leadership Grants-Libraries. The deadline is February 1, 2013.
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Nov 29, 2012
Applications are now being accepted for the 2013 Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries and Museums. The deadline is February 1, 2013.
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Nov 28, 2012
Applications are now being accepted for the 2013 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards. The deadline is February 4, 2013.
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Nov 16, 2012
Yesterday in a ceremony at the Supreme Court, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg administered the oath of office, officially swearing in eight new members of the National Museum and Library Services Board appointed by President Barack Obama.
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Nov 16, 2012
IMLS and Heritage Preservation are working together to assist museums impacted by Hurricane Sandy by offering damage assessments through the Conservation Assessment Program.
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Nov 14, 2012
White House celebration recognizes exceptional contributions of 10 museums and libraries.
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Nov 08, 2012
Learning Labs Foster Creativity and Collaboration through Creation in STEM and Beyond.
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Nov 07, 2012
The board will explore the roles of libraries and museum in early learning.
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Nov 05, 2012
IMLS congratulates the 2012 recipients of the National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The ten institutions provide exceptional service to their communities.
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Nov 02, 2012
IMLS is accepting applications for the Museums for African American History and Culture grant program. The program’s new deadline is January 15, 2013.
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Oct 17, 2012
IMLS is accepting applications for the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services grant program. The program’s new deadline is January 15, 2013.
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Oct 16, 2012
IMLS announces new guidelines and a new deadline for the nation’s largest museum grant programs.
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Oct 09, 2012
The Promise of Libraries Transforming Communities partners ALA with the Harwood Institute for phase one planning.
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Oct 04, 2012
One hundred and twenty-six museums in 39 states have been selected to participate in the Museum Assessment Program (MAP) during 2012. The initiative, which is funded by IMLS and administered by the American Alliance of Museums, promotes professional practices in museums and the field.
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Oct 02, 2012
Accelerated deadline to accommodate spring ceremony.
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Sep 27, 2012
Museums and libraries will address school readiness and summer reading loss.
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Sep 20, 2012
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) today announced 52 National Leadership Grants totaling $12,065,054. The institutions receiving the awards are matching them with $9,759,281 in non-federal funds. IMLS received 211 applications requesting $47,635,924.
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Sep 20, 2012
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) today announced nine 21st Century Museum Professionals grants totaling $1,968,346. The recipients are matching their grants with a total of $2,277,018 in non-federal funds. IMLS received 68 applications requesting $11,630,873.
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Sep 20, 2012
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) today announced 14 Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants totaling $1,644,268. IMLS received 47 applications requesting $6,306,472.
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Sep 20, 2012
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) today announced eight Connecting to Collections Statewide Implementation Grants totaling $1,775,638. IMLS received 14 applications requesting $2,937,713.
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Sep 14, 2012
Lack of digital skills impacts the lives millions of Americans. This new resource will provide free high quality tools and training.
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Sep 13, 2012
The project will take the first steps to bring together existing U.S. digital library infrastructure into a sustainable national digital library system.
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Sep 12, 2012
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.
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Sep 05, 2012
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) today announced 22 awards totaling $925,687 matched with $625,932 of non-federal funds for Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program Grants. IMLS received 36 applications requesting $1,686,001 in funds.
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Aug 21, 2012
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced today three awards totaling $552,000 for Native Hawaiian Library Services.
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Jul 31, 2012
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced today 14 awards totaling $1,442,312, matched with $1,903,034 of non-federal funds for Museum Grants for African American History and Culture. IMLS received 41 applications requesting $4,277,160 in funds.
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Jul 26, 2012
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) today announced 13 awards totaling $304,866 matched with $174,266 of non-federal funds for Sparks! Ignition Grants. IMLS received 69 applications requesting nearly $1.8 million.
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Jul 19, 2012
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced today 152 awards totaling $18,113,376 matched with $34,666,759 of non-federal funds for Museums for America Program Grants. IMLS received 470 applications requesting $52,296,907.
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Jul 17, 2012
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is accepting applications in the following grant program: Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program; Deadline: September 17, 2012
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Jul 06, 2012
Museums Count to be the first national, Web-based census of the museum field.
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Jun 22, 2012
The rise of e-books is one of the most important developments in public libraries in this decade.
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Jun 14, 2012
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced 32 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian (LB21) grants totaling $10,356,498. Recipients are matching these awards with $6,650,021 in non-federal funds. IMLS received 106 LB21 applications this year, requesting a total of $37,815,498.
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Jun 14, 2012
Grant to WebJunction will help national digital literacy efforts effectively leverage and support libraries.
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Jun 12, 2012
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced today 235 grants serving 242 tribes and totaling $1,666,000 for the Native American Library Services Basic Grant and Basic Grant with Education/Assessment Option Program.
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Jun 06, 2012
Libraries to develop new tools to combat summer learning loss.
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Jun 01, 2012
The National Medal celebrates libraries and museums that make a difference for individuals, families and communities. Apply by October 15, 2012.
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Dec 06, 2010
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced that it will hold a workshop on December 8, 2010, at the Miami-Dade Public Library as part of a national campaign aimed at engaging museums, libraries, and civic leaders in meeting the 21st century learning needs of their communities. IMLS is co-hosting the event with the Miami-Dade Public Library System and the Wolfsonian-Florida International University.
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Nov 04, 2010
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is holding a workshop at the San Francisco Public Library on November 4 as part of a national campaign aimed at engaging museums, libraries, and civic leaders in meeting the 21st century learning needs of their communities. Additional hosts include the Exploratorium and the San Francisco Arts Commission.
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Aug 11, 2010
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) proudly announces release of a podcast on 21st century skills by IMLS Acting Director Marsha L. Semmel.
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Jun 16, 2010
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced a national campaign aimed at engaging museums, libraries, and civic leaders in meeting the 21st century learning needs of their communities.
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UpNext Blog Posts
May 16, 2013
An IMLS grant helps the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center provide education resources to local schools and implement a permanent cataloguing system.
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May 16, 2013
A new wing of the Weeksville Heritage Center will allow for expanded programing while connecting to a permanent exhibit in the original structure.
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May 09, 2013
A former historical interpreter and re-enactor describes how his role preserving history has changed now that he serves as program manager of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
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May 09, 2013
Succession planning and leadership development helps the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and the Cincinnati Museum Center merge.
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May 08, 2013
IMLS salutes the country’s first National Student Poets. Today’s featured poet is Luisa Banchoff of Arlington, Va.
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May 03, 2013
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.
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May 02, 2013
A brand new collections database focuses on improving preservation practices.
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May 01, 2013
IMLS salutes the country’s first National Student Poets. Today’s featured poet is Lylla Younes from Alexandria, La.
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Apr 30, 2013
Purdue University Libraries launched the Data Curation Profiles Directory, a new tool for library and information science professionals, archivists, IT professionals, and others working on data curation.
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Apr 26, 2013
The Howell Carnegie Library in Michigan used the power of partnerships to expand their workforce development services.
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Apr 25, 2013
Journalist turned museum director connects Kansans to their state’s historical DNA.
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To mark National Poetry Month, IMLS salutes the country’s first National Student Poets. Today’s featured poet is Miles Hewitt from Vancouver, Wash.
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Apr 24, 2013
Piggy Bank Tales uses the trust that participants have in their librarian to start a dialogue between the adult and child concerning money.
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Apr 23, 2013
The Hands-on Experiential Learning Project (HELP) is a professional development training program that addresses the specific needs of small and mid-size museum professionals.
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Apr 22, 2013
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.
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Apr 22, 2013
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.
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Apr 19, 2013
In this video, library director Paul Paladino and community member Jaimy Fulbright talk about how the Naturita Community Library brings people together in this small town and continues to grow with the community.
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Apr 18, 2013
Museum puts CAP recommendations into action.
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Apr 17, 2013
To mark National Poetry Month, IMLS salutes the country’s first National Student Poets. Today’s featured poet is Claire Lee, from New York, N.Y.
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Apr 16, 2013
At a Library of Congress Naturalization Ceremony, IMLS and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a partnership to encourage collaboration between citizen and immigration services and public libraries.
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Apr 16, 2013
Statement from Director Susan Hildreth on Boston.
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Apr 12, 2013
The California State Library launched a statewide initiative to expand the visibility and contributions of skilled volunteers in public libraries.
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Apr 11, 2013
The Kansas African American Museum shares valuable lessons about staff recruitment and retention.
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Apr 10, 2013
In this video, Shaler North Hills Library director Sharon McRae and community member Janet Miller talk about how the library adapts their programming to meet the changing needs of the community.
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Apr 04, 2013
Director Hildreth recaps IMLS’s first year celebrating finalists for the National Medal for Museum and Library Services and the Share Your Story initiative.
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Apr 04, 2013
An IMLS Grant to the Hampton University Museum helped create hands-on, interactive workshops to expose high school students to a wide array of careers within the museum and archival fields.
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Apr 03, 2013
In this video, community member Tiara Livingston and Director Eunita Rushing discuss how teen programs at the Garfield Park Conservatory inspires and educates youth in the community.
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Mar 28, 2013
Haiti’s Presidential Advisory Commission for Economic Growth and Investment are in talks with the Amistad Research Center with hopes to make Amistad’s artwork available for Haitian academic researchers and public exhibition in Haiti.
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Mar 28, 2013
A reorganized art collection and borrowing system prepares the Amistad Research Center for general access and future exhibitions.
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Mar 27, 2013
A bilingual summer program at the Long Island Children’s Museum helps children of immigrant families prepare for kindergarten.
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Mar 22, 2013
Immediate access through digital media raises profile of collection that is the cultural fabric of Texas Southern University.
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Mar 22, 2013
Work inspires new perspective on collections management and career possibilities.
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Mar 21, 2013
A public awareness campaign launches today that will help empower people who aren’t Internet users, to get the training they need to get online.
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Mar 20, 2013
Community member Willie Wright and library director Jody Risacher talk about the Cumberland County Public Library’s programs serve their community, from career development services to science projects for kids.
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Mar 20, 2013
Museum educators at the Powerhouse Science Center create practical guide to help local scientists build new skills.
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Mar 19, 2013
This spring, participants of the Immigration and Civil Rights Network will discuss immigration issues and work together to bring those dialogues to their museums.
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Mar 15, 2013
A middle school social studies class in upstate New York teamed up with the educational director at the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts to help students create “digital artifacts” based on the museum’s collection.
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Mar 15, 2013
By linking up classroom educators and museum educators, the Baseball Hall of Fame has used distance learning to educate kids in geography, economics, math, and civil rights history.
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Mar 14, 2013
As everything from report cards to student artwork goes digital, WebWise Keynote speaker Audrey Watters asks “Whose Learning is it Anyway?”
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Mar 14, 2013
The Evansville African American Museum worked with high school and college students on oral history projects to collect and preserve the war memories of Baptisttown and Lincoln Gardens residents.
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Mar 13, 2013
Educators from across the country are using digital technologies to create more opportunities for experiential, hands-on learning.
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Mar 13, 2013
An adult literacy program at the Contra Costa library helped Gladys Leeks, age 67, learn how to read.
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Mar 07, 2013
As young professionals, interns at the American Jazz Museum gained valuable experience with film preservation and research through work completed during the internship.
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Mar 05, 2013
Learning Labs and conferences like the Teens and Libraries Summit showcase how libraries provide expanded learning opportunities for kids after school.
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Mar 04, 2013
This IMLS-funded workshop series focuses on developing skills and knowledge of museum staff to improve the visitor’s experience.
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Feb 27, 2013
The National Medal for Museum and Library Services is the nation's highest honor for libraries and museums that are serving their communities in exceptional ways. Pacific Science Center President and CEO Brice Seidl and community member Andrea Rose Nichols explain how the museum aims to inspire a lifelong interest in science.
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Feb 21, 2013
Graduate fellows at the African American Museum in Philadelphia crafted a compelling historical account of 20th-century African American culture by using archival materials from Motown legend, The Supremes.
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Feb 20, 2013
Libraries and museums are taking leadership roles in their communities and tackling tough problems.
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Feb 20, 2013
Museum of Contemporary Art director Bonnie Clearwater and community member Kassandra Timothe traveled to Washington from North Miami, FL to receive the national medal and spoke to IMLS about how the museum impacts the community.
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Feb 15, 2013
Launch of digital literacy training initiative will reach residents of public housing.
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Feb 15, 2013
Librarians and other educators can freely access high quality, comprehensive, train-the-trainer continuing education program.
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Feb 15, 2013
Based on the outcome of participant feedback, we are announcing the WebWise workshops for this year’s conference.
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Feb 13, 2013
Bootheel Youth Museum director Patsy Reublin and community member Lauren Collins, talk about helping kids learn about math and science and winning the National Medal for Museum Library Services.
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Feb 13, 2013
New resource highlights the positive outcomes of learning after school and during the summer.
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Feb 08, 2013
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.
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The Louisiana Children's Museum, a Let’s Move! museum, helped four-year olds share the spotlight as New Orleans kicked off kick off Super Bowl festivities.
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Feb 07, 2013
Kathe Hambrick-Jackson, founder and director of the River Road African American Museum, explains how partnerships and collaborations within the museum community helped in the staff development project.
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Feb 07, 2013
Want to know how to turn your partnership and programs dreams into reality? The first step for WebWise participants is a survey.
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Feb 05, 2013
WebWise will be offering an additional Director’s Choice workshop titled Designing Prize Competitions led by Jenn Gustetic, NASA’s Prizes and Challenges Program Executive.
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Feb 01, 2013
IMLS joined other agencies and service organizations for a ceremony at the U.S. State Department to celebrate a "Declaration of Learning."
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Feb 01, 2013
WebWise 2013 will feature nine project demonstrations that embrace the strategic goals of IMLS.
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Jan 31, 2013
Undergraduate student, Keila Dumas, felt a sense of connection--to artifacts, faculty, visitors, and other fellows--during her experience as an I AMM fellow at the Carrie Meek-James Eaton Black Archives Research Center and Museum.
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Jan 31, 2013
As an I AMM fellow at Florida A & M University graduate student Anthony T. Thompson gained hands-on archival experience in visitor services, public programming, and exhibit development, and it helped him become a better researcher, as he pursued his studies in history.
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Jan 29, 2013
The Project/Partnership Incubator sessions for WebWise 2013 will offer attendees the chance to incubate project and collaboration ideas for pursuing funding opportunities.
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Jan 25, 2013
WebWise participants have the opportunity to sign up for "Lightning Talks" to share the lessons learned, goals, and achievements of their institution’s digital projects.
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Jan 25, 2013
The Digital Libraries to School Libraries (DL2SL) project launches its updated digital resource cataloging tool, Web2MARC.
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Jan 24, 2013
A graduate student and archivist hopeful develops her skills in the museum field thanks to the I AMM project at Florida A&M University.
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Jan 24, 2013
A native Bahamian discovers African American History and develops business skills through the I AMM project at Florida A&M University.
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Jan 24, 2013
An IMLS grant helped the Black Archives at Florida A&M University start the Inspiring Authorities in Museum Management (I AMM) project to help recruit, train and mentor graduate students.
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Jan 23, 2013
Through the use of an online tool called IdeaScale, participants will have an opportunity to help shape the WebWise 2013 conference agenda by submitting workshop topics, voting on existing topics, or adding comments.
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Jan 22, 2013
Circulation, public programs and digital services on the rise.
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Jan 17, 2013
Through his internship at the I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium, Davion Petty found a passion for museum work by helping secure a collection of African Art.
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Jan 17, 2013
A grant from IMLS provides students at South Carolina State University with internship opportunities and participation in national museum conferences.
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Jan 16, 2013
This year two historic events will fall on the same day. Join museums and libraries across the country as we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the 57th presidential inauguration.
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Jan 16, 2013
WebWise 2013 unveils a new interactive format that gives everyone more opportunities to learn and collaborate.
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Jan 10, 2013
IMLS-supported professional development sessions at the National Civil Rights Museum help staff to develop new and innovative programs and exhibits. The museum is preparing for the grand reopening of their main building, the historic Lorraine Motel, assassination site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Dec 20, 2012
Maker spaces are part of a growing movement of hands-on, mentor-led environments that encourage entrepreneurship and unleash the inner inventor in all of us, particularly children.
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Dec 20, 2012
John G. Riley Museum Founder & Executive Director, Althemese Barnes, explains how she founded the Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network (FAAHPN) to reach out to museums in the African American museum community.
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Dec 19, 2012
Two recent conservation graduates assembled and oversaw a large cadre of volunteers, work-study students, and pre-program interns to survey, relocate, and create customized storage solutions for a 3,600 object collection. They also treated 60 of the artifacts and created a 10,000-image online database for use by researchers near and far.
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Dec 19, 2012
The Frick Collection stabilized a beloved carpet that had been on display for nearly one hundred years with the help of IMLS funding.
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Dec 19, 2012
A European Tapestry Initiative begun in 2009 enables treatment and display of popular Medieval and Renaissance tapestries, such as Trellised Garden with Animals and Battle of the Animals.
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Dec 13, 2012
Marion McGee, Assistant Director at the John Gilmore Riley Center/Museum of African American History & Culture, explains how the executive apprenticeship under Founder & Executive Director Althemese Barnes has prepared the museum for new leadership.
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Dec 11, 2012
With support from IMLS, the Detroit Institute of Arts upgraded storage for its American decorative arts and sculpture collections dating from the beginning of the European settlements until 1950.
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Dec 11, 2012
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is rehousing beautiful, ancient fossil leaf specimens from Denver Basin excavations to protect them from physical and water damage.
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Dec 07, 2012
Through careful use of funds, Montana State Library partnering with state library agencies in South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho and the University of North Texas, has been able to provide 54 individuals with Master’s in Library Science degrees and 16 with School Library Media endorsements since 2009.
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Dec 06, 2012
Curatorial assistant Chieko Phillips describes how the curatorial internship at the Northwest African American Museum helped prepare her for a career in the museum field.
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Dec 05, 2012
Diverse teams of coders, metadata specialists, designers, “idea people,” librarians, and user-experience professionals gathered at the DPLA Appfest to develop web and mobile apps and other compelling projects.
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Dec 04, 2012
Artifacts from a 1618 Virginia settlement receive conservation treatment for the second time since their discovery in 1976.
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Nov 30, 2012
IMLS-funded research shows that inkjet prints are susceptible to damage from airborne pollutants. Senior Research Scientist Daniel Burge describes measures that can be taken to mitigate the damage.
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Nov 29, 2012
With the help of an IMLS grant the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts’ Curatorial Fellowship program helps train young museum professionals.
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Nov 27, 2012
Thanks to an IMLS grant, Harvard University’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology can now share more of its broad-ranging Map Collection with researchers.
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Nov 27, 2012
With the help of IMLS, the Newark Museum has slowly changed its collection storage to best protect important collections and let curators and researchers easily see the safely stored objects within it.
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An IMLS grant to investigate, treat, and rehouse Tiffany drawings is making them accessible to the public and shedding new light on the process of designing stained glass windows.
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Nov 15, 2012
A grant from IMLS permitted the Northwest African American Museum to expand the curatorial capacity of its exhibits department by providing internships and skill-building workshops for young museum professionals in the field of African American history and culture.
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The American Museum of Natural History is conserving its longstanding totem poles with help from an IMLS grant.
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An IMLS grant helped preserve two flags and a dress uniform from the Civil War at the Cape Fear Museum of History and Science.
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In honor of Veterans Day, Director Hildreth thanks military personnel for their service to our county and highlights museums and libraries that provide opportunities and programs to support our veterans.
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Nov 08, 2012
Members of the Margaret Walker Center create a strategic plan to revamp their museum and archive for the historic collections at Jackson State.
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Nov 07, 2012
The Duplin County Library partnered with a local small business to raise awareness for the library.
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Throughout the impacted region libraries and museums play important roles in recovery efforts.
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The Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s sole conservator conducted a general survey with the help of a team of consultants. In the process she gained a better understanding of the museum’s large collections and created a long-term plan for conservation.
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Delicate Asian screens get new storage cabinets with sliding shelves to ensure safe long-term care as well as ease of access for research at the Seattle Art Museum.
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Nov 01, 2012
Curatorial Fellow Jessica Lanay Moore explains the rewards and opportunities of the MoCADA program.
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Nov 01, 2012
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum used IMLS funding to conserve several art objects, including a marble sculpture and leather side chairs, as part of a major capital preservation project to restore their Titian Room and the Tapestry Room galleries.
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Nov 01, 2012
The American Museum of Natural History is using IMLS funding to preserve its massive collection of life forms in amber, making work easier for researchers now and in the future.
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Oct 26, 2012
The Copyright Office at the University of Michigan Library is working on IMLS-funded projects that will determine the copyright status of nearly 450,000 English-language books that are a part of the HathiTrust Digital Library.
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Oct 25, 2012
IMLS to launch new social media effort to identify strategies to support African American Museums and HBCU’s.
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Oct 23, 2012
The Asian Art Museum brought in consultants from the Seoul, Korea, to collaborate with a team of experts about their rare Korean paintings.
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Oct 23, 2012
An IMLS-grant to unpack and rehouse a scientific instrument collection, enabled the Peabody Museum to create an online inventory of the entire collection.
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Oct 18, 2012
Public libraries are undergoing a 21st century makeover, evolving into destinations for hands-on, collaborative and informal learning. With their museum and community partners they are taking a more active role in supporting children's learning and development in the hours after school.
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Oct 17, 2012
Director Hildreth identifies five strategies for museums and libraries that are making a difference in their communities.
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Oct 16, 2012
Using x-ray, x-radiograph, and other technologies, a painting conservator hired by the Shelburne Museum made discoveries about a number of the museum’s paintings.
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Oct 09, 2012
A grant from IMLS permitted the Walters Art Museum to create a plan of action to care for a collection of Southeast Asian works of art and to safely relocate the majority of them into accessible, conservation-quality storage environments.
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Oct 04, 2012
Part scientist, part detective, conservators help to protect and preserve objects that have great power to connect us to science, history, art, nature and culture.
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Sep 28, 2012
This past weekend, we had the opportunity to attend the 2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival with thousands of book lovers, poets, and authors, celebrating books that have shaped America. The new National Student Poets Program debuted at the National Book Festival with five outstanding high school poets.
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Sep 26, 2012
The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts has partnered with the Upper Colorado River Authority and the local school district to help students learn about water issues at the same time as they learn about art.
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Sep 21, 2012
Libraries and the Workforce System are working together to deliver services more effectively.
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Sep 19, 2012
James P. Ascher describes his journey from mathematician to rare books professor with the help of an IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian grant.
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Sep 17, 2012
The University of Maryland iSchool is using a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian grant to examine the under-researched position of school library supervisor.
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Sep 13, 2012
Researchers use a severity score to help assess when a “my bad” is worrisome enough to impact readability and content.
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Sep 07, 2012
A new approach to sharing research will make it easier to find and use data. Five hundred repositories to be cataloged by year end.
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Sep 06, 2012
Patricia Lannes and Kitty Bateman describe Queensborough Community College's Cultures & Literacies Through Art for the 21st Century (CALTA21), which builds partnerships between museums and institutions that teach English as a second language as a means of making art museums more accessible to immigrants.
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Aug 30, 2012
An IMLS-funded planning project is paving the way for better archiving practices at theaters, particularly theaters of color.
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Aug 28, 2012
An IMLS program officer visits the Alaska State Library and finds federally funded projects on digital archives, early literacy, and preservation of cultural heritage.
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Aug 24, 2012
The Chicago Zoo's Welfare Track project, funded by an IMLS National Leadership Grant, takes a different approach to monitoring the welfare of animals, focusing on causes of wellness in addition to what causes sickness.
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Aug 22, 2012
Reductions in local post office hours may provide new opportunities for public libraries.
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Aug 17, 2012
The IMLS-funded SafeArchive system automates established replication policies and helps institutions collaborate to preserve digital content.
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Aug 15, 2012
Dwight McInvaill, Director of the Georgetown County Library of South Carolina, got to see first-hand the benefits of his library's job fair, part of a project funded by the IMLS Grants to States program.
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Aug 10, 2012
Receiving a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant from IMLS opened the eyes of the Santa Ana Public Library to other federal funding options, which led to the creation of the Seeds to Trees Digital Media Technology Academy.
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Aug 09, 2012
Did you know that August is Connected Educator Month? Find out how the Department of Education is connecting educators of all disciplines and levels collaborate online—it’s not too late to participate!
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Aug 07, 2012
Art Beyond Sight and the Museum of Science, Boston, are using an IMLS National Leadership Grant to help museums pilot tools for becoming more accessible to people with disabilities.
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Aug 03, 2012
IMLS went to check in with the Pacific island recipients of Grants to State Library Administrative Agencies and found a wealth of programs to benefit early learners.
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Jul 27, 2012
David Heiser describes Yale University's Peabody Museum of Natural History's Event-Based Teacher Collaborative, which is funded by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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Jul 24, 2012
First Lady Michelle Obama and IMLS Director Susan Hildreth want kids to be inspired by the 2012 Olympic athletes who start competition on Saturday, and to attend one of the many Let's Move! "Olympic Fun Day Meet-ups" being planned for that day.
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Jul 23, 2012
More than 100 responses will help guide IMLS museum programs.
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Jul 18, 2012
We know that more than 80 percent of children in poverty are not reading at grade level by the third grade, and many other children are falling behind as well; libraries and museums are taking up the challenge to improve learning outcomes for young children.
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Jul 18, 2012
Together America’s Public Libraries and America’s Job Centers are teaching digital skills that are essential for job searches and more.
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Jul 13, 2012
IMLS Director Susan Hildreth joined Education Secretary Arne Duncan to launch a summer learning series with special celebrities and over 130 students from DC area schools, camps, and youth programs.
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Jul 12, 2012
Libraries provide invaluable service to their communities every day. In a crisis like the recent storm that knocked out power to so many homes, libraries are a lifeline.
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Jul 10, 2012
Terri Summerfield, director of the Weippe Public Library & Discovery Center in Weippe, ID, sits down with community member Gradi Thomson to discuss how the library has become her family’s home away from home.
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Jul 05, 2012
Drs. Hayley Murphy and Marietta Dindo explain the Great Ape Heart Project, which is assisting nearly every ape in North America in the fight against heart disease, a significant factor in their morbidity and mortality.
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Jul 03, 2012
Arnold Lehman, director of the Brooklyn Museum, sits down with visual artist Virginia Ines Vergara to discuss how the museum has helped her build confidence as a teacher and an artist.
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Jul 02, 2012
Beth Takekawa, Executive Director of the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, was one of 58 cultural leaders from 31 countries who participated in the IMLS/Salzburg Global Seminar on Libraries, Museums and the Era of Participatory Culture. She shares her reflections on finding kindred spirits and new inspiration.
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Jun 28, 2012
Danielle I. Linzer, the Whitney Museum of American Art's manager of access and community programs, explains the IMLS-funded study of the impact of teen programs at four contemporary art museums.
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Jun 26, 2012
Father Columba Stewart, director of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library in Collegeville, MN, sits down with Dr. Getachew Haile to discuss how he became the library’s Cataloguer of Oriental Manuscripts and Curator of the Ethiopian Study Center after fleeing his native Ethiopia.
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Jun 21, 2012
Wendy Jones and Jennifer Sly of the Minnesota Historical Society describe History in our Hands, a project funded by an IMLS National Leadership Grant that will allow school children to better understand the challenges faced by famous Minnesotans throughout history.
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Jun 20, 2012
President Obama Announces an initiative to make cities and towns test-beds for next-generation applications.
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Jun 19, 2012
John L. Vanco, director of the Erie Art Museum, sits down with Victoria Angelo, community member and a refugee from Southern Sudan, to discuss how the museum's Old Songs New Opportunities Project has helped her find employment and opportunities to teach and perform traditional Acholi song and dance.
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Jun 18, 2012
Library education grants, a grant for a new effort to increase broadband adoption, and a new "Talking Points" series are just some of the things keeping IMLS busy as we we prepare for ALA's annual meeting.
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Jun 14, 2012
Funded by a National Leadership Grant from IMLS, "Virtual Williamsburg" allows visitors to see the historic town as it was in 1776.
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Jun 12, 2012
Shaney T. Livingston, director of the Alachua County Library District in Gainesville, FL, sits down with community member Lenor Krome to discuss how Lenor and her family have taken full advantage of this small rural library.
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Jun 08, 2012
Allen P. Messier of the San Diego Zoo and Andrew J. Kouba of the Memphis Zoo explain their complementary projects, both funded by IMLS National Leadership Grants, which seek to prevent the extinction of certain amphibians.
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Jun 07, 2012
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.
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Jun 06, 2012
Frank Robinson, director of the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, VA, sits down with volunteer Chris Corsello and his aide, Lisa Watts, to discuss the meaningful contribution he has made to the garden.
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Jun 01, 2012
IMLS Senior Program Officer Connie Bodner discusses the importance of collections care in light of the recently announced Conservation Project Support grants and her participation in the annual meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.
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May 29, 2012
San José Public Library director Jane Light sits down with community member Vikram K. Kanth to discuss how he has been a strong and effective advocate for the library.
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May 25, 2012
Sharpen your skills this summer with two free professional development opportunities that explore innovative uses of technology to enhance public engagement in research and oral history programs.
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May 22, 2012
The director of the Madison Children's Museum, Ruth Shelly, sits down with Benjamin Perreth, a Visitor Services Associate at the museum, to discuss the impact the museum has had on his life, as well as how the museum has learned from him.
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May 18, 2012
Families use engaging multimedia to learn about personal health and the sustainability of our food system.
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