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Registration Opens for WebWise 2012; Le Var Burton Announced as a Keynote Speaker

Jan 06, 2012

Registration is now open for the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ (IMLS) WebWise Conference, which will take place February 29th-March 2nd at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace in Baltimore, MD. Today conference organizers announced that actor and literacy champion LeVar Burton has been chosen as one of the keynote speakers. Burton will speak on the morning of March 1. Read More

 
IMLS Director Susan Hildreth Welcomes Robert Horton, New IMLS Associate Deputy Director for Library Services

Jan 04, 2012

Statement of IMLS Director Susan Hildreth: I am pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Horton as IMLS Associate Deputy Director for Library Services. In his new position at IMLS, he is responsible for the management of the discretionary grant programs in the Office of Library Services. Read More

 
Call for Applications: Native American Library Services Grant: Basic Grants

Jan 03, 2012

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is accepting applications in the Native American Library Services Basic Grants grant program, with a deadline of March 1, 2012. Read More

 
 



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Blog Post: Digital Communities and the Second Anniversary of the National Broadband Plan
Photo of Susan Hildreth

Mar 22, 2012

Full participation in American society requires the ability to access and use digital content and technologies. IMLS is helping libraries and museums to work with businesses, hospitals, schools, cultural institutions, community technology centers and local governments to create and sustain access to broadband technologies. Read More

 
Blog Post: Shedding Light on the Oldest Recorded Sounds
topographic map of the surface of a wax cylinder record

Mar 21, 2012

Early Alexander Graham Bell recordings, once thought to be lost to history, gained national media attention last year when scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory devised a way to hear them. For curious minds who want to know more, here’s the a behind the scenes look at how it all happened.​ Read More

 
Blog Post: IMLS on YouTube: MFA Grant Helps Preserve Johnson City Photos

Mar 14, 2012

The Johnson County (Kansas) Museum used a Museums for America grant and partnered with the Johnson County Public Library to preserve photographs and enlist the help of the public to identify people and places. Read More

 
 



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