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| Interns Help Restore Sacred Hawaiian Cloaks |
 The Bishop Museum in Honolulu,
Hawaii, will exhibit three newly repaired feather cloaks
when it reopens the renovated Hawaiian Hall in August. Known as ‘ahu ‘ula, the cloaks
were worn by male members of the Hawaiian ali’i, the chiefly or royal class in traditional
Hawaiian society. Each magnificent cloak, one of which dates back to the mid-18th century, is made
of bundles of tiny red and yellow feathers of now-extinct birds secured to a net foundation.
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| Director's
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|  We recently bid farewell to IMLS’s first international fellow, Maisy Stapleton, CEO of Museums & Galleries New South Wales, the key support agency for the museum and gallery sector in the Australian state that includes Sydney. Her state-funded agency awards grants and runs professional development and training programs for some of the 540 museums, 34 regional galleries, 27 artist-run spaces, and 15 “keeping places” in New South Wales. Her agency also works with a number of the 175 historical societies and 266 libraries throughout the state.
Ms. Stapleton connected with Marsha Semmel, Deputy Director for Museums and Director for Strategic Partnerships, at the 2007 International Council of Museums (ICOM) meeting in Vienna, Austria. Interested in IMLS’s role in the museum and library world, Ms. Stapleton contacted us to inquire about a six-week visit beginning in February 2009.
What a wonderful ambassador! With her cheerful disposition and curious mind, Ms. Stapleton took in mounds of information on a variety of topics. She learned about IMLS-supported library-museum collaborations, our youth program and 21st century skills initiative, and promoting value in the museum sector. She also sat in on several peer-review panels to learn more about our grants process, which she avers is second to none.
During her fellowship, Ms. Stapleton formed connections and ties that will endure a lifetime. She met with representatives of the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Association of Museums, the American Library Association, and many other organizations. And, of course, she visited many museums.
Ms. Stapleton also gave back to us. In presentations to IMLS staff, she informed us about her agency’s development of national standards for museums and libraries, its Strategic Audience Development Study, and current museum issues in Australia.
Visitors from other countries expand our ability to understand and respect each other. I am so gratified to have hosted Ms. Stapleton and look forward to our next international fellow. IMLS is uniquely positioned to take a leadership role in sharing knowledge and best practices among museum and library professionals in this country and around the world.
Anne-Imelda M. Radice, IMLS Director
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| The
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IMLS Celebrates National Library Week
In honor of National Library Week, Anne-Imelda M. Radice, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), toured the newly-created archives at the Stuart-Hobson Middle School on Capitol Hill on
April 14. The historical treasures, including irreplaceable PTA scrapbooks, historical photos, and roll
books dating from 1926 to 1967, were re-discovered during the 2006 renovation of the school library.
Read more:
http://www.imls.gov/news/2009/041409.shtm. |
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IMLS Mourns the Loss of John Hope Franklin, Civil Rights Activist
IMLS mourns the loss of John Hope Franklin, a civil rights activist and life-long academic who
chronicled America’s racial history through his prolific writing. Franklin was among the first black
scholars to earn prominent posts at America’s top universities and was honored with the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1995.
Read more:
http://www.imls.gov/news/2009/040109.shtm |
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IMLS Seeks Applications for Save America’s Treasures Program
Deadline: May 22, 2009
IMLS is seeking applicants for the Save America’s Treasures (SAT) 2009 grant program. These grants
support the preservation and conservation of nationally significant intellectual and cultural
artifacts such as collections, documents, sculpture, and art, and historic structures and sites. For
more information, please go to
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures/.
Read More:
http://www.imls.gov/news/2009/031909a.shtm |
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IMLS FY 2009 Budget
On March 11, President Obama signed the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, which provides fiscal year
2009 appropriations for the Institute of Museum and Library Services. To view a detailed table of the
IMLS FY08 and FY09 appropriations, please click here:
http://www.imls.gov/pdf/09_Appropriations.pdf. |
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Apply for Native American Library Services: Enhancement Grants
Deadline: May 1, 2009
Enhancement Grants support projects to enhance existing, or implement new, library services,
particularly as they relate to the goals of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). Indian
tribes and Alaska Native villages are eligible to apply for the Enhancement Grants only if they have
applied for a Native American Library Services Basic Grant in the same fiscal year. For more
information, please go to:
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/nativeServices.shtm. |
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Apply for Native Hawaiian Library Services Grants
Deadline: May 15, 2009
The Native Hawaiian Library Services program provides new opportunities for improved library services
for an important part of the nation’s community of library users. Funds may be used to enhance
existing library services or implement new library services, particularly as they relate to the
priorities of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). Native Hawaiian Library Services
grants are available to nonprofit organizations that primarily serve and represent Native Hawaiians (as
the term is defined in 20 U.S.C. § 7517). The term “Native Hawaiian” means a person who
is a citizen of the United States and a descendant of the aboriginal people who, before 1778, occupied
and exercised sovereignty in the areas that now comprise the state of Hawaii. For more information,
please go to:
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/nativeHawaiian.shtm. |
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| IMLS
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Lesley Langa, Research Specialist, Museums and the Web 2009, Indianapolis, IN, April 15-17.
“Federal Funding Brown Bag Lunch,” Marsha Semmel, Deputy Director for Museums and Director for Strategic Partnerships, Association of Children’s Museums annual conference, Philadelphia, PA, April 28-30.
“Declare Your Impact!” Anne-Imelda Radice, IMLS Director, Association of Children’s Museums Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA April 28-30, 2009.
“Where Ideas Live!” Anne-Imelda Radice, IMLS Director, American Association of Museums annual conference, Philadelphia, PA, April 30-May 4, 2009.
“How Do We Prove the Value of Museums?” Marsha Semmel, Deputy Director for Museums and Director for Strategic Partnerships, and Mamie Bittner, Deputy Director of Policy, Planning, Research, and Communications, American Association of Museums annual conference, Philadelphia, PA, April 30-May 4.
“Women in Leadership: Changes in Museums and Arts Management,” Marsha Semmel, Deputy Director for Museums and Director for Strategic Partnerships, American Association of Museums annual conference, Philadelphia, PA, April 30-May 4.
“IMLS Connections Lab,” Mary Estelle Kennelly, Associate Deputy Director for Museums and Director for Strategic Partnerships, American Association of Museums annual conference, Philadelphia, PA, April 30-May 4.
“Mid-Career Professional Training - What Works and What Doesn't,” Christopher Reich, Senior Program Officer, American Association of Museums annual conference, Philadelphia, PA, April 30-May 4.
State Programs Site Visit to Kentucky, Terri Brown, Senior Program Officer, Frankfort, KY, May 17-21.
Site Visit to Hands On! Regional Museum, Anne-Imelda Radice, IMLS Director, Johnson City, TN, May 18.
Rachel Frick, Senior Program Officer, 4th International Open Repositories Conference, Atlanta, GA, May 18-21.
Rachel Frick, Senior Program Officer, Association for Recorded Sound Collections annual conference, Washington, DC, May 27-30.
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