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| PlayWorks™ Provides Whole-family Learning In a Child-friendly Environment |
 Children feed alphabet letters to a talking baby dragon, drive a New York City fire truck, paint on a six-foot art wall, and crawl through a challenge course in PlayWorks™ at the Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) in New York. Manhattan’s largest public play and learning center for early childhood marries the skills that children need to succeed in kindergarten with fun stuff that kids love. Read more.
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|  Dear Museum and Library Professionals,
On the eve of President-elect Obama’s historic inauguration, many Americans are saving newspapers, buttons, posters, and bumper stickers for posterity. Museums and libraries have a special role to play in teaching communities how to properly preserve the material symbols of this historic occasion. Today’s memorabilia will join the collections already held in trust by museums and libraries to commemorate important moments in history.
As you reach out to your constituents, I encourage you to make use of the Guide to Online Resources, especially the section called Care For Collections at http://www.imls.gov/collections/resources/care.htm.These resources are part of the Institute’s Connecting to Collections initiative, a multiyear, multifaceted national initiative to help preserve our nation’s collections. For those of you who haven’t yet applied for the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, a set of practical resources to help museums and libraries sustain our heritage, there’s still time! Based on the enthusiastic response to the Bookshelf, IMLS is offering a third round of competition to distribute an additional 1,000 Bookshelves. Applications can be submitted to AASLH between January 5, 2009, and March 9, 2009, at www.aaslh.org/Bookshelf.
I commend you on the important work you do to unite and advance your communities.
Sincerely,
Anne-Imelda M. Radice
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| The
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Six Tips to Preserve Your Election Collections
Across the nation, Americans are saving newspapers, posters, buttons, and bumper stickers to commemorate the historic election and inauguration of Barack Obama, America’s first African American president. Anne-Imelda M. Radice, Director of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), encourages citizen-collectors to make sure that their presidential inauguration collections will be preserved long into the future.
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Picturing America Kits Awarded to Nearly 1,300 Public Libraries
Anne-Imelda M. Radice, IMLS Director, is pleased to announce that 1,600 public libraries have just been selected to receive Picturing America, a free kit of teaching resources.
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Connect with Living Collections and Colleagues at Free Forum in San Diego
Registration Deadline -- January 23, 2009
Staff and board members of zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, nature centers, and living history farms are invited to attend It’s Alive! Petals to Primates: Preservation Challenges of Living Collections in San Diego on February 19 and 20, 2009. The free forum, sponsored by IMLS, in partnership with Heritage Preservation and the San Diego Zoo, will address the wide range of challenges in caring for and sustaining treasured living collections.
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Nominations Sought for the National Medal for Museum and Library Service
Nomination Deadline: February 17, 2009
Nominate your favorite museums and libraries for the National Medal for Museum and Library Service for their significant and exceptional contributions to their communities. The medal includes a $10,000 award to each recipient and an awards ceremony in Washington, DC.
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IMLS Accepting Applications for Native American/Native Hawaiian
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is accepting grant applications to the Native American/Native Hawaiian (NANH) Museum Services program. NANH grants support projects that promote enhanced learning and innovation within museums and museum-related organizations, and are available to federally recognized Indian tribes, Alaskan Native Villages and corporations, and organizations that primarily serve and represent Native Hawaiians.
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2009 National Leadership Grant Guidelines Now Available
Deadline for applications: February 1, 2009
IMLS is accepting grant applications for the agency’s 2009 National Leadership Grant (NLG) program. Applications, guidelines, and examples of successful proposals can be found on the agency’s Web site. Read more
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Museums, Libraries, and Archives Urged to Apply for Free IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf
Application Deadline: March 9, 2009
Based on the enthusiastic response from museum, library, and archive professionals throughout the country, IMLS will offer a third, and final, round of competition to distribute an additional 1,000 copies of the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf. Read more |
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Time to Apply for The Big Read
Application Deadline: February 3, 2009
IMLS, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), announces the fifth deadline for The Big Read. The purpose of The Big Read is to revitalize the role of literatu+re in American popular culture. Grants are available to encourage local communities to inspire reading. This will be the only application deadline in 2009. Read more |
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“The Digital Revolution: Developing Library Services for the Next Generation” [keynote]; “Getting Connected Internationally” [panelist]; “Emerging Education Initiatives in Digital Curation” [moderator]; Joyce Ray, Associate Deputy Director for Library Services, Association for Library and Information Science Education, Denver, CO, January 20-23.
“IMLS Native American Library Services Grant Workshop,” Alison Freese, Senior Program Officer, Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records, Phoenix, AZ, February 3.
“Museum Advocacy,” Dr. Schroeder Cherry, Counselor to the Director, George Washington University Museum Education Graduate Program, Washington, D.C., February 13.
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