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July 2011: State Talking Book Libraries: Programs for People with Visual or Physical Disabilities
Photo of two boys in a library using Talking Books.


Through its Grants to State Library Administrative Agencies, the largest of all of its grant programs, IMLS provides funding to state libraries around the country to provide critical services to visually and physically impaired Americans including braille materials and recorded audiobooks also known as “talking books”. Read More

 
June 2011: Fine Arts Museum Brings Together Community Resources to Provide Art and Science Fusion Education
Lamar Elementary students pose with Assistant Museum Educator Megan DiRienzo at the end of their Art Science Fusion program.


With funding from an IMLS National Leadership Grant, the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, along with its partners, the San Angelo Independent School District and the Upper Colorado River Authority, brings together community resources to create an interdisciplinary program of art and science education that engages students in real-life projects focusing on water conservation and environmental science.​ Read More

 
May 2011: A Knight at the Museum Encourages Family Reading through Learning Quest Adventures
One of the Special Participating Youth (SPYs) plays at the Knight table with a Treehouse Museum visitor.


The Treehouse Museum's A Knight at the Museum program provides opportunities for families of children enrolled in area Head Start programs and in local public schools to participate in storybook themed learning quests centered around the museum's resources. Thanks to funding by an IMLS Museums for America Engaging Communities grant, the Treehouse Museum updated its exhibits for the program and offered the event at reduced cost to area schools. Read More