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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