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The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas. Learn more about the Institute

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Jeannine Mjoseth, 202-653-4632, jmjoseth@imls.gov
Mamie Bittner, 202-653-4630, mbittner@imls.gov

Recent Press Releases

IMLS Report: Libraries are a Vital Community Resource in the Information Age
July 1, 2009

IMLS Publishes FY 2007 Public Libraries Survey Report
June 30, 2009

IMLS Director and Staff Participate in American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, July 9-15, 2009
June 29, 2009

IMLS Launches “Libraries to the Rescue” Podcast Series
June 24, 2009

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Recent Project Profiles
 
June 2009 | Encouraging Family Learning in History Museums

A family rests in the hammock together, where a sailor in 1812 would have only been able to sleep for 4 hours at a time.  Photo by Greg Cooper, courtesy of the USS Constitution Museum.The USS Constitution Museum in Boston is opening a new exhibit, “All Hands on Deck: A Sailor’s Life in 1812” to bring to life day-to-day existence aboard the world’s oldest commissioned seafaring vessel. Read more

May 2009 | Stuart-Hobson Middle School Discovers and Saves Archival Treasures

Anne-Imelda Radice,IMLS Director, with students from the Stuart-Hobson Middle School.For decades, irreplaceable PTA scrapbooks, historical school photos, and roll books dating from 1926 to 1967 languished in a little-used room of Capitol Hill’s Stuart-Hobson Middle School. Rediscovered during the 2006 renovation of the school library, the archival treasures shed light on the ethnic and national origins of the families, parents’ occupations, and outbreaks of serious diseases such as scarlet fever. Read more

April 2009 | Interns Help Restore Sacred Hawaiian Cloaks

Aimee Ducey, conservation program intern from New York University, removing accretion from the sacred Hawaiian cloak.The Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii, will exhibit three newly-repaired 'ahu 'ula, sacred feather cloaks worn by male members of the Hawaiian ali’i, or chiefs, when it reopens the renovated Hawaiian Hall in August. Read more

March 2009 | KC Science, INC – Inspiring Natural Curiosity in Science

Student participating in a hands-on KC Science, INC activity.Several years ago, Kansas City leaders decided to boost future economic growth by developing science and engineering skills in the area’s work force. There was a problem though: Kansas City’s workers and students weren’t very interested in science and engineering. Read more

 
 
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