Fast Fact Sheet: Connecting to Collections: Statewide Implementation Grants (2012)
Vital Statistics
Number of applications: 14
Total amount requested: 2,937,713
Number of awards: 8
Total amount awarded: $1,775,638
Program Statement
Statewide Implementation Grants, an important component of the Connecting to Collections initiative, will fund a limited number of grants to implement the plans or models created with the Statewide Planning grants, addressing issues identified in the Heritage Health Index, to
- provide safe conditions for their collections;
- develop an emergency plan;
- assign responsibility for collections care; and
- work together to increase public and private support for, and raise public awareness about, collections care.
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"These awards will allow for the implementation of plans developed with Connecting to Collections Planning Grants. Each project addresses at least one need identified by the Heritage Health Index: providing safe conditions for collections, developing emergency plans, assigning collections-care responsibility to staff, and increasing awareness of and support for collections care."
- IMLS Director Susan Hildreth
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