• Choose Your Own Adventure: Workshops @ WebWise

    January 23, 2013

    This blog was originally published on the WebWise 2013 blog.  By Lisa Rhody Within hours of opening registration to IMLS grantees and the public, conference registrants began submitting ideas for and voting on potential pre-conference workshop offerings.  Through the use of social idea sharing software called IdeaScale, conference goers will have a direct impact on the “look and feel” of this… Read more

  • New Report Shows Trends in U.S. Library Service

    January 22, 2013

    By Susan Hildreth Director, IMLS The FY 2010 report on Public Libraries in the United States  shows the vitality of public library service in America. Public libraries are anchors in their communities, serving a broad constituency with both traditional services and new ones that reflect the changing needs of their populations.  According to the report, public libraries served 297.6 million… Read more

  • AAHC Forum: How a South Carolina State University Accounting Major Found a Passion for Museum Work

    January 17, 2013

    This post is a part of the AAHC Forum. In the coming months we will invite current and past grantees to contribute their project experiences via blog posts on our UpNext Blog and then ask you to respond through the AAHC Virtual Forum. We hope you will add your voice and share your needs and opinions so that AAHC can continue to help African American museums thrive. Please visit the AAHC forum to… Read more

  • AAHC Forum: The I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium: Creating Life-Changing Opportunities for Students

    January 17, 2013

    This post is a part of the AAHC Forum. In the coming months we will invite current and past grantees to contribute their project experiences via blog posts on our UpNext Blog and then ask you to respond through the AAHC Virtual Forum. We hope you will add your voice and share your needs and opinions so that AAHC can continue to help African American museums thrive.

  • Libraries and Museums Bring Communities Together to Celebrate Two Historic American Traditions

    January 16, 2013

    By Susan Hildreth Director, IMLS This year two important American traditions will be observed on the same day. On January 21, 2013, we will celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the 57th presidential inauguration as President Barack Obama is sworn in for his second term. One of the ways in which museums and libraries serve as community anchors is providing a place for shared experiences… Read more

  • WebWise 2013: And Now for Something Completely Different

    January 16, 2013

    This blog was originally published on the WebWise 2013 blog.  By Sheila Brennan Associate Director of Public Projects, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media WebWise 2013 is set for March 6-8, 2013 at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace in Baltimore, MD and the theme will be “Putting the Learner at the Center.” In 2013, WebWise will fully embrace the conference theme, stealing a… Read more

  • AAHC Forum: Rebuilding the Museum, One Person at a Time

    January 10, 2013

    This post is a part of the AAHC Forum. In the coming months we will invite current and past grantees to contribute their project experiences via blog posts on our UpNext Blog and then ask you to respond through the AAHC Virtual Forum. We hope you will add your voice and share your needs and opinions so that AAHC can continue to help African American museums thrive.

  • Makers on the Move in Libraries and Museums

    December 20, 2012

    By Susan Hildreth Director, IMLS Maker spaces are part of a growing movement of hands-on, mentor-led environments that encourage entrepreneurship and unleash the inner inventor in all of us, particularly children. And I am happy to report that there is an explosion of interest among museums and libraries in “Making” environments.

  • AAHC Forum: Museums Challenged to Serve – Beyond Borders

    December 20, 2012

    This post is a part of the AAHC Forum. In the coming months we will invite current and past grantees to contribute their project experiences via blog posts on our UpNext Blog and then ask you to respond through the AAHC Virtual Forum. We hope you will add your voice and share your needs and opinions so that AAHC can continue to help African American museums thrive. Please visit the AAHC forum to… Read more

  • From the Bench: Team Pachacamac Triumphs, Making Peruvian Collections Accessible

    December 19, 2012

    This post is part of the “From the Bench” series celebrating the work of conservators. Part scientist, part detective, they work to preserve the past for the future. This series features the voices of conservators who are working on IMLS-supported projects in museums across the United States. For more information about IMLS funding for museums see www.imls.gov/applicants/available_grants.aspx.… Read more