FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Elizabeth Holtan, eholtan@imls.gov 202-653-4630 People Visited Public Libraries More Than a Billion Times in 2015 Survey shows libraries offer more public programs and e-books

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabeth Holtan, eholtan@imls.gov (202) 653-4630 Five Teens Selected for the Country’s Most Prestigious Youth Poetry Honor Washington DC – Five teens from across the country have been chosen from among thousands of award-winning poets to serve as National Student Poets, the nation’s highest honor for youth poets presenting original work

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Elizabeth Holtan, eholtan@imls.gov 202-653-4630 IMLS Reports Describe Shared Digital Library Infrastructures and Formal Education in Library and Information Science

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Elizabeth Holtan, eholtan@imls.gov 202-653-4630 Nominate Your Museum or Library for an IMLS National Medal Submissions Due October 1, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IMLS Press Contact Giuliana Bullard gbullard@imls.gov 202-653-4699 $1.4 Million in New Grants Will Strengthen Native American and Hawaiian Museum Services

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IMLS Press Contact Giuliana Bullard gbullard@imls.gov 202-653-4799 IMLS Awards $2.2 Million for African American History and Culture Museums

IMLS Press Contact Giuliana Bullard, 202-653-4799 gbullard@imls.gov Applications Open for National Leadership and Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant Programs Only One Application Deadline This Year

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contacts Giuliana Bullard, 202-653-4799, gbullard@imls.gov Katie Haswell, 202-414-0799, khaswell@susandavis.com IMLS Selects Top 10 Museums, Libraries for the National Medal for Museum and Library Service

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IMLS Press Contact Giuliana Bullard 202-653-4799 gbullard@imls.gov IMLS Releases Annual Data on American Public Libraries