Museum Grants for African American History and Culture Program Update, May 2011
This report on the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program provides data on the program and the grants made to date. It also provides guidance on writing a successful proposal and impressions from grantees.
Research Brief No. 3: Majority of States Report Decline in Support for Library Services
Like many state-level agencies, State Library Administrative Agencies are experiencing serious cuts to their budgets. These cuts come at a time when record numbers of people, across a wide range of social and economic circumstances, are turning to libraries to meet some very basic information needs.
Let’s Move! Museums & Gardens Toolkit for Participating Institutions
The toolkit provides communications resources and programming ideas to help participants in the Let’s Move! Museums & Gardens initiative get started.
2012 Congressional Budget Justification
The Institute of Museum and Library Service's Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations Request to the United States Congress
State Library Agencies: Fiscal Year 2009
This report marks the fourth release of library statistics data from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). It contains data on state library agencies in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. The data were collected through the State Library Agencies (StLA) Survey, the product of a cooperative effort between the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), IMLS, and the U.S. Census Bureau.
Advancing Research and Practice in Digital Curation and Publishing
Summary Report and Recommendations of the Workshop on Next Steps in Research, Education and Practice, that was held in London on June 26, 2010, and cosponsored and organized by the University College London Department of Information Studies and IMLS.
2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Service brochure
The National Medal is an annual award made to museums and libraries that have demonstrated a long-term commitment to public service through innovative programs and community partnerships.
Connecting to Collections: A Report to the Nation
This report describes how IMLS engaged dozens of public and private partners to reach thousands of museum and library professionals with resources and technical assistance to care for endangered collections.
Connecting to the World's Collections: Making the Case for the Conservation and Preservation of our Cultural Heritage
Sixty cultural heritage leaders from thirty-two countries, including representatives from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, South America, Australia, Europe, and North America gathered in October 2009 in Salzburg, Austria, to develop a series of practical recommendations to ensure optimal collections conservation worldwide.
A Demographic Overview of the Current and Projected Library Workforce and the Impact of Federal Funding
Library Trends, Vol. 59, No. 1, Summer 2010