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| Vol.
10, No. 7; August 2008 |
| 15 Library Schools Share
Quality Online Courses via WISE Consortium |
 Fifteen
library and information science (LIS) schools share online
courses with each other’s students via WISE, the Web-based
Information Science Education Consortium. Through the award-winning
distance education program, the schools provide students
with elective courses that are high quality, cost-effective,
and diverse. In the past four years, WISE schools have offered
more than 330 courses to more than 550 students. The project
received two Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grants
from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
to provide faculty with online training in distance education
pedagogy, to recruit partner schools, and to collaborate
with LIS organizations to develop graduate and continuing
education courses. Read
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| Director's
Message |
|  I
would like to recognize the museum and library professionals
who have taken time out of their busy schedules in the
past year to serve as panelists in our Washington D.C.
offices or to participate as field reviewers from their
home offices. On my travels, time and time again, I hear
that the IMLS peer review process is the “gold standard”
to which other organizations aspire. The commitment and
participation of our peer reviewers is the engine that
drives this process. Their dedication, knowledge, and
generosity ensures that IMLS supports those projects that
highlight the best of museum and library practice and
build the capacity of museums and libraries to serve the
American people. Click
here to view the full list.
- Anne-Imelda M. Radice,
Ph.D., Director, IMLS |
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| The
Latest News |
Now
available: “Collaboration in the Digital Age”
Web cast
The second Connecting to Collections forum was
held on June 24 and 25 in Denver, Colorado, and featured
speakers that reviewed the fundamentals of digital content
creation and preservation, and emphasized practical approaches
to planning digital projects, increasing access to collections,
enabling digital resources to serve multiple purposes, and
protecting digital investments. This program was part of
Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action, an IMLS initiative
created to save endangered collections in the nation's museums,
libraries, archives, and historical societies. This was
the second in a series of four national conservation forums
that are part of the Connecting to Collections initiative.
Watch
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Audio
Conference Calls Available for Bank of America/IMLS American
Heritage Preservation Program applicants
Application Deadline: September 15, 2008.
Guidelines are now available for the American Heritage Preservation
Program, a new public-private partnership betweenn IMLS
and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation that will
fund stand-alone conservation projects. To assist grant
applicants with putting together their applications, IMLS
will be offering technical assistance audio conference calls
on Wednesday, August 20 and Thursday, August 28. Read
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IMLS
Announces Recipients of 2008 Museum Grants For African American
History and Culture
IMLS awarded $827,290 to eight exceptional institutions
as part of the Museum Grants for African American History
and Culture (AAHC) program. These grants are available to
organizations that focus on African American life, art,
history, or culture, and can be used for programs to recruit,
train, and retain skilled and new museum professionals in
African American museums.
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154 Institutions in 39 States Awarded Museums for
America Grants; $16.9 Million Distributed
154 organizations received a total of $16.9 million through
the Museums for America (MFA) grant program. The largest
museum grant program administered by IMLS, MFA grants support
institutions interested in strengthening their services
in the following areas: engaging communities (education,
exhibitions, and interpretation); building institutional
capacity (management, policy, and training); and collections
stewardship.
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776
Museums, Libraries, and Archives Selected to Receive IMLS
Connecting to Collections Bookshelf
IMLS announced that 776 museums, libraries, and
archives, representing every state, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam were selected
to receive the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf.
The IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf is part of
a multi-year, multi-faceted IMLS national initiative to
raise public awareness and inspire action to care for the
collections held in public trust by libraries and museums
throughout the United States. Read
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AAM
and IMLS Announce 2008 Museum Assessment Program Participants
The American Association of Museums (AAM) and the
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) would like
to commend the 100 museums participating in the 2008 Museum
Assessment Program (MAP). These institutions have requested
an evaluation of their operational strengths and weaknesses
in the interest of bettering their organizations and reaffirming
their commitment to their communities. Read
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IMLS
Announces New Round of the Connecting to Collections
Bookshelf
Based on the enthusiastic response to the Connecting
to Collections Bookshelf, IMLS will offer a third round
of the competition to distribute the Bookshelf to an additional
1000 qualifying institutions. Applications can be submitted
to AASLH between January 5, 2009 and March 9, 2009 at www.aaslh.org/Bookshelf.
Priority will be given to smaller institutions, but large
museums and large libraries with special collections are
also eligible to apply. Please note that federally operated
institutions, for-profit institutions, and libraries that
do not hold special collections are not eligible to receive
the Bookshelf. For more information, please contact Terry
Jackson at jackson@aaslh.org
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IMLS Conservation Project Support Application and Guidelines
Available on IMLS Web site
Application Deadline: October 1, 2008.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is accepting
grant applications to the agency’s FY 2009 Conservation
Project Support (CPS) program, and has scheduled two technical
assistance conference calls to offer museum professionals
from around the country a chance to ask questions and learn
about the program. Read
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IMLS
Calls for Applications for Connecting to Collections Statewide
Planning Grants
Application Deadline: October 16, 2008.
IMLS invites proposals for the 2009 Connecting to Collections
Statewide Planning Grants. Applications for these collaborative
state grants should address the recommendations published
in the Heritage
Health Index, which found that many collections
held in the public trust by libraries, museums, and archives
are at risk. Read
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Libraries
and Schools Encouraged to Apply for Picturing America
Application Deadline: October 31, 2008. Libraries
and schools have a second opportunity to apply for a wonderful,
free teaching tool called Picturing America, announced Dr.
Anne-Imelda Radice, Director of the Institute of Museum
and Library Services (IMLS) on August 5, 2008. Picturing
America, presented by the National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH) in partnership with IMLS, provides high-quality reproductions
of great American art to public libraries and K-12 schools
to enhance the study of history, social studies, language
arts, literature, and civics. Application information can
be found in the ‘Apply Now’ section of the Picturing
America Web site, PicturingAmerica.neh.gov. |
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Apply
Now to Become a Preserve America Community
Community leaders are encouraged to apply for the
Preserve America community designation, which recognizes
a community’s efforts to care for and share its cultural
and natural heritage. The designation also makes the community
eligible for special federal funding. The last two 2008
application periods are September 1 and December 1. Read
more |
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| IMLS
on the Road |
| “The Drive to Digitize”
and “Funding Opportunities,” Susan L. Malbin,
Senior Program Officer, Society of American Archivists
Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, August 26-29.
Keynote Address, Marsha Semmel, Deputy Director
for Museums and Director for Strategic Partnerships, Florida
Association of Museums annual meeting, Miami, FL, Sept
6-8.
“IMLS Grant Opportunities That Help
Transform Your Museum,” Steve Shwartzman and Christopher
Reich, Senior Program Officers, Association of State and
Local History annual meeting, Rochester, NY, Sept 9-12.
Doctoral Consortium Panel, Joyce Ray, Associate
Deputy Director for Library Services, European Conference
on Digital Libraries, Aarhus, Denmark, Sept 14-18.
“Funding Collections Care Into the Future,”
Marsha Semmel, Deputy Director for Museums and Director
for Strategic Partnerships, Western Museum Association
annual meeting, Anchorage, AK, Sept 17-21.
“Define Your Future with IMLS Grant
Opportunities,” Marsha Semmel, Deputy Director for
Museums and Director for Strategic Partnerships, and Sandra
Narva, Senior Program Officer, Western Museum Association
annual meeting, Anchorage, AK, Sept 17-21.
“Native Definitions: Sustaining Heritage
through IMLS,” Sandra Narva, Senior Program Officer,
Western Museum Association annual meeting, Anchorage,
AK, Sept 17-21.
Second National Underground Railroad Summit,
Dr. Schroeder Cherry, Counselor to the Director, Philadelphia,
PA, Sept 17-19.
“Co-sponsorships: Maximizing the Good,
Minimizing the Bad, and Avoiding the Ugly,” Nancy
Weiss, General Counsel, 16th National Government Ethics
Conference, Orlando, FL, Sept 18.
“Ignite the Americas,” Nancy Weiss, General
Counsel, Youth Arts Policy Forum, Toronto, Canada, Sept
19 – 21.
Native American Tribal Historic Preservation
Officers 10th Annual Meeting, Dr. Schroeder Cherry, Counselor
to the Director, Washington, DC, Sept 24-26
“The Future of the Internet Economy: Developing
a Medium Term Policy Research Agenda,” Nancy Weiss,
General Counsel, the 36th Research Conference on Communication,
Information, and Internet Policy, Arlington, VA, Sept
26.
“Funding Digital Preservation Research,
Practice and Education in the United States,” Rachel
Frick, Senior Program Officer, iPres 2008, London, England,
UK, Sept 29-30.
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