FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IMLS Press Contacts 202-653-4632 Natasha Marstiller, nmarstiller@imls.gov Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov MacArthur Press Contact 312-726-8000 Jen Humke, jhumke@macfound.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IMLS Press Contacts 202-653-4632 Natasha Marstiller, nmarstiller@imls.gov Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov Washington, DC—The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced today 54 awards totaling $152,112 for American Heritage Preservation grants.  IMLS received 146 applications requesting $412,952 in funds.

It is a great honor to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the US Senate to serve as the fourth director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). I know that my four year term at IMLS will be both demanding and exhilarating. We are all facing difficult questions about how best to use limited resources. Our country has a great asset in its libraries and museums. Their infrastructure reaches nearly every community in the US, with expert staff, great content, technology and physical spaces, and most importantly deep knowledge about community needs.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IMLS Press Contacts 202-653-4632 Natasha Marstiller, nmarstiller@imls.gov Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov Washington, DC—Today, eight international research funders are jointly announcing their participation in round two of the Digging into Data Challenge, a grant competition designed to spur cutting edge research in the humanities and social sciences.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IMLS Press Contacts 202-653-4632 Natasha Marstiller, nmarstiller@imls.gov Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IMLS Press Contacts 202-653-4632 Natasha Marstiller, nmarstiller@imls.gov Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IMLS Press Contacts 202-653-4632 Natasha Marstiller, nmarstiller@imls.gov Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov Washington, DC—President Obama has requested $242,605,000 for fiscal year 2012 for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IMLS Press Contacts 202-653-4632 Natasha Marstiller, nmarstiller@imls.gov Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov Washington, DC—The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is accepting grant applications to the Native American Library Services Enhancement Grant program.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IMLS Press Contacts 202-653-4632 Natasha Marstiller, nmarstiller@imls.gov Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IMLS Press Contacts 202-653-4632 Natasha Marstiller, nmarstiller@imls.gov Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov Washington, DC—The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded nine Save America’s Treasures Grants.