Publications

The Annual Financial Report details the health of the agency's finances in Fiscal Year 2023.

IMLS’s Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE) is leading the development of the Agency’s first Learning Agenda, which is organized around actionable learnings to three research and evaluation priorities: child reading literacy, future of museums and equity grantmaking.

Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries (APP) was a pilot initiative, launched in 2018, by the National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program. The goal of this pilot was to support projects that strengthen the ability of small and/or rural libraries and archives to serve their communities and to build grantee capacity through participation in a mentor-led community of practice.

The National Medal for Museum and Library Service brochure describes the work of the 2023 recipients of the nation's top award for institutions that make significant and exceptional contributions to their communities.

This research brief highlights how public libraries ensured patrons had access to library services as the pandemic forced closures in communities around the nation beginning in March 2020.

IMLS brought together nearly 100 museum leaders from across the field in Washington, DC, for the Museum Leadership in Dynamic Times convening—representing the diversity of the field by size, discipline, geography, and identities—to discuss lessons learned and remaining questions from the challenges that emerged starting in 2020, from decision-making in the face of a global pandemic to understanding how to respond to widespread community unrest.

The Institute of Museum and Library Service's Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Request to the United States Congress.

The Annual Financial Report details the health of the agency's finances in Fiscal Year 2022.

The Annual Performance Report presents the agency's program results, key accomplishments, and new initiatives during FY 2022.

As part of the IMLS-funded Measures that Matter Initiative, the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), released new research examining the role U.S. public libraries play in supporting workforce and small business development.

The National Medal for Museum and Library Service brochure describes the work of the 2022 recipients of the nation’s top award for community service by museums and libraries.

This evaluation identifies successful strategies, continued barriers, and insights into the community-driven collaborations undertaken in the Community Catalyst Initiative (CCI). CCI is an IMLS program that explores ways libraries and museums can leverage their unique places in communities to spark change.