FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 21, 2008
IMLS Press Contacts
202-653-4632
Jeannine Mjoseth, jmjoseth@imls.gov
Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov
IMLS
Director and Key Agency Officials Take Part in American
Association of Museums Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo™
April 27 - May 1, Denver
Colorado Convention Center
Visit the IMLS Booth
at the MuseumExpo, #279
WASHINGTON, DC--Anne-Imelda
M. Radice, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS), and other agency representatives, will
participate in various events during the American Association
of Museums annual meeting in Denver, CO, April 27-May
1. In addition, IMLS staff will be available for questions
at the booth #279.
Below is a list of IMLS-related
sessions:
Event Title: Public Funding and
Public Value—Two Studies Inform the Discussion
Description: Findings from two national research
studies will provide an opportunity to consider how public
funding affects museum services in the United States,
as well as how the public perceives the value of museum
use -- in person and online -- in relation to a wide range
of other sources of information including libraries, television,
books and the Internet.
Chairperson: Mamie Bittner, IMLS Deputy Director
for Policy, Planning, Research and Communications
Monday, April 28, 9-10:15 A.M.
Event Title: Museum Assessment Program
Soapbox: Your Chance to Shape the Future of the Museum
Assessment Program
Description: IMLS’s Museum Assessment Program
(MAP) has helped thousands of museums improve their operations
over the past 26 years. We’ve been listening to
your comments over the years and want to make the program
even more responsive to your needs. Help shape the program
as you weigh in on such issues as barriers for applying
to the program, challenges and solutions of keeping your
board and staff engaged, obstacles in completing the self-study,
ways to add more value to the program, ways to turn assessments
into funding dollars, and how to continue to support museums
once the report has been turned in. AAM/MAP Advisory Committee
staff and leadership and IMLS need your input to help
MAP better serve program participants and increase its
value in the field.
Chairperson: Ann Fortescue, Director of Education
and Visitor Services, Senator John Heinz, History Center,
Pittsburgh, PA.
Participant: Christopher Reich, IMLS Senior Program
Officer.
Monday, April 28, 3:30–5:30 P.M.
Event Title: Success With Federal Grants: A Dialogue
Between Grantmakers and Grantseekers
Description: Grant seekers from one large and
one small museum and Grant makers from federal agencies
including IMLS, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA),
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and National
Science Foundation (NSF) will discuss the process of how
to successfully develop and apply for federal grants.
Chairperson: Diana Duncan, Director of Development, Dallas
Museum of Art, TX.
Participant: Christine Henry, IMLS Senior Program Officer.
Tuesday, April 29, 2–3:15 P.M.
Event Title: Making Better Museums: New Knowledge from
IMLS-Funded Research Projects
Description: Review new research findings on the cultural
relevance of museums as economic growth facilitators,
agents and partners for the development of shared social
values, and sites that contribute to an individual’s
sense of self and personal well-being.
Chairperson: Marsha Semmel, IMLS Deputy Director
for Museums and Director for Strategic Partnerships
Wednesday, April 30, 9–10:15 A.M.
Event Title: Open Mic with Institute of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS) Staff: Museum Funding Opportunities
Description: IMLS Program staff present valuable information
on grant opportunities available to your museum.
Chairperson: Mary Estelle Kennelly, IMLS Associate
Deputy Director of Museum Services
Wednesday, April 30, 9–10:15 A.M.
Event Title: General Session
Description: Anne-Imelda Radice, Director of IMLS, addresses
AAM meeting attendees on the Connecting to Collections:
A Call to Action, shows the conservation video and is
honored her service to IMLS.
Wednesday, April 30, 10:30 A.M. – 12 P.M.
Event Title: Mentoring Roundtable
Description: Emerging and mid-career professionals discuss
career strategies, overcoming workplace challenges, being
a leader at any level, and communicating persuasively.
Participant: Schroeder Cherry, IMLS Counselor
to the Director
Wednesday, April 30, 12:15-1:45 P.M.
Receptions/luncheons:
Event Title: Leadership Reception of the Denver
Museum Community
Participant: Anne-Imelda Radice, IMLS Director
Saturday, April 26, 6:30 - 8:00 P.M.
Event Title: CEOs and Directors Reception - Denver Museum
of Nature and Science
Participant: Anne-Imelda Radice, IMLS Director
Sunday, April 27, 5:30 - 7:00 P.M.
Event Title: Museum Trustees Lunch
Participant: Anne-Imelda Radice, IMLS Director
Monday, April 28, 12:15-1:45 P.M.
Event Title: Reception for Volunteers of Programs
that Support Excellence in Museums (AAM Peer Reviewers,
Museum Advocacy Team Members and IMLS Grant Reviewers)
Tuesday, April 29, 5-7 P.M.
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