Congratulations
on your award! Your grant from the Institute of Museum
and Library Services is an outstanding achievement that
should be shared with your community. This online Grantee
Communications Kit provides guidance for spreading the
word about your grant project. This information is divided
into the following sections:
The Press Kit
The press kit contains suggestions and materials to assist
your public relations staff in alerting the press about
your award. In it you will find:
• Basic media
tips to help you get the word out
• A sample news
release
• A sample radio
public service announcement
Additionally, Fast
Fact Sheets about your grant program will be made
available on the Web site at the time your award is made.
These facts can be used to customize your press releases.
They include a quote from our Director, a description
of the grant program, the Institute’s mission statement
and more.
If you need a list of press contacts in
your area please don’t hesitate to call us at (202)
653-4632.
Share Your Project
As a recipient of federal funds you are required to acknowledge
the Institute of Museum and Library Services when undertaking
grant-supported activities. The Share Your Project section
contains some suggestions and materials to assist you
in acknowledging the Institute and tips to help make sure
your community knows about the good work you do. This
section contains the following:
• Dissemination: How IMLS
can be your partner in promoting your award
• Guidelines
for IMLS acknowledgement
• Instructions for submitting
photos of your project in action
• Our
photo release form (PDF, 35KB)
• Ten
suggestions for celebrating your achievement
IMLS Logos
This page contains the
Institute’s logo in multiple electronic formats,
for use in print or on the Web. Please read the Logo
Standards Guide (PDF, 1MB) before using our logo.
Finally, we encourage you to subscribe,
if you have not already done so, to our free e-mail newsletter,
Primary Source. Primary Source will be sent to you monthly
by email and contains the most up-to-date information
about IMLS, its grants, awards, research and important
deadlines. View
this month’s issue.
Please feel free to contact anyone in the
Office of Public and Legislative Affairs. We are:
• Jeannine
Mjoseth, Public Affairs Officer
• Ellen
Arnold, Visual Information Specialist
• Kevin
O’Connell, Congressional Affairs Officer
Our number is (202) 653-4757. We are happy
to assist your communications efforts in any way that
we can.
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