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Connecting to Collections: Statewide Planning Grants

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Conservation Project Support

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Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
Priority 1: Master's Level Programs

Priority 2: Doctoral Programs

Priority 3: Pre-professional Programs


Priority 4: Research

Priority 5: Programs to Build Institutional Capacity

 

Museums for America

$5,000-24,999 $25,000-74,999 $75,000-150,000
Sustaining Cultural
Heritage
• Iolani Palace
• Stepping Stones Foundation
• Wellesley College: Davis Museum and Cultural Center

• Museum of History and Art, Ontario
• Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
• American Museum of Natural History

Supporting Lifelong Learning • Rogers Historical Museum
• Morehead State University: Kentucky Folk Art Center
• John J. Tyler Arboretum
• Miami University:
Hefner Zoology Museum

• African American Heritage Foundation
• Las Vegas Natural History Museum
• Essex County Historical Society
• Ursinus College:
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art

• Levine Museum of the New South
• Portland Museum of Art
Serving as Centers of Community Engagement • Cliveden of the National Trust, Inc.
• University of Illinois at Chicago: Jane Addam's Hull-House
• Moore College of Art and Design
•  Sciencenter

• Cleveland Museum of Art
• Seward Association for the dvancement
of Marine Science

 

National Leadership Grants:

for Museums:

Advancing Digital Resources

Research

Planning

for Libraries:

Building Digital Resources

Research

Demonstration

Library/Museum Community Collaboration: Evaluation criteria for the Library/Museum Community Collaboration Category are somewhat different, but the 2003 sample may prove helpful.

 

Native American Library Services: Enhancement Grants
Fort Belknap Meeting Community Needs

Miami Tribe Libraries Lost and Found

Pueblo of Pojoaque Raising Readers

The Tundra Times Indexing Project Narrative

 

Native Hawaiian Library Services
Sample Narrative

 

Save America's Treasures
City of Boston

Museum of Northern Arizona

Nebraska Historical Society

New York State Museum

Parish of Plaquemines

University of Tennessee

 

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Outcome Based Evaluation
Introduction to and resources for successful program evaluation

Shaping Outcomes
An IMLS-funded online course on outcomes-based planning and evaluation, which will help participants improve program designs and evaluations.

Project Planning Tutorial
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Grantee Requirements
Administration and dissemination requirements for all grantees

Reviewer Materials
Guidelines and handbooks used during application review

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