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15 Library Schools Share Quality Online Courses via WISE Consortium |
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Fifteen library and information science (LIS) schools share
online courses with each other’s students via WISE,
the Web-based Information Science Education Consortium. Through
the award-winning distance education program, the schools
provide students with elective courses that are high quality,
cost-effective, and diverse. In the past four years, WISE
schools have offered more than 330 courses to more than 550
students. The project received two Laura Bush 21st Century
Librarian Program grants from the Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS) to provide faculty with online training
in distance education pedagogy, to recruit partner schools,
and to collaborate with LIS organizations to develop graduate
and continuing education courses.
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| Director's
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would like to recognize the museum and library professionals
who have taken time out of their busy schedules in the past
year to serve as panelists in our Washington D.C. offices
or to participate as field reviewers from their home offices.
On my travels, time and time again, I hear that the IMLS peer
review process is the “gold standard” to which
other organizations aspire. The commitment and participation
of our peer reviewers is the engine that drives this process.
Their dedication, knowledge, and generosity ensures that IMLS
supports those projects that highlight the best of museum
and library practice and build the capacity of museums and
libraries to serve the American people. Click
here to view the full list.
- Anne-Imelda M. Radice, Ph.D., Director,
IMLS
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Now
available: “Collaboration in the Digital Age” Web
cast
The second Connecting to Collections forum was held
on June 24 and 25 in Denver, Colorado, and featured speakers
that reviewed the fundamentals of digital content creation and
preservation, and emphasized practical approaches to planning
digital projects, increasing access to collections, enabling
digital resources to serve multiple purposes, and protecting
digital investments. This program was part of Connecting to
Collections: A Call to Action, an IMLS initiative created to
save endangered collections in the nation's museums, libraries,
archives, and historical societies. This was the second in a
series of four national conservation forums that are part of
the Connecting to Collections initiative. Watch
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Audio
Conference Calls Available for Bank of America/IMLS American
Heritage Preservation Program applicants
Application Deadline: September 15, 2008.
Guidelines are now available for the American Heritage Preservation
Program, a new public-private partnership betweenn IMLS and
the Bank of America Charitable Foundation that will fund stand-alone
conservation projects. To assist grant applicants with putting
together their applications, IMLS will be offering technical
assistance audio conference calls on Wednesday, August 20 and
Thursday, August 28. Read
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IMLS
Announces Recipients of 2008 Museum Grants For African American
History and Culture
IMLS awarded $827,290 to eight exceptional institutions
as part of the Museum Grants for African American History and
Culture (AAHC) program. These grants are available to organizations
that focus on African American life, art, history, or culture,
and can be used for programs to recruit, train, and retain skilled
and new museum professionals in African American museums.
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154 Institutions in 39 States Awarded Museums for America
Grants; $16.9 Million Distributed
154 organizations received a total of $16.9 million through
the Museums for America (MFA) grant program. The largest museum
grant program administered by IMLS, MFA grants support institutions
interested in strengthening their services in the following
areas: engaging communities (education, exhibitions, and interpretation);
building institutional capacity (management, policy, and training);
and collections stewardship.
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776
Museums, Libraries, and Archives Selected to Receive IMLS Connecting
to Collections Bookshelf
IMLS announced that 776 museums, libraries, and archives,
representing every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam were selected to receive the
IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf. The IMLS Connecting
to Collections Bookshelf is part of a multi-year, multi-faceted
IMLS national initiative to raise public awareness and inspire
action to care for the collections held in public trust by libraries
and museums throughout the United States. Read
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AAM
and IMLS Announce 2008 Museum Assessment Program Participants
The American Association of Museums (AAM) and the Institute
of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) would like to commend
the 100 museums participating in the 2008 Museum Assessment
Program (MAP). These institutions have requested an evaluation
of their operational strengths and weaknesses in the interest
of bettering their organizations and reaffirming their commitment
to their communities. Read
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IMLS
Announces New Round of the Connecting to Collections Bookshelf
Based on the enthusiastic response to the Connecting
to Collections Bookshelf, IMLS will offer a third round
of the competition to distribute the Bookshelf to an additional
1000 qualifying institutions. Applications can be submitted
to AASLH between January 5, 2009 and March 9, 2009 at www.aaslh.org/Bookshelf.
Priority will be given to smaller institutions, but large museums
and large libraries with special collections are also eligible
to apply. Please note that federally operated institutions,
for-profit institutions, and libraries that do not hold special
collections are not eligible to receive the Bookshelf. For more
information, please contact Terry Jackson at jackson@aaslh.org
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IMLS Conservation Project Support Application and Guidelines
Available on IMLS Web site
Application Deadline: October 1, 2008. The
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is accepting
grant applications to the agency’s FY 2009 Conservation
Project Support (CPS) program, and has scheduled two technical
assistance conference calls to offer museum professionals from
around the country a chance to ask questions and learn about
the program. Read
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IMLS
Calls for Applications for Connecting to Collections Statewide
Planning Grants
Application Deadline: October 16, 2008. IMLS
invites proposals for the 2009 Connecting to Collections Statewide
Planning Grants. Applications for these collaborative state
grants should address the recommendations published in the
Heritage Health Index, which
found that many collections held in the public trust by libraries,
museums, and archives are at risk. Read
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Libraries
and Schools Encouraged to Apply for Picturing America
Application Deadline: October 31, 2008. Libraries
and schools have a second opportunity to apply for a wonderful,
free teaching tool called Picturing America, announced Dr. Anne-Imelda
Radice, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services
(IMLS) on August 5, 2008. Picturing America, presented by the
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in partnership with
IMLS, provides high-quality reproductions of great American
art to public libraries and K-12 schools to enhance the study
of history, social studies, language arts, literature, and civics.
Application information can be found in the ‘Apply Now’
section of the Picturing America Web site, PicturingAmerica.neh.gov. |
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Apply
Now to Become a Preserve America Community
Community leaders are encouraged to apply for the Preserve
America community designation, which recognizes a community’s
efforts to care for and share its cultural and natural heritage.
The designation also makes the community eligible for special
federal funding. The last two 2008 application periods are September
1 and December 1. Read
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| IMLS
on the Road |
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“The
Drive to Digitize” and “Funding Opportunities,”
Susan L. Malbin, Senior Program Officer, Society of American
Archivists Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, August 26-29.
Keynote Address, Marsha Semmel, Deputy Director for Museums
and Director for Strategic Partnerships, Florida Association
of Museums annual meeting, Miami, FL, Sept 6-8.
“IMLS Grant Opportunities That Help Transform Your
Museum,” Steve Shwartzman and Christopher Reich, Senior
Program Officers, Association of State and Local History annual
meeting, Rochester, NY, Sept 9-12.
Doctoral Consortium Panel, Joyce Ray, Associate Deputy Director
for Library Services, European Conference on Digital Libraries,
Aarhus, Denmark, Sept 14-18.
“Funding Collections Care Into the Future,” Marsha
Semmel, Deputy Director for Museums and Director for Strategic
Partnerships, Western Museum Association annual meeting, Anchorage,
AK, Sept 17-21.
“Define Your Future with IMLS Grant Opportunities,”
Marsha Semmel, Deputy Director for Museums and Director for
Strategic Partnerships, and Sandra Narva, Senior Program Officer,
Western Museum Association annual meeting, Anchorage, AK,
Sept 17-21.
“Native Definitions: Sustaining Heritage through IMLS,”
Sandra Narva, Senior Program Officer, Western Museum Association
annual meeting, Anchorage, AK, Sept 17-21.
Second National Underground Railroad Summit, Dr. Schroeder
Cherry, Counselor to the Director, Philadelphia, PA, Sept
17-19.
“Co-sponsorships: Maximizing the Good, Minimizing the
Bad, and Avoiding the Ugly,” Nancy Weiss, General Counsel,
16th National Government Ethics Conference, Orlando, FL, Sept
18.
“Ignite the Americas,” Nancy Weiss, General Counsel,
Youth Arts Policy Forum, Toronto, Canada, Sept 19 –
21.
Native American Tribal Historic Preservation Officers 10th
Annual Meeting, Dr. Schroeder Cherry, Counselor to the Director,
Washington, DC, Sept 24-26
“The Future of the Internet Economy: Developing a Medium
Term Policy Research Agenda,” Nancy Weiss, General Counsel,
the 36th Research Conference on Communication, Information,
and Internet Policy, Arlington, VA, Sept 26.
“Funding Digital Preservation Research, Practice and
Education in the United States,” Rachel Frick, Senior
Program Officer, iPres 2008, London, England, UK, Sept 29-30.
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