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Grants
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Program Overview
Through the Grants to States program, the Institute of Museum
and Library Services provides funds to State Library Administrative
Agencies (SLAAs) using a population-based formula. State libraries
may use the appropriation to support statewide initiatives
and services. They also may distribute the funds through subgrant
competitions or cooperative agreements to public, academic,
research, school, and special libraries in their state.
Each state has an IMLS-approved five-year plan
outlining its programs. These programs support the six Grants
to States priorities, which are to:
- expand services for learning and access to information
and educational resources in a variety of formats, in all
types of libraries, for individuals of all ages;
- develop library services that provide all users access
to information through local, state, regional, national,
and international electronic networks;
- provide electronic and other linkages between and among
all types of libraries;
- develop public and private partnerships with other agencies
and community-based organizations;
- target library services to individuals of diverse geographic,
cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to individuals
with disabilities, and to individuals with limited functional
literacy or information skills; and
- target library and information services to persons having
difficulty using a library and to underserved urban and
rural communities, including children from families with
incomes below the poverty line.
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