| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 19, 2009
Press Contacts
202-653-4632
Jeannine Mjoseth, jmjoseth@imls.gov
Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov
The Institute of Museum and Library Services Announces New
Data Series:
Releases Data Note on
Libraries’ Use of Broadband to Serve High-Need Communities
Washington, DC—The Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS) is proud to announce the launch of its new series of data notes and
research briefs to inform library and museum policy. “These publications are part of an
overall plan to develop and disseminate short, intermediate, and long-range research projects,
” said
Anne-Imelda Radice, Director, IMLS. “Our goal is to provide reliable and consistent data on
museums and libraries that these institutions can use to help demonstrate public value.”
The first data note in the series, Libraries Use Broadband to Serve
High Need Communities, was released today and focuses on the role that public libraries play in
providing access points to broadband services for people in urban and rural areas, and families in
need. To read the data note, please go to:
http://www.imls.gov/pdf/DataNote2009_01.pdf.
Future IMLS Data Notes will provide a quick highlight about an
interesting piece of data. Upcoming topics include: the governance structure of museums; the
library workforce; and summer
reading programs.
IMLS Research Briefs will offer examinations of particular policy
issues and provide crisp analysis. Future briefs will focus on youth services in museums and
libraries, museum attendance, circulation and visitation trends in U.S. libraries, and the
conservation needs of small museums.
In addition to these series, IMLS will continue to support in-depth
research reports, such as the recently released
Exhibiting
Public Value: Government Funding for Museums in the United States as well as program evaluations.
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