IMLS and Congressional Offices to Hold Grant Workshops for Museums and Libraries in Three Midwestern States
August 4, 2009

167 Institutions Awarded More Than $19 Million in Museums for America Grants
July 30, 2009

Museum Assessment Program Selects 2009 Participants
July 30, 2009

IMLS Announces 2009 African American History and Culture Grants, Convenes Annual Meeting of Grantees
July 21, 2009

Connecting to Collections: The National Tour

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has created Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action: a multi-year, multi-faceted national initiative to raise public awareness and inspire action. Visit the Connecting to Collections Web site to learn more about the four National Tour forums planned for 2008-2009.

WebWise 2009: Digital Debates

The 10th annual WebWise Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital Age was held in Washington, DC, February 25-27, 2009. IMLS partnered with The Wolfsonian-Florida International University and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to host this year’s signature event. The theme of the 2009 conference was “Digital Debates.” Sessions featured library and museum leaders as well as experts outside of the cultural heritage community who stimulated conversation and reflected on the challenges posed by emerging technologies and their effects on the roles that libraries and museums will play in the next decade. The conference opened with a half-day pre-conference workshop on the afternoon of February 25, followed by the opening reception. The main conference began on February 26 and concluded at noon on February 27. The conference was held at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill. For other conference information, and related events, please go to: http://webwise2009.fcla.edu.

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