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Vol.
10, No. 6; July 2008 |
Students Win When Tennessee
Museums and Schools Partner |
Seven Chattanooga museums, working closely with school principals, teachers, and parents, are using museum collections to enhance and energize the curricula of two museum magnet schools in Magnifying the Museums: Enhancing Chattanooga’s Museum Magnet School Partnership. The project was funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through a National Leadership Grant (NLG) due to its depth of the interaction with the schools and curriculum content, and the involvement of a wide range of museums. Read
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Director's
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Every
year, international museum and library representatives
visit the Institute in Washington, D.C.to learn how
American libraries and museums are run and funded. On
July 10, for example, we were honored by a visit from
two Moroccan colleagues, Said El Moustafid, Chief of
Projects of the National Telecommunication Regulation
Agency (ANRT), in Rabat, and Dr. Mostafa Ezziyyani,
Professor and Researcher at the School of Science and
Techniques at Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Tetouan.
Over the years, we have hosted visitors from Algeria,
Argentina, Bangladesh, Burma, Croatia, Ghana, Hungary,
Japan, Libya, Maldives, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Oman,
Palestinian Authority, Portugal, Slovak Republic, South
Africa, Tanzania, and Turkey.
These visits, arranged by the State Department’s
International Visitor Leadership Program, provide us
with an opportunity to share our knowledge and to dialogue
with the wider world. Exchanges with international visitors
broaden our world view and, so often, we learn as much
from our visitors as they do from us.
At the meetings, our library and museum
staffs typically provide an overview of our grant programs
and address visitors’ specific items of interest.
Visitors are interested in myriad topics, including
copyright and intellectual property right issues, digital
data management, how policies and funding are developed
and supported by federal, state, and local governments,
and the role of museums and libraries in a democratic
society. They are also interested, like us, in the use
of technology for preserving and providing access to
historic collections.
Over the next year, we will be exploring
how to foster collaboration between U.S. museums and
libraries and their counterparts across the globe. We
want to be a catalyst for information- and idea-sharing
between our domestic networks and museums and libraries
around the world.
I encourage international colleagues who
are unable to travel to Washington, D.C. to visit our
Web site, which contains a wealth of information on
hundreds of IMLS projects and practices.
We live in a global community and we look
forward to forming closer bonds with our international
colleagues.
- Anne-Imelda M. Radice, Ph.D., Director,
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The
Latest News |
Guidelines
Announced for Bank of America/IMLS American Heritage Preservation
Program
IMLS and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation
announced the 2009 guidelines for the American Heritage
Preservation Program, a new public-private partnership
that will fund the preservation of endangered and fragile
art works, rare books, scientific specimens, and historical
documents (photographs, maps, deeds, etc.) held in small
and medium-sized museums, archives, and libraries.
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Midwest Museums Receive Emergency Assistance
from IMLS and Partners
On June 28, the first of four teams of conservators was
deployed to the Midwest to provide immediate aid to museums
in Iowa and other states that have suffered significant
flood damage to collections and facilities, announced
IMLS and project partner, the Foundation of the American
Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic
Works (FAIC). Read
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IMLS
Hosts Second Convening of Grantees from the Museum Grants
for African American History and Culture
On June 19-20, 16 recipients of IMLS’s
Museum Grants for African American History and Culture
program (AAHC) met in Washington, D.C. to discuss projects
that are enhancing the institutional capacity of African
American museums, helping to create new networks, and
increasing the numbers of trained staff. Read
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IMLS
Releases Nine to Nineteen: Youth in Museums and Libraries;
A Practitioner's Guide
Museums and libraries contain a wealth of resources and
information that can help youth fulfill their vast potential.
To assist museums and libraries, IMLS published Nine
to Nineteen: Youth in Museums and Libraries; A Practitioner’s
Guide, the newest resource in the Museums and Libraries
Engaging America’s Youth Initiative series. Read
more |
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IMLS
on the Road |
“Working with Museums
and Libraries in Your Community,” Mary Downs,
Research Officer, National Council for Community and
Education Partnerships/GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness
and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) Annual Conference,
Washington, DC, July 20-23.
Center for Creative Community Development
Colloquium, Marsha Semmel, Deputy Director for Museums
and Director for Strategic Partnerships, Williams College,
Williamston, MA, August 4.
State Programs Site Visit to New York,
Robin Cabot, Senior Program Officer, Albany, NY, August
11-15.
State Programs Site Visit to Rhode Island,
Terri Brown, Senior Program Officer, Providence, RI,
August 17-21.
State Programs Site Visit to Missouri,
Robin Cabot, Senior Program Officer, Jefferson City,
MO, August 25-29.
“Investing in Professional Development
to Build Institutional Capacity,” Christopher
J. Reich, Senior Program Officer and Mary Estelle Kennelly,
Associate Deputy Director for Museum Services; Association
of African American Museums Annual Conference, Chicago,
IL, August 27-30.
African American Museums Annual Conference,
Dr. Schroeder Cherry, Counselor to the Director, Chicago,
IL, August 27-30.
State Programs Site Visit to Ohio, Michele
Farrell, Senior Program Officer, Columbus, OH, September
2-6.
“Connecting to Collections Care,”
Nancy Rogers, Senior Project Coordinator, American Association
for State and Local History Annual Meeting, Rochester,
NY, September 11.
“IMLS Grant Opportunities That Help
Transform Your Museum,” Mary Estelle Kennelly,
Associate Deputy Director for Museums, AASLH conference,
Rochester, NY, September 11.
Luncheon Keynote, Marsha Semmel, Deputy
Director for Museums and Director for Strategic Partnerships,
Florida Association of Museums, Annual Meeting, Miami,
FL, September 8.
“Define Your Future with IMLS Grant
Opportunities, ” Marsha Semmel, Deputy Director
for Museums; Sandra Narva, Senior Program Officer, Western
Museums Association annual meeting, Anchorage, AK, September
18.
“Funding Collections Care into the
Future,” Sandra Narva, Senior Program Officer,
Western Museums Association annual meeting, Anchorage,
AK, September 18.
“Native Definitions: Sustaining
Heritage Through IMLS,” Sandra Narva, Senior Program
Officer, Western Museums Association annual meeting,
Anchorage AK, September 20.
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