The
Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums
that connect people to information and ideas. Read
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Director's Message
To get a sense of the national impact of IMLS’s Connecting
to Collections: A Call to Action, I encourage you to
look at the map of the United States. This multi-faceted,
multi-year initiative has touched collections care institutions
in virtually every state. Read
more.
The Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills
initiative underscores the critical role our nation’s
museums and libraries play in helping citizens build such
21st century skills as information, communications and technology
literacy, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity,
civic literacy, and global awareness. Read
more.
Multimedia
on the IMLS Web site
Now available: Libraries to the Rescue podcast
series. Read
more. Also, watch the webcasts from IMLS events and view
video highlights from IMLS initiatives and more on the Multimedia
page.
Cataloging Histories of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla Tribes
Providing community access to understand how collections are cataloged and handled
can have myriad benefits. When the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute created a
temporary exhibit in which curators and technicians performed cataloging and
preventative conservation work in front of visitors, the results included a
deeper understanding of how museums and cultural centers care for collections.
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International Strategic Partnership Initiative
We live in a global society and American libraries and museums
have so much to share with, and learn from, people engaged
in library and museum work throughout the world. Read
more about our international strategic partnership initiative.
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