Category Archives: Information Infrastructure/Systems/Workflows

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Best Buy Announce Connect 2 Compete Partnership

Posted on February 15, 2013 by mheintz

By Susan Hildreth Director, IMLS I was pleased yesterday to join FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski at the Southwest Family Enhancement Center in Washington, D.C., to welcome HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and Best Buy’s Scott Durchslag to the Connect2Compete initiative. Connect2Compete, … Continue reading →

Posted in 21st Century Skills, Broadband, Director's Messages, Information Infrastructure/Systems/Workflows, Workforce Development/Job Assistance | Leave a comment

“US Ignite” Highlights Library and Museum Potential for High-Speed Broadband Applications

Posted on June 20, 2012 by admin

Last week, the White House announced the new US Ignite Partnership (www.us-ignite.org) which will create a national network of communities and campuses with ultra-fast, programmable broadband services, operating at speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second. This network will … Continue reading →

Posted in Broadband, Economic/Community Development, Information Infrastructure/Systems/Workflows, Workforce Development/Job Assistance | 1 Comment

Feds Will Team up on Digital Curation Residency Program

Posted on January 18, 2012 by koconnell

By Kevin Cherry, IMLS, and Esra Oden, Library of Congress The exponential growth of digital content has created a demand for library and information  professionals with new skills.  To meet this demand, IMLS, working in partnership with the Library of … Continue reading →

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It’s Time for a National Digital Public Library

Posted on November 21, 2011 by admin

By Susan Hildreth Director, IMLS The vision of a national digital library has been circulating among librarians, scholars, educators, and private industry representatives since the early 1990s. But no project has yet succeeded in bringing these different interests together. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Collections Care/Preservation, Cultural Heritage/Sustainability, Director's Messages, Information Infrastructure/Systems/Workflows | 4 Comments