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July 2018
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If These Streets Could Talk: Uniting Cops and Kids Through Poetry
The Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library created a unique poetry project that brought policemen and kids together through creative writing and expression.
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Nominate Your Museum or Library for a National Medal
IMLS is now accepting applications for the National Medals program, which recognizes libraries and museums that contribute demonstrably to the wellbeing of their communities.
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Five Teens Selected for Country’s Most Prestigious Youth Poetry Honor
Five teens from across the country have been chosen from among thousands of award-winning poets to serve as National Student Poets.
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People Visited Public Libraries More Than a Billion Times in 2015
The IMLS Public Libraries Survey report provides a snapshot of public library use, financial health, staffing, and resources in FY 2015.
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Dennis Nangle visits Caldwell Public Library. Depicted left to right, back row: Caldwell Trustee Larry Blackburn, IMLS Program Officer Dennis Nangle, Caldwell Library Director Lacey Welt, ICfL Commissioner John Held, Caldwell Trustee Rex Hanson, Youth Services Coordinator Fiona May, Caldwell School Superintendent Shalene French. Front row: Technical Services Coordinator Abraham Valadez and Youth Services Assistant Ellie Epperson.
IMLS in Idaho: Highlights of a Library Site Visit
As part of their regular Grants to States monitoring efforts, IMLS program officers make visits to several states each year. Last week, during his first site visit to Idaho, IMLS Program Officer Dennis Nangle visited the Idaho Commission for Libraries and toured four Idaho public libraries: the Bown Crossing branch of Boise Public, Meridian District Library's unBound branch, Caldwell Public, and Middleton Public. He saw first hand how they are using Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds to better serve their communities.
New Deadline for NLG and LB21 Grants Is Nearly Here
Applicants have through
September 17, 2018
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IMLS Awards $2.2 Million for African American History and Culture Museums
IMLS awarded a record number of grants this year through the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program.
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$1.4 Million in New Grants Will Strengthen Native American and Hawaiian Museum Services
The newly-funded projects will help preserve tribal heritage, culture, and knowledge.
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Reports Describe Shared Digital Library Infrastructures and Formal Education in Library and Information Science
Developed with input from a wide variety of community stakeholders, two new IMLS reports provide useful information for library and archives professionals and library and information science educators.
New Associate Deputy Director for Discretionary Programs
Kelcy Shepherd has joined the Office of Library Services. She brings with her nineteen years of experience in libraries and digital archives and is well known as a community builder and connector. As network manager at DPLA, she helped support and grow the DPLA network of hubs (organizations that contribute digital content). Prior to that, she headed digital programs at the Amherst College Library, providing leadership for the creation, curation, delivery, and preservation of digital collections. At the Five Colleges she worked on the Archivists’ Toolkit™ project, and at the University of California, Berkeley, she worked at the Environmental Design Archives. We welcome Kelcy to the team.
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ON THE BLOG
8 Tips on Applying for Museum Collections Care Funding
Do you ever wonder, “How do I create a proposal that transforms a good idea into a full-blown IMLS-funded collections care project?” Peer reviewers share some insights.
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IMLS ON THE ROAD
Research Institute for Public Libraries: Teri DeVoe, Associate Deputy Director, Office of Library Services, State Programs; Atlanta, GA, July 29-August 1
Connected Learning Symposium: Tim Carrigan, Senior Library Program Officer and Helen Weschler, Supervisory Museum Grants Management Specialist; Cambridge, MA, August 1-3
“Changing Neighborhoods/Changing Audiences: Sustaining the Promise of a New Generation,” Association of African American Museums Annual Conference: Christopher Reich, Chief Administrator, Office of Museum Services; Mark Isaksen, Senior Museum Program Officer; Ashley Jones, Museum Program Specialist; Hampton, VA, August 8-11
Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting: Emily Reynolds, Senior Library Program Officer; Washington, DC, August 12-18
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About the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
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