Institute of Museum and Library Services Update

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Institute of Museum and Library Services Update
Coalition for Networked Information Meeting
April 16, 2004
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services

• Is dedicated to creating and sustaining a nation
  of learners by helping libraries and museums to
  serve their communities.
• Is the primary source of federal funds for
  libraries and museums
• Supports practice through research, conferences,
  and publications
• Encourages evaluation and public value

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The Museum and Library Services Act
Signed By President Bush September 25, 2003
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The Museum and Library Services Act

• Creates a Museum and Library Services Board to
  advise the Director
• Requires analysis of trends in library and museum
  service

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Events

• Digitization Resources Workshop August 2003
• Report will be available soon
• National Information Standards Organization
  signed MOU to maintain the Framework as a NISO
  standard Sepember 2003
• Web-Wise Conference, Chicago, IL March 2004
• edited webcast will soon be available
• presentations in May issue,
• firstmonday.org

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2003 National Leadership Grant Awards

• Libraries26 Awards, 7,327,653
• Museums18 awards, 3,438,903
• Library-Museum Collaboration 16 awards,
  4,488,671

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2003 National Leadership Highlights

• University of Pittsburgh - National Study of
  Users and Potential Users of Online Information
• Newspaper digitization 3 projects
• New York Museum of Modern Art - true color
  imaging system.
• Use of Broadband Technologies for Learning 2
  projects

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National Leadership Initiative

• UIUC IMLS Document Content and Description
• http//imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/CDschema_overview
  .htm

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2003 Librarians for the21st Century Awards

• 27 Awards, 9,898,338
• Masters Level Programs 20
• Doctoral Programs 4
• Pre-Professional Programs 1
• Research 2

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Librarians for the 21st Century Initiative
Request for Proposals for National Study on the
Future of Librarians in the Workforce

• Deadline June 15, 2004
• Single Award
• Maximum 1,000,000
• Award announcement mid-September 2004
• Grant period 2 years beginning September 30,
  2004

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Museum Initiative

• Museums for America
• Focus on Strategic Planning
• Project oriented
• New Deadline, November 15, 2004

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Changes in 2005

• National Leadership Grants
• New Categories
• Advancing Learning Communities
• Building Digital Resources
• Research and Demonstration
• Maximum Award 1 million
• Deadline February 1, 2005

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Changes in 2005

• Librarians for the 21st Century
• All education training
• Curriculum development
• Deadline December 15, 2004
• Museum Professionals in the 21st Century

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Partnerships

• Corporation for Public Broadcasting
• NSF Joint PI Meeting, December 2003
• included DL1-2 and NSDL projects

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International Partnerships

• WSIS I, Geneva Declaration of Principles
  Action Plan
• Digital Cultural Content Forum

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Contacts

• Library Programs
• Mary Chute
• Deputy Director for Library Services
• 202-606-5419
• mchute_at_imls.gov
• Joyce Ray
• Associate Deputy Director for Library Services
• 202-606-5384
• E-Mail jray_at_imls.gov
• Martha Crawley
• Senior Program Officer
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail mcrawley_at_imls.gov

• Museum Programs
• Robert Trio
• Program Officer
• 202-606-8659
• rtrio_at_imls.gov

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Institute of Museum and Library Services

• Web site www.imls.gov
• Visit the New Digital Corner
• Subscribe on-line to Primary Source, IMLSs
  electronic newsletter