Institute of Museum and Library Services Update

Coalition for Networked Information Meeting April 16, 2004

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

The Museum and Library Services Act

Signed By President Bush September 25, 2003

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

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

2003 National Leadership Grant Awards

Libraries26 Awards, $7,327,653

Museums18 awards, $3,438,903

Library-Museum Collaboration 16 awards, $4,488,671

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

National Leadership Initiative

UIUC IMLS Document Content and Descriptionhttp://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/CDschema_overview.htm

2003 Librarians for the21st Century Awards

27 Awards, $9,898,338• Master’s Level Programs 20• Doctoral Programs 4• Pre-Professional Programs 1• Research 2

Librarians for the 21st Century Initiative

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

Request for Proposals for National Study on the Future of Librarians in the Workforce

Museum Initiative

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

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

Changes in 2005

• Librarians for the 21st Century All education & trainingCurriculum developmentDeadline: December 15, 2004

• Museum Professionals in the 21st Century

Partnerships

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

NSF Joint PI Meeting, December 2003

included DL1-2 and NSDL projects

International Partnerships

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

Contacts

Library Programs:

Mary ChuteDeputy Director for Library Services202-606-5419mchute@imls.gov

Joyce RayAssociate Deputy Director for Library Services202-606-5384E-Mail: jray@imls.gov

Martha CrawleySenior Program OfficerPhone: 202-606-5513E-mail: mcrawley@imls.gov

Museum Programs:Robert Trio

Program Officer

202-606-8659

rtrio@imls.gov

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