• Plan Your Next IMLS Museum Application: Two New Publications Can Help

    May 1, 2017

    From the Office of Museum Services It’s never too early to start planning your next IMLS museum grant application. Two new IMLS publications provide useful information to inspire you as you consider the various ways that IMLS might support your programs, whether your work is community-based, or related to STEM, early childhood, collections stewardship, or something else! Want to get a head… Read more

  • Serve Veterans Using a Local Collective Impact Approach: Five Resource Documents

    April 11, 2017

    By Dr. Kathryn K. Matthew IMLS Director This nationwide effort gives us a bird’s eye view of dozens of local efforts that have worked, often beyond the expectations of even the LAMs involved. We like that IMLS has always focused its efforts on strengthening the nation’s communities by supporting the transformational power of libraries, archives and museums (LAMs) to change lives and improve… Read more

  • IMLS.gov: Finding Information and Data on IMLS Grants

    April 3, 2017

    Benjamin Sweezy Deputy Director of Digital and Information Strategy The IMLS website, IMLS.gov, offers information about grants made by the agency to libraries and museums across the nation. Here's how to access our frequently requested data. How IMLS grants support library services in each State?

  • Empowering Museums with Professional Development Opportunities

    March 30, 2017

    Paula Gangopadhyay IMLS Deputy Director of Museum Services

  • At One Ohio Library, Shared Learning Spaces Shed Light on How Children Learn

    March 10, 2017

    Editor’s Note: In honor of Teen Tech Week 2017, IMLS is spotlighting in a series of blogs five recent projects that we’ve supported which demonstrate how libraries are leveraging technology in service of teens across the nation. By Josephine Nolfi Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County

  • Kitsap Regional Library Leverages Youth Voices to Support Sustainable STEM Learning

    March 9, 2017

    Editor’s Note: In honor of Teen Tech Week 2017, IMLS is spotlighting in a series of blogs five recent projects that we’ve supported which demonstrate how libraries are leveraging technology in service of teens across the nation. By Shannon Peterson Kitsap Regional Library

  • Carson City Library: Closing The Books to Open New Kinds of Learning

    March 8, 2017

    Editor’s Note: In honor of Teen Tech Week 2017, IMLS is spotlighting in a series of blogs five recent projects that we’ve supported which demonstrate how libraries are leveraging technology in service of teens across the nation. By Sena Loyd Carson City Library Libraries have to change. We understand knowledge doesn’t necessarily just come from books. We’re in the generation where information… Read more

  • Louisiana's MoboRobo! Robots on the Go! Brings Robotics to Teen Library Patrons

    March 7, 2017

    Editor’s Note: In honor of Teen Tech Week 2017, IMLS is spotlighting in a series of blogs five recent projects that we’ve supported which demonstrate how libraries are leveraging technology in service of teens across the nation. Naomi Hurtienne Magola Evan Williamson Terrebonne Parish Library

  • Help Your Tribal Library: Submit A Successful Native American Library Services Basic Grant Application

    March 7, 2017

    By Sandra Toro, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer Aly DesRochers, Program Specialist IMLS Office of Library Services

  • IMLS Supports Libraries Taking the Lead on Teen Tech

    March 6, 2017

    Tim Carrigan Senior Program Officer, Office of Library Services Each spring, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) celebrates Teen Tech Week, a special opportunity to highlight the great digital resources, programs, and services that libraries make available to teens, supporting their academic achievement and college and career readiness.  This year, Teen Tech Week is March 5… Read more