Libraries and Museums Bring Communities Together During Difficult Times
April 16, 2013By Susan Hildreth Director, IMLS Our hearts go out to those affected by the tragedy in Boston. Museums and libraries have already started to emerge as a gathering places to find solace and comfort within the community. Here are some ways museums and libraries can help a community deal with traumatic events. Dealing with the initial shock. Remember that you are dealing with your own personal… Read more
Get Involved: Powered By Your Library
April 12, 2013By Carla Lehn Library Programs Consultant, California State Library Get Involved: Powered By Your Library is a California statewide initiative designed to expand the visibility and contributions of skilled volunteers in public libraries.
AAHC Forum: Navigating the Bumps: Coping with Personnel Changes in “Mid-Grant”
April 11, 2013This post is a part of the AAHC Forum. In the coming months we will invite current and past grantees to contribute their project experiences via blog posts on our UpNext Blog and then ask you to respond through the AAHC Virtual Forum. We hope you will add your voice and share your needs and opinions so that AAHC can continue to help African American museums thrive.
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Change is What This Library Does Best
April 10, 2013By Eleanor Greene Intern, IMLS When the Shaler North Hills Library in Glenshaw, Pa., opened in 1942 it had only two rooms. In the past 70 years, the library has grown with the community and has constantly supplemented and adapted its programming to meet the changing needs of the community. Once in the library’s history, tells Director Sharon McRae in this video, an artist came to the library and… Read more
Museums and Libraries Making a Difference: Hundreds of Stories Shared on IMLS Facebook Page
April 4, 2013By Susan Hildreth Director, IMLS One of our hallmark programs of which I’m most proud is the National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The National Medal is the nation’s highest honor conferred on museums and libraries for service to the community.
AAHC Forum: Life as a MP: Museum Professionals Saturday Exploratory Series Presented by the Hampton University Museum
April 4, 2013This post is a part of the AAHC Forum. In the coming months we will invite current and past grantees to contribute their project experiences via blog posts on our UpNext Blog and then ask you to respond through the AAHC Virtual Forum. We hope you will add your voice and share your needs and opinions so that AAHC can continue to help African American museums thrive.
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The Power of Nature in Garfield Park
April 3, 2013By Eleanor Greene Intern, IMLS They may not have super-human strength or x-ray vision, but the staff and visitors at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago, Ill., believe in the power of nature. For community member Tiara Livingston, the conservatory gave her the boost she needed to know she could succeed in science or in anything she wanted to do. Livingston joined the Green Teens program… Read more
AAHC Forum: Amistad and Haitian Agencies Discuss Exhibition
March 28, 2013This post is a part of the AAHC Forum. In the coming months we will invite current and past grantees to contribute their project experiences via blog posts on our UpNext Blog and then ask you to respond through the AAHC Virtual Forum. We hope you will add your voice and share your needs and opinions so that AAHC can continue to help African American museums thrive.
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AAHC Forum: Collection Reorganization Makes Art Borrowing Easier
March 28, 2013This post is a part of the AAHC Forum. In the coming months we will invite current and past grantees to contribute their project experiences via blog posts on our UpNext Blog and then ask you to respond through the AAHC Virtual Forum. We hope you will add your voice and share your needs and opinions so that AAHC can continue to help African American museums thrive.
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Caring about Kindergarten at the Long Island Children's Museum
March 27, 2013By Eleanor Greene Intern, IMLS You wouldn’t know it by the classrooms full of smiling kids, but at the Long Island Children’s Museum, in Garden City, N.Y., kindergarten is serious business. Community member Francisco Quijada was looking for a program to help his kids adjust to school and was pleased to find Juntos al Kinder/Together to Kindergarten at the museum. The program teaches English,… Read more