U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Best Buy Announce Connect 2 Compete Partnership
February 15, 2013By Susan Hildreth Director, IMLS I was pleased yesterday to join FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski at the Southwest Family Enhancement Center in Washington, D.C., to welcome HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and Best Buy’s Scott Durchslag to the Connect2Compete initiative.
Project ENABLE: Building Capacity for Meeting the Library & Information Needs of PreK-12 Students with Disabilities
February 15, 2013By Ruth V. Small Director, Project ENABLE With great excitement, we announce the launch of the Project ENABLE (Expanding Nondiscriminatory Access By Librarians Everywhere) training website, made possible by Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
WebWise Workshops and Descriptions Now Available
February 15, 2013This blog was originally published on the WebWise 2013 blog. By Lisa Rhody This year, WebWise participants will have more pre-conference workshop choices than ever before! There will be eleven possible pre-conference workshops offered over the course of the day on Wednesday, March 6th. Workshops will range from 90 minute to 3 hour sessions with 4 to 5 possible workshops running concurrently… Read more
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Teens, Children and Community are a Winning Combination
February 13, 2013By Eleanor Greene Intern, IMLS What do the three little pigs, a mad scientist, and Lewis and Clark all have in common? They’re exhibits and outreach programs created by the Bootheel Youth Museum in Malden, Missouri. Museum Director Patsy Reublin hopes to inspire children and teens to become passionate about math and science so they can make Malden a better place and find good jobs. Lauren… Read more
Out-of-School Takes Center Stage
February 13, 2013By Marsha L. Semmel Director of Strategic Partnerships, IMLS
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Learning Space Toolkit: A Resource for Designing and Sustaining Technology-Rich Informal Learning Spaces
February 8, 2013By Kristin Antelman Project Director, Learning Space Toolkit The Learning Space Toolkit is a freely available resource designed to support the full lifecycle of an informal learning space design project, from defining the goals and needs to designing the space to supporting it.
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Places to Play in New Orleans
February 7, 2013This blog was originally published on the Let's Move! blog on February 7, 2013. By Susan Hildreth and Julia Bland The eyes of the world were on the athletic abilities of the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers as they squared off in Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, but the L
AAHC Forum: Informal Networks Can Be the Key to Your Success: Don’t Hesitate to Ask for Help
February 7, 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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Tell Us About Your Project Ideas!
February 7, 2013This blog was originally published on the WebWise 2013 blog. By Sharon Leon For WebWise participants from public, university, and state libraries, history and art museums, archives, science centers, and zoos around the country, project ideas are in ample supply.
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Announcing the Director’s Choice Workshop for WebWise 2013: “Designing Prize Competitions”
February 5, 2013This blog was originally published on the WebWise 2013 blog. By Lisa Rhody This year there will be more workshop choices for WebWise participants than ever before.