Community Anchors in a Time of Crisis
July 12, 2012By Anthony D. Smith, IMLS Senior Program Officer Libraries were called upon to provide a level of comfort and stability to many of the millions of citizens who had their lives dramatically disrupted by widespread electrical power outages, brought on by a recent sudden storm. More than three million customers lost power, many for as long as a week. The lack of air conditioning during a time of… Read more
National Medal Video: Weippe Public Library and Discovery Center
July 10, 2012By Kevin O'Connell, IMLS Writer-Editor The Weippe Public Library & Discovery Center in Weippe, Idaho, was one of ten winners of the 2011 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. In this video interview, Director Terri Summerfield and community member Gradi Thomson talk about how the library benefits Weippe and how Gradi's family has come to rely on it since relocating to the area.… Read more
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National Leadership Grant Video: The Great Ape Heart Project
July 5, 2012By Kevin O'Connell, IMLS Writer-Editor In this video interview, Zoo Atlanta's Drs. Hayley Murphy and Marietta Dindo talk about the Great Ape Heart Project, a collaborative effort among many zoos in North America to learn more about heart disease in apes. The project is funded by a National Leadership Grant from IMLS.
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National Medal Video: Brooklyn Museum
July 3, 2012By Kevin O'Connell, IMLS Writer-Editor The Brooklyn Museum was one of ten winners of the 2011 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. In this video interview, Director Arnold Lehman and visual artist Virginia Ines Vergara talk about the museum's apprentice program, a seminal experience in Virginia's life. Nominations for the 2013 National Medal for Museum and Library Service are due… Read more
The Wing: At Home in an Era of Global Participatory Culture
July 2, 2012By Beth Takekawa, Executive Director The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience Libraries and Museums in an Era of Participatory Culture Report
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National Leadership Grant Video: Whitney Museum of American Art
June 28, 2012By Kevin O'Connell, IMLS Writer-Editor In this video interview, Danielle Linzer of the Whitney Museum of American Art talks about a study of the impact of teen programs on four contemporary art museums. In addition to the Whitney, the study looks at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis; and Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. The study is funded by a… Read more
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National Medal Video: Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
June 26, 2012By Kevin O'Connell, IMLS Writer-Editor The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library in Collegeville, Minnesota, was one of ten winners of the 2011 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. In this video interview, Father Columba Stewart, director of the library, discusses the preservation of Ethiopian manuscripts; Dr.
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National Leadership Grant Video: Minnesota Historical Society
June 21, 2012By Kevin O'Connell, IMLS Writer-Editor In this video interview, Wendy Jones and Jennifer Sly of the Minnesota Historical Society talk about History in our Hands, a game that puts visitors in a different period of the state's history and challenges them to overcome some of the problems faced by their Minnesota ancestors. The project is funded by a National Leadership Grant from IMLS.
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“US Ignite” Highlights Library and Museum Potential for High-Speed Broadband Applications
June 20, 2012Last week, the White House announced the new US Ignite Partnership (www.us-ignite.org) which will create a national network of communities and campuses with ultra-fast, programmable broadband services, operating at speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second. This network will become a test-bed for designing and deploying next-generation applications to support national priorities areas such as… Read more
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National Medal Video: Erie Art Museum
June 19, 2012By Kevin O'Connell, IMLS Writer-Editor The Erie (Pennsylvania) Art Museum was one of ten winners of the 2011 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. In this video interview, Director John Vanco and Victoria Angelo, a refugee from southern Sudan talk about one of the museum's innovative programs, through which refugees share a piece of their culture with the Erie community at the same… Read more