Feds Will Team up on Digital Curation Residency Program
January 18, 2012By Kevin Cherry, IMLS, and Esra Oden, Library of Congress The exponential growth of digital content has created a demand for library and information professionals with new skills. To meet this demand, IMLS, working in partnership with the Library of Congress, Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI), is developing a national residency program in digital curation.
The IMLS Early Learning Challenge
January 13, 2012By Susan Hildreth Director, IMLS President Obama is committed to providing the support that our youngest children need to succeed later in school. The importance of the early years in a child's life has been well documented. The U.S.
"Roots" and "Star Trek" Actor Comes to WebWise
January 12, 2012By Maren Dougherty Senior Editor, Balboa Park Online Collaborative (Cross-posted from BPOC blog) To some, he’s Geordi La Forge. To others, he’s Kunta Kinte.
International Teams Start Digging
January 6, 2012By Susan Hildreth Director, IMLS IMLS was part of an exciting announcement earlier this week, when the winners of the second Digging into Data Challenge were announced.
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IMLS on YouTube: Chicago Botanic Garden Gives Students Valuable Job Skills
December 21, 2011IMLS now has its own YouTube Channel! From time to time we will use this space to draw your attention to a video on our channel that provides an example of what's working in museums and libraries. First up is a feature about an IMLS-funded career training program of the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Libraries and Museums are Major Contributors to the Success of Film Forward
December 15, 2011Author: Nancy Rogers, IMLS Office of Strategic Partnerships Libraries and museums are anchor institutions for communities all over the planet -- safe spaces where ideas are welcome and where learning is central. That makes them perfect collaborators with Film Forward, an initiative of the Sundance Institute, the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, IMLS, the National Endowment… Read more
Project ENABLE: Breaking Down Barriers for Students with Disabilities
December 8, 2011Renee Franklin Hill, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Syracuse University What happens when a program brings educators from all over New York State to learn strategies for providing information services to K-12 students with disabilities? A collaborative professional development experience like none other!
Public Libraries: Powerful Community Conveners for The Big Read
November 23, 2011By Abby Swetz IMLS program specialist in the Office of Strategic Partnerships from March 2004 until September 2011. IMLS engages in partnerships to help build the capacity of libraries and museums to better serve their communities. One such partnership was The Big Read, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. IMLS… Read more
It’s Time for a National Digital Public Library
November 21, 2011By Susan Hildreth Director, IMLS The vision of a national digital library has been circulating among librarians, scholars, educators, and private industry representatives since the early 1990s. But no project has yet succeeded in bringing these different interests together.
Vision for the Walters Art Museum – A 21st Century Skills Challenge
November 16, 2011By Gary Vikan Director, the Walters Art Museum Gary Vikan, Director of the Walters Art Museum