May 2008: Teaching Web Site Highlights Gifts of Ancient MesopotamiaRecipient: Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago Grant: 2003 National Leadership Grant Pictured: Lamassu, 721 BC - 705 BC, Oriental Institute Museum #A7369 Read more. Web site: http://mesopotamia.lib. uchicago.edu Contact: Wendy Ennes, Project Director wennes@uchicago.edu Emily Teeter, Publicist e-teeter@uchicago.edu Twelve-year-old students across the country are digging into the...
March 2008: Plinkits: Pre-built Library Web Sites that Libraries LoveRecipient: Oregon State Library Grant: Grants to State Library Administrative Agencies Web site: www.plinkit.org Contact: Darci Hanning, Technology Development Consultant 503-378-2527 darci.hanning@state.or.us Plinkits are raining down in more than 100 libraries in Oregon, Texas, Illinois, and Colorado. No, Plinkits are not meteorological events: they are pre-built library Web sites that are full...
February 2008: Brain-Powered Playground Meets Cutting Edge Classroom at OMSIRecipient: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Grant: 2007 National Medal for Museum and Library Service Web site: www.omsi.edu Contact: Nancy Stueber, President Lee Dawson, Publicist ldawson@omsi.edu Part brain-powered playground for kids and adults, part cutting-edge classroom for communities across the state, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry seeks to inspire wonder in each of its...
January 2008: Lincoln Trail’s PolyTalk Program Speaks Many Languages Recipient Illinois’ Lincoln Trail Libraries System Grant 2006 Grants to State Library Administrative Agencies Contact Joseph Sciacca Project Director jsciac@lincolntrail.info Web Site: www.polytalk.info For library workers across the country, it is a communications quandary that comes through the turnstiles each day: how, as communities and neighborhoods continue to diversify, to assist patrons...
December 2007: Museum Outreach Program Allows Kids to be KidsRecipient: Amazement Square, in partnership with Laurel Regional School, Lynchburg, Virginia Grant: 2005 Museums for America Web site: www.amazementsquare.org Contact: Dr. Mort Sajadian Executive Director/CEO 434-845-1888 ms1@amazementsquare.com To cross the vivid violet threshold into Lynchburg, Virginia’s Amazement Square is to enter a world where art and adolescence colorfully collide. For the...
November 2007: History and High-tech Intersect on the New Jersey Digital HighwayRecipient: Rutgers University Libraries, New Brunswick, NJ Grant: 2003 National Leadership Grant Pictured: "Bathing Beauties." Courtesy of American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark. Web site: www.njdigitalhighway.org Contact: Linda Langschied Digital Projects Manager for Rutgers University Libraries langschi@rci.rutgers.edu 732-932-8573 ext 176 Garden State communities looking to learn...
October 2007: Enduring Communities delivers fresh take on Japanese American experience to history classesRecipient: Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA Grant: 2005 National Leadership Grant Pictured: A volunteer leads a group of students on a tour of the Japanese American National Museum. Photo by Don Farber. Web site: www.janm.org/projects/ec Contact: Allyson Nakamoto Project Director (213) 830-5626 anakamoto@janm.org At a time when Ken Burns’s "The War" is sparking fresh discussion...
September 2007: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Bibliographies? Zotero!Recipient: Recipient: George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Grant: 2005 National Leadership Grant Website: www.zotero.org Contact: Trevor Owens Zotero Technology Evangelist trevor@zotero.org Ask a roomful of researchers to name the most tedious aspect of their work and managing bibliographies will be at the top of the list. Researchers from the Center for History and New Media of George Mason...
July 2007: Vermont Teachers Dig into the State’s Past, Raise Awareness of Historic TreasuresRecipient: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, Montpelier, VT Pictured: Teachers and volunteers are being taught the basics of field investigation. Grant: 2006 Partnership for a Nation of Learners Community Collaboration Grant Website: www.historicvermont.org/imls/ lakechamplainvoyages.html Contact: Elsa Gilbertson Project Director and Regional Historic Site Administrator (802)759-2412 The...
June 2007: Girl Scout Troop Discovers Hidden Gems in Conservation Project IMLS recognizes the importance of youth to the conservation effort. By introducing young people to conservation, we help cultivate the next generation of adults who value our nation’s collections and their conservation. With this in mind, IMLS invited Girl Scout Troop 4563 in Arlington, VA, to participate in a conservation project. Eight scouts, ages 12 to 13, contacted the participants from IMLS’...
