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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 20, 2006
IMLS Press Contacts
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NEH Press Contact
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Elissa Pruett, [log in to unmask]
National Endowment for the Humanities and Institute of Museum and
Library Services Invite Grant Applications for New Digital Innovation
Program, "Advancing Knowledge"
Washington, DC--The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and
the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invite applications to a
new digital humanities grant competition sponsored by the two federal
agencies. The new grant program, "Advancing Knowledge: The IMLS/NEH
Digital Partnership," seeks applications for innovative, collaborative
humanities projects using the latest digital technologies for the
benefit of the American public, humanities scholarship, and the nation's
cultural community.
"The NEH partnership with the IMLS, which is one of five new programs
launched under the Endowment's Digital Humanities Initiative, should
accelerate the development of new technological tools and applications
to the study of the humanities," said NEH Chairman Bruce Cole. "Our
ultimate goal is to make more education and scholarly resources more
broadly available to more people."
"This partnership and this new grant competition hold great promise for
our nation's libraries and museums," said IMLS Director Anne-Imelda M.
Radice. "Libraries and museums connect people to information and ideas;
these grants will spur innovation and new collaborations, and they will
advance the role of cultural repositories in online teaching, learning,
and research."
Chairman Cole and Director Radice announced in late September that the
two federal agencies together will dedicate $1.5 million to Advancing
Knowledge. In announcing the partnership, they noted that digital
technology developments to support science research are outpacing the
development of such advances for the humanities. Both agree that the
collaboration of the two federal agencies can help turn that around.
Through this new partnership, NEH and IMLS will help teachers, scholars,
museums, and libraries take advantage of developing technology.
Successful projects funded through this partnership will explore new
ways to share, examine, and interpret humanities collections in a
digital environment and develop new uses and audiences for existing
digital resources.
Grants awarded through Advancing Knowledge will bring together museum,
library, archives, and IT professionals with humanities scholars to use
innovative approaches in digital technology to provide new perspectives
on humanities collections, offer new interpretive contexts, and allow
existing resources to be widely shared. Nonprofit institutions
interested in applying can find guidelines online at www.neh.gov. The
deadline for applications to the Advancing Knowledge grant program is
March 27, 2007, and applications must be submitted through Grants.gov.
The first awards will be announced in early summer.
About the Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of
federal support for the nation's 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums.
Its mission is to grow and sustain a "Nation of Learners" because
lifelong learning is essential to a democratic society and individual
success. Through its grant making, convenings, research and
publications, the Institute empowers museums and libraries nationwide to
provide leadership and services to enhance learning in families and
communities, sustain cultural heritage, build twenty-first-century
skills, and increase civic participation. To learn more about the
Institute, please visit: www.imls.gov.
About the National Endowment for the Humanities
Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment
for the Humanities supports learning in history, literature, philosophy,
and other areas of the humanities. NEH grants enrich classroom learning,
create and preserve knowledge, and bring ideas to life through public
television, radio, new technologies, museum exhibitions, and programs in
libraries and other community places. To learn more about NEH, please
visit: www.neh.gov.
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