To reply to two earlier messages:

> > Does anyone know if the IMS conservation survey grants survived the
budget cuts?

> > My understanding, based on an announcement at the NIC meeting is that
the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is will keep IMS
grants for this upcoming > grant cycle, but there may be changes in the
following grant cycle (1998?) > as the merger of museum and library
services is worked out...the press release sent to Museum-L in early
October, the directorship of IMLS will change every two years between a
museum specialist and a library specialist.

The museum portion of IMLS is getting *more* money for FY 97 than IMS got
in 96, so there's not a "cut."  Most of the extra is going for
conservation.

We know that 97 will be a transitional year; that is, there won't
be any noticeable changes at the agency.  However, that's not to suggest
that subsequent changes will be radical.  The arrangement is more fairly
characterized as a cohabitation than a "merger."  With respect to the
museum portion, which is funded separately from the library portion, the
main function will continue to be GOS.

The directorship will change every four years, not every two.

Andy Finch
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