The following is a text-only press release from the federal Institute of
Museum and Library Services (IMLS). An HTML version of this release can
be viewed on the agency's Web site at
http://www.imls.gov/news/2010/092710.shtm.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 27, 2010
Press Contacts
202-653-4632
Mamie Bittner, [log in to unmask]
IMLS Awards National Leadership Grants to 34 Institutions, $17,311,078
Distributed
Washington, DC-The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the
primary source of federal support for the nation's museums and
libraries, announced the 34 institutions that are receiving National
Leadership Grants (NLG) totaling $17,311,078. The projects funded by
these grants will have national impact and generate results that can be
widely replicated, extending the benefit of this federal support. In
addition to the grants announced today, NLG collaborative planning
grants totaling $763,715 were announced in July.
"National Leadership grantees help us better understand and advance best
practice in museums, libraries, and archives," said IMLS Acting Director
Marsha L. Semmel. "We look forward to much exciting work, including
projects that will study the effects of climate change on plants; bring
new health information to visitors through partnerships with the local
research community; and develop new models for serving the Baby Boom
generation."
Funded project grants fell into the following categories:
* Advancing Digital Resources: Support the creation, use, presentation,
and preservation of significant digital resources, as well as the
development of tools to enhance access, use, and management of digital
assets.
* Research: Support projects that have the potential to improve museum,
archival, and library practice, resource use, programs, and services.
Both basic and applied research projects are encouraged.
* Demonstration: Support projects that produce a replicable model or
practice that is usable by other institutions for improving services and
performance.
* Library-Museum Collaboration Grants: Support collaborative projects
that address the educational, economic, cultural, and social needs of a
community.
The 2010 NLG project grants include:
Missouri Botanical Garden
St. Louis, MO
$318,215
The global extinction crisis requires a rapid response from botanical
gardens and arboreta that serve the broader conservation community in
the United States. This project is designed to advance conservation
efforts at botanical gardens and arboreta working to serve the
conservation community and help them assume a leading role in preventing
the extinction of plants in a rapidly changing climate. The project will
develop and test a generalizable, easily replicable approach that
integrates bioclimatic modeling and innovative research experiments to
elucidate key questions concerning the impacts of climate change on
plant diversity and to develop scientifically based protocols to avert
the loss of species.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
$421,737
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center and partner University
Community Health Services, Inc. will test a patient's ability to
understand health information and his or her best way to learn, whether
through seeing, reading, listening, or doing. They will then build an
Internet-based tool that will use the results to automatically create
information to give to patients about their illness that is more
understandable and more likely to be followed. Content for this tool
will be developed for two common conditions-high blood pressure and
diabetes-and the tool will be tested and improved in two settings: a
large university hospital emergency department and a community health
clinic.
Athens-Clarke County Library
Athens, GA
$343,100
The Athens-Clarke County Library will partner with the Lyndon House Arts
Center in an innovative collaboration to develop new services and
programs for the aging baby boomer population, born between 1946 and
1964. The partnership will include local baby boomers as advisers who
will help guide the project to meet the needs of this target audience.
The goals and objectives are to provide lifelong learning opportunities
for and by older, active adults and expanding museum and library
services beyond existing walls. The partners will generate new users
through creative use of new technology, employing live webcasts and a
video archive of these programs. The project will develop a best
practices model to engage boomers in the work and mission of libraries
and museums in their communities.
Visit http://www.imls.gov/news/2010/092710_list.shtm to learn more about
the 2010 NLG awardees. The next deadline for the National Leadership
Grants program is February 1, 2011.
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 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums.
The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that
connect people to information and ideas. The Institute works at the
national level and in coordination with state and local organizations to
sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and
innovation; and support professional development. To learn more about
the Institute, please visit www.imls.gov.
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