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President Bush's 2004 Budget Recommends Record-Level Funding for the
Nation's Libraries and Museums: Laura Bush Announces $20 Million to Help
Off-Set National Shortage of Librarians
In a press release issued by the White House yesterday afternoon, Laura Bush
announced that the President's 2004 budget will recommend increased funding
for the nation's libraries and museums. Please see the link to the press
release on the White House Web site and highlights of the President's
proposal from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services in plain
text below:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20030123-4.html
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESIDENT'S FY 2004 BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM
AND LIBRARY SERVICES
The President's budget request for 2004 will be $242,024,000, 15% more than
the 2003 request of $210,742,000, an increase of $31,282,000. This includes
$34,430,000 for museum programs and $207,594,000 for library programs.
WHAT WILL THE INCREASE DO
Under the President's proposal museum programs would be funded at
$34,430,000 an increase of $5 million. These funds help museums sustain our
cultural heritage, build public access; expand educational services; reach
families and children, and use technology.
The 2004 budget requests $20 million for an initiative to recruit and train
librarians. Fifty-eight percent of librarians are due to retire in the next
20 years. Goals for this initiative in 2003 are:
* Recruit and educate the next generation of librarians.
* Develop faculty to educate the next generation of library professionals.
* Enable pre-professional library staff to make the transition to
librarianship, especially in locations where recruitment is historically
difficult.
* Provide the library community with information needed to support
successful recruitment and education of the next generation of librarians.
An additional $15 million is requested for library grants to states. The
total requested for states is $166,419,000. Grants to states support
outreach and the use of technology to improve library service.
About the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - IMLS is an
independent Federal agency that fosters leadership, innovation, and a
lifetime of learning by supporting the nation's museums and libraries.
Created by the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996, P.L. 104-208, IMLS
administers the Library Services and Technology Act and the Museum Services
Act. For additional information, contact IMLS at 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,
Washington, D.C. 20506 (Tel. 202-606-8536 or <http://www.imls.gov>
Eileen Maxwell
Public Affairs Specialist
Institute of Museum and Library Services
1100 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Suite 510
Washington, DC 20506
202-606-8339
202-606-8591 (fax)
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