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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 31, 2007

IMLS Press Contacts
202-653-4632
Jeannine Mjoseth, [log in to unmask]
Mamie Bittner, [log in to unmask]

Museum, Library, and Business Leader Exchange Views on Leadership in
Peer-to-Peer Forum 

WASHINGTON, DC--Emerging museum and library leaders and business
champions joined the National Museum and Library Board, which advises
the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), in a peer-to-peer
networking forum Oct. 23 in Washington, DC. The meeting was supported by
the President's Committee for the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH).

Following the inaugural IMLS Leadership Lecture by Robert L.
Dilenschneider, Founder and Principal of the Dilenschneider Group, the
previous evening, Anne-Imelda Radice, PhD., IMLS Director, and Adair
Margo, PCAH Chair, convened a panel discussion to explore how libraries
and museums can attract the next generation of leaders.

"Everything is about communication," said Melanie Huggins, director of
the Saint Paul Public Library, a theme to which others contributed.
Communicating to the public how museums and libraries contribute to
community prosperity is crucial, Huggins added. Museums and libraries
that seek the expertise and advice of potential donors rather than
always seeking dollars will ultimately be more successful fund raisers,
said Robert J. Finlay, Managing Partner of Hillcrest Capital Partners
LLC. Mark Wright, Director of Partnerships of the National Children's
Museum, noted that partnerships with the community are essential; they
strengthen communities and provide real value to the public.

Panelists included:

* Moderator Karen Brosius, Executive Director of the Columbia Museum of
Art and Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board
* Robert J. Finlay, Managing Partner of Hillcrest Capital Partners LLC
* Melanie Huggins, director of the Saint Paul Public Library 
* Mark Wright, director of partnerships at the National Children's
Museum

Museum and Library representatives included:

* Stacey Aldrich, deputy state librarian of the California State Library
* Matthew Braun, executive director of Philadelphia's Samuel S. Fleisher
Art Memorial
* Melissa Chiu, director of the Asia Society Museum in New York
* Sven Haakanson, executive director of the Alutiiq Museum
* Tracie Hall, assistant dean at the Graduate School of Library and
Information Science at Dominican University
* Amanda Kodeck, manager of School Programs at the Walters Art Museum in
Baltimore 
* Dionne Mack-Harvin, executive director of the Brooklyn Public Library
system
* Ira Revels, project manager of a collaborative digital initiative at
Cornell University Library 
* Shirlene Spicer, curator for community history at the North Carolina
Museum of History in Raleigh 
* William Spitzer, vice president for programs, exhibits, and planning
at the New England Aquarium
* Felton Thomas, Jr., regional branch services director for the Las
Vegas-Clark County Library District 
	

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.
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 http://www.imls.gov.

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