[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1588]



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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Institute of Museum and Library Services


Notice; National Leadership Grant for Libraries

SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and Library Services has prepared a 
report regarding two funding categories for its National Leadership 
Grant for Libraries: education and training, and research and 
demonstration. The full text of the report can be found on the IMLS web 
site at http://www.imls.gov/grants/library/lib__nlgl.asp#adv or 
received by contacting the Institute at the address below.
    The Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership 
Grants for libraries are designed to support leading edge activities in 
the field of library and information science. In 1999, IMLS awarded 
over $10 million in awards for model projects in education and 
training, research and demonstration and the preservation and archiving 
of digital media. These grants also help to build digital library 
resources and to promote cooperation between libraries and museums. The 
Institute is the only federal agency that administers grants 
specifically targeted for libraries, library education and library 
research.
    IMLS places a high priority on developing ongoing and open 
communication with the constituents it serves. Dialogue is essential to 
assuring that policy and grant making procedures are developed in 
concert with the needs of the library community. To further this 
dialogue IMLS held a series of meetings in 1999 in Washington, DC, with 
library leaders to exchange ideas about priorities for the education 
and training, and research and development grant categories of National 
Leadership Grants. The meetings were designed to promote discussion 
among library leaders to help ensure that funding priorities address 
current problems and provide leadership for future needs.
    IMLS is an independent Federal grantmaking agency that fosters 
leadership, innovation, and a lifetime of learning by supporting the 
nation's 8,000 museums and 122,000 libraries. Created by the Museum and 
Library Services Act of 1996, P.L. 104-208, IMLS has an annual budget 
of $190 million. For more information about IMLS contact: Institute of 
Museum and Library Services, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, 
DC 20506, (202) 606-8536, or http://www.imls.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Comments and questions received by 
March 17, 2000 will be most useful. All interested parties should 
respond to: Barbara Holton, Office of Library Services, Institute of 
Museum and Library Services, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 
20506, [email protected].

Mamie Bittner,
Director, Public and Legislative Affairs, Institute of Museum and 
Library Services.
[FR Doc. 00-1588 Filed 1-21-00; 8:45 am]
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