[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22874-22875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9573]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES


Meeting of the National Museum and Library Services Board

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the agenda of a forthcoming meeting of 
the National Museum and Library Services Board. This notice also 
describes the function of the Board. Notice of this meeting is required 
under the Sunshine in Government Act.

TIME/DATE:  8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Thursday May 6, 2004.
    Agenda: Second Meeting of the National Museum and Library Services 
Board.
    8 a.m.-9 a.m. Executive Session to Consider Award Nominations 
(Closed to the Public).
    9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Second Meeting of the National Museum and Library 
Services Board (Open to the Public).

I. Welcome
    Tom Jaques, Louisiana State Librarian
    Chuck Patch, Director of Systems, Historic New Orleans
II. Approval of Minutes
III. Staff Reports
IV. Board Reports
V. Issues Discussion: Building Institutional Capacity.

    The discussion will focus on ways in which IMLS grants in Louisiana 
have supported important activities, including conservation and 
digitization, which facilitate the presentation and interpretation of 
artifacts, documents, and collections. Each speaker will use the 
example of a specific project to discuss broader issues of collections 
stewardship, the role of new technologies in creating a nation of 
learners, and the value of partnership and collaboration.

    Tamra Carboni, Director of Curatorial

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Services, Louisiana State Museum
    Brenda Square, Head of Archives & Library, Amistad Research Center
    Faye Phillips, Associate Dean of Libraries for Special Collections, 
Louisiana State University
VI. Other business
VII. Adjourn


ADDRESSES: Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, 500 Canal Street, New Orleans, 
LA, (504) 595-6211.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Lyons, Special Assistant to 
the Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services, 1100 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 510, Washington, DC 20506--(202) 606-
4649.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Museum and Library Services 
Board is established under the Museum and Library Services Act, 20 
U.S.C. 9101 et seq. The Board advises the Director of the Institute on 
general policies with respect to the duties, powers, and authorities 
related to Museum and Library Services.
    The meeting from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 6, 2004 will be 
closed pursuant to subsections (c)(4) and (c)(6) of section 552b of 
Title 5, United States Code because the Board will consider information 
that may disclose: Trade secrets and commercial or financial 
information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential; and 
information of a personal nature the disclosure of which would 
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. The 
meeting from 9:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. is open to the public. If you need 
special accommodations due to a disability, please contact: Institute 
of Museum and Library Services, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20506--(202) 606-8536--TDD (202) 606-8636 at least seven 
(7) days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: April 22, 2004.
Teresa LaHaie,
Administrative Officer, National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 04-9573 Filed 4-22-04; 4:53 pm]
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