[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 107 (Thursday, June 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31433-31434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12507]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES


Cooperative Agreement to Develop, Offer, and Evaluate an 
Instructor-Mediated Online Course To Train Library and Museum Personnel 
to Plan and Evaluate Outcomes-Based Projects

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation 
on the Arts and Humanities.

ACTION: Notification of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and Library Services is requesting 
proposals leading to one (1) award of a Cooperative Agreement to 
accomplish the following (1) develop, pilot, deploy, and evaluate a 
packaged instructor-mediated online course to train library and museum 
personnel to plan and evaluate outcomes-based projects, (2) compare the 
effectiveness of that course to an analogous existing workshop, and (3) 
develop a widely usable cost model for developing and offering such a 
course. Organizations eligible for the award include public and not-
for-profit institutions of higher education, all types of libraries 
(except federal and for-profit libraries), library consortia, all types 
of public and not-for-profit

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museums, and museum consortia. Federally operated and for-profit 
museums may not apply for IMLS funds. Professional associations serving 
the museum or library field are eligible. Research libraries that give 
the public access to services and materials suitable for scholarly 
research not otherwise available to the public and that are not part of 
a university or college are eligible. The Cooperative Agreement will be 
for up to three years. The award amount will be up to $1,000,000. Those 
interested in receiving the application guidelines should see the 
following address information.

DATES: The program guidelines are scheduled for release and posting on 
the Internet on approximately June 1, 2004. Proposals are due September 
15, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The program guidelines will be posted to the Institute's Web 
site at http://www.imls.gov/whatsnew/current/outcomescourse.htm on 
approximately June 1, 2004. For a copy of the proposal guidelines 
contact: Susan Malbin, Program Officer, Office of Library Services, 
Room 802, Institute of Museum and Library Services, 1100 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506, telephone 202-606-5389, e-mail 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Malbin, Program Officer, Office 
of Library Services, Room 802, Institute of Museum and Library 
Services, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506, 
telephone 202-606-5389, e-mail [email protected].

    Dated: May 27, 2004.
Rebecca Danvers,
Director of Research and Technology.
[FR Doc. 04-12507 Filed 6-2-04; 8:45 am]
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