[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57134-57135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17974]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Institute of Museum and Library Services


Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: Native 
American Library Services Enhancement Grants Notice of Funding 
Opportunity

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

ACTION: Notice, request for comments, collection of information.

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SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), as part 
of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, 
conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general 
public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed 
and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act. This pre-clearance consultation program helps 
to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. The 
purpose of this Notice is to communicate our intent to request renewal 
of the clearance for IMLS's Native American Library Services 
Enhancement Grants, a discretionary grant program designed to assist 
Native American libraries in improving core library services for their 
communities. A copy of the proposed information collection request can 
be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES 
section of this Notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before October 20, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Connie Bodner, Ph.D., Director of Grants 
Policy and Management, Office of Grants Policy and Management, 
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW, 
Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024-2135. Dr. Bodner can be reached by 
telephone: 202-653-4636, or by email at [email protected]. Office hours 
are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except 
federal holidays.
    Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing (TTY users) can contact 
IMLS at 202-207-7858 via 711 for TTY-Based Telecommunications Relay 
Service.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Himmelreich, Senior Program 
Officer, Office of Library Services, Institute of Museum and Library 
Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC 
20024-2135. Ms. Himmelreich can be reached by telephone at 202-653-
4797, or by email at [email protected]. Persons who are deaf or 
hard of hearing (TTY users) can contact IMLS at 202-207-7858 via 711 
for TTY-Based Telecommunications Relay Service.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IMLS is particularly interested in public 
comments that help the agency to:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information including the validity 
of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques, or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submissions of responses.

I. Background

    The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source 
of federal support for the Nation's libraries and museums. We advance, 
support, and empower America's museums, libraries,

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and related organizations through grant making, research, and policy 
development. To learn more, visit www.imls.gov.

II. Current Actions

    The purpose of the Native American Library Services Enhancement 
Grants Program is to assist Native American tribes in improving core 
library services for their communities. IMLS recognizes that 
information needs and approaches to meeting them are evolving at an 
unprecedented pace in all communities, and to operate within this 
environment effectively for the benefit of their users, libraries must 
be able to both strengthen existing services and move quickly to adopt 
new and emerging technologies.
    The three goals for this program will be to improve digital 
services to support needs for education, workforce development, 
economic and business development, health information, critical 
thinking skills, and digital literacy skills; to improve educational 
programs related to specific topics and content areas of interest to 
library patrons and community-based users; and to enhance the 
preservation and revitalization of Native American cultures and 
languages.
    Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
    Title: Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants Notice 
of Funding Opportunity.
    OMB Control Number: 3137-NEW.
    Agency Number: 3137-0110.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Federally Recognized Indian Tribes.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: TBD.
    Frequency of Response: Once per request.
    Average Minutes/Hours per Response: TBD.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: TBD.
    Cost Burden (dollars): TBD.
    Public Comments Invited: Comments submitted in response to this 
Notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB's 
clearance of this information collection.

    Dated: August 16, 2023.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2023-17974 Filed 8-21-23; 8:45 am]
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