[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47992-47993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12242]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

Institute of Museum and Library Services


Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: Gathering 
Community Spotlights To Highlight Efforts of Local Practitioners To 
Improve Information Literacy: Collection Process To Populate Community 
Spotlights

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 proposed information collection is to gather Community 
Spotlights from local practitioners known to be successfully building 
information literacy in their communities and to publish the Community 
Spotlights on InformationLiteracy.gov for Gathering Community 
Spotlights to Highlight Efforts of Local Practitioners to Improve 
Information Literacy: Collection Process to Populate Community 
Spotlights. 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 
ADDRESSES section below on or before August 4, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Julie Balutis, 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. Ms. Balutis can be reached by telephone: 
202-653-4645, 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: Katherine Maas, Chief of Staff, 
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza North SW, 
Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024-2135. Ms. Maas can be reached by 
telephone at 202-653-4798, 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,

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mechanical, or other technological collection techniques, or other 
forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.

I. Background

    IMLS is the primary source of federal support for the Nation's 
libraries and museums. We advance, support, and empower America's 
museums, libraries, and related organizations through grant making, 
research, and policy development. To learn more, visit www.imls.gov.

II. Current Actions

    IMLS, in conjunction with the Information Literacy Taskforce 
(Taskforce), is leading an initiative to develop guidance, 
instructional materials, and national strategies on Information 
Literacy. IMLS seeks to gather Community Spotlights from their network 
of local practitioners known to be successfully building information 
literacy in their communities and to publish the Community Spotlights 
on InformationLiteracy.gov. This network of local practitioners 
includes IMLS grantees, Taskforce member agency grantees, and knowledge 
sharing cohort members and recruitment lists. IMLS is seeking approval 
to gather information from 3 organizations per quarter. All 
participation is strictly voluntary.
    Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
    Title: Gathering Community Spotlights to Highlight Efforts of Local 
Practitioners to Improve Information Literacy: Collection Process to 
Populate Community Spotlights.
    OMB Control Number: 3137-NEW.
    Agency Number: 3137.
    Respondents/Affected Public: IMLS will seek to collect Community 
Spotlights from grantees, Taskforce member agency grantees, and 
knowledge sharing cohort members and recruitment lists. Examples of 
practitioners doing this work are museum workers and librarians.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 75.
    Frequency of Response: Once per request.
    Estimated Average Time Burden per Response: 50 minutes.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 45.
    Total Annual Cost Burden: $1,508.40.
    Total Annual Federal Costs: $41,762.88.
    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: May 30, 2024.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2024-12242 Filed 6-3-24; 8:45 am]
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