[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72432-72433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19897]
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request, Proposed Collection:
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: Submission for OMB Review, request for comments, collection of
information.
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SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and Library Services announces that
the following information collection has been submitted to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This 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. This Notice proposes the
clearance of the 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 FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before October 04, 2024.
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ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this Notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find
this particular information collection request by selecting ``Institute
of Museum and Library Services'' under ``Currently Under Review;'' then
check ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. Once you have
found this information collection request, select ``Comment,'' and
enter or upload your comment and information. Alternatively, please
mail your written comments to Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn.: OMB Desk Officer for Education, Office of Management
and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or call (202) 395-7316.
OMB is particularly interested in 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 submission of responses).
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: 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,
and related organizations through grant making, research, and policy
development. To learn more, visit www.imls.gov.
Current Actions: This Notice proposes the clearance of Gathering
Community Spotlights to Highlight Efforts of Local Practitioners to
Improve Information Literacy: Collection Process to Populate Community
Spotlights.
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.
The 60-day Notice was published in the Federal Register on June 4,
2024 (89 FR 47992) (Document Number: 2024-12242). The agency received
no comments in response to this Notice.
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 Number of Respondents: 75.
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average Minutes Per Response: 50.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 45.
Total Annual Cost Burden: $1,508.40.
Total Annual Federal Costs: $41,762.88.
Dated: August 29, 2024.
Suzanne Mbollo,
Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library Services.
[FR Doc. 2024-19897 Filed 9-4-24; 8:45 am]
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