IMLS Seeks Applications for Save America’s Treasures Program
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is seeking applicants for the Save America’s Treasures (SAT) 2009 grant program. These grants support the preservation and conservation of nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts such as collections, documents, sculpture, and art, and historic structures and sites. IMLS partners on the project with the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, the National Park Service, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Read MoreIMLS Calls for 2008 Connecting to Collections: Statewide Planning Grants
The Institute of Museum and Library Services invites proposals for statewide, collaborative planning grants to address the recommendations of the Heritage Health Index (HHI), a landmark study conducted by Heritage Preservation in partnership with IMLS.
Read MoreGuidelines Announced for Bank of America/IMLS American Heritage Preservation Program
The Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation are pleased to announce the 2009 guidelines for the American Heritage Preservation Program. This new public-private partnership will fund the preservation of endangered and fragile art works, rare books, scientific specimens, and historical documents (photographs, maps, deeds, etc.) held in small and medium-sized museums, archives, and libraries.
Read MoreNew Project Profile: Tribal Cultural Preservation at the Heart of Three-Year Conference Project
Native American archivists, librarians, cultural directors, educators, museum staff members, and elders are creating communities to support tribal cultural preservation through a series of national conferences, institutes, and workshops. The project was funded, in part, by a three-year grant to the Western Council of State Libraries from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under its Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian program.
Read MoreIMLS Will Sponsor Second Conservation Forum for Collecting Institutions
“Collaboration in the Digital Age” responds to the needs of museums and libraries by helping them think strategically and collaboratively about digitization and digital preservation. Speakers will review the fundamentals of digital content creation and preservation, emphasizing practical approaches to planning digital projects, increasing access to collections, enabling digital resources to serve multiple purposes, and protecting digital investments.
Read MoreIMLS Holds First Conservation Forum in Atlanta Jan. 31-Feb. 1; Webcast Available Now
Three hundred museum, library, and archive professionals from 41 states and the District of Columbia gathered in Atlanta on January 31 and February 1 for the forum, “Preserving America’s Diverse Heritage,” sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in partnership with Heritage Preservation.
Read MoreHeritage Preservation Chosen as Cooperator for the IMLS Connecting to Collections: The National Tour
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has chosen Heritage Preservation as the cooperator for Connecting to Collections: The National Tour, which is a central part of the Institute’s multi-year initiative on conservation, Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action.
Read MoreNew Project Profile: Vermont Teachers Dig into the State’s Past, Raise Awareness of Historic Treasures
The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation is using a Partnership for a Nation of Learners grant to recruit pre-school through college teachers and others to help excavate a rare, mid-18th century French settlement in Addison, Vermont. Professional archeologists are overseeing the dig, along with a survey of local residents to see what they have discovered in their own backyards.
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