“National Leadership Grants encourage nationally replicable, model projects that enable museums and libraries, either individually or in partnership, to advance innovation and learning for students of all ages,” said IMLS Director Robert S. Martin. “The projects address issues of national interest such as literacy, the advancement of and instruction in science and technology, and the preservation of art, culture, and history.”
Grants will fund a wide range of projects, including the digitization of documentary films on American folk culture at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the development of a museum audio guide that can be accessed through a visitor’s own cell phone at the Walker Art Center of Minneapolis, and a collaboration between Fort Worth Public Library, the public school system, and local arts organizations to teach history through library research and observation of museum artifacts.
IMLS also announced 14 grants totaling $1,720,053 to improve library services in Native American tribal communities and Alaskan native villages. The recipients are expected to match the grants with an additional $853,328.
Complete listings of grant recipients are available on the IMLS website.
Posted September 24, 2004.