FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2011 IMLS Press Contacts 202-653-4632 Natasha Marstiller, nmarstiller@imls.gov Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov February 2011 Project Profile: Museum Artifacts Enhance Teaching about Bias and Tolerance “There has always been and always will be prejudice in this world … but if I stand up for what I believe in and fight against prejudices, [...]

The 2011 Winter MAMA Newsletter is now available. MAMA Newsletter_Winter 2011

The Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC) is hosting a free workshop on digital project planning.  The description of this introductory course is below.  Other upcoming workshops include training on CONTENTdm, a digital collection management software program.  For a full list of workshops and to register for the digital project planning workshop, please visit http://mkbweb.mlnc.org/EventList.aspx. Digital [...]

NEDCC Offering Webinar on Writing Your Preservation Assistance Grant ARE YOU PREPARING AN APPLICATION FOR A PRESERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT (PAG) FROM NEH? NEDCC IS OFFERING A LIVE ONLINE WEBINAR to help you fine-tune your National Endowment for the Humanities PAG application. These grants help small and mid-sized institutions improve their ability to preserve and care [...]

AAM Museum Assessment Program applications due Feb. 18 MAP Your Way to Excellence “Our institution participated in the MAP program in 1987 and the experience put us on the road from a small historical society to the regional history museum we are today. At that time we were an institution of 3 full time staff, [...]