Category Archives: National Leadership Grants

National Leadership Grant Video: Chicago Zoo’s Welfare Track

Posted on August 24, 2012 by koconnell

By Kevin O’Connell, IMLS Writer-Editor In this video interview, Jessica Whitman, Animal Welfare Biologist, and Tom Meehan, Vice President of Veterinary Services, describe the Chicago Zoological Society’s Welfare Track project, an IMLS-funded project that explores new ways of monitoring the … Continue reading →

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SafeArchive Promises to Preserve Digital Collections

Posted on August 17, 2012 by koconnell

By Thu-Mai Christian, Graduate Research Assistant H. W. Odum Institute for Research in Social Science Given growing attention to issues in digital preservation, including that from institutions, funding agencies, and other stakeholders, new technologies to help mitigate risks to digital content … Continue reading →

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National Leadership Grant Video: Yale Peabody’s Teacher Collaborative

Posted on July 27, 2012 by koconnell

By Kevin O’Connell, IMLS Writer-Editor In this interview, David Heiser, Head of Education and Outreach, describes Yale University’s Peabody Museum of Natural History’s Event-Based Teacher Collaborative, which takes teacher training far beyond the model of a half-day workshop.

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Museum Program Changes

Posted on July 23, 2012 by admin

By Claudia French Deputy Director for Museums, IMLS This year, we at the IMLS Office of Museum Services took a fresh look at our grant guidelines and categories with an eye toward making the grant application process easier and more … Continue reading →

Posted in 21st Century Museum Professionals, Conservation Project Support, Museums for America, National Leadership Grants | 6 Comments